Keisha Lance Bottoms
FILE - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday, May 6, 2021 she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered for his running mate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
In surprise, Atlanta Mayor Bottoms won't seek a second term

By Bill Barrow And Jeff Amy May. 07, 2021 12:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday, May 6, 2021 she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered for his running mate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not seeking reelection

By Bill Barrow May. 06, 2021 11:15 PM EDT

FILE - Chelsea Clinton speaks at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on May 4, 2019. iHeartMedia announced Tuesday that “In Fact with Chelsea Clinton,” hosted by Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will premier April 13. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Chelsea Clinton podcast to launch April 13

Apr. 06, 2021 08:54 AM EDT

FILE - Cardboard cutouts of fans in the otherwise empty seats face the field during the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays in Atlanta, in this Thursday, July 30, 2020, file photo. Georgia’s new voting law _ which critics claim severely limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color _ has prompted calls from as high as the White House to consider moving the midsummer classic out of Atlanta. The game is set for July 13 at Truist Park, the Braves’ 41,000-seat stadium in suburban Cobb County.(AP Photo/John Amis, File)
MLB All-Star Game yanked from Georgia over voting law

By Ronald Blum Apr. 02, 2021 03:43 PM EDT

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, March 19, 2021. Biden is en route to Georgia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
'Speak out:' Biden, Harris decry racism during Atlanta visit

By Jonathan Lemire, Jeff Amy And Zeke Miller Mar. 20, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

President Joe Biden talks with Vice President Kamala Harris after they arrived Friday, March 19, 2021, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden, Harris offer solace, denounce racism in Atlanta visit

By Jonathan Lemire, Jeff Amy And Zeke Miller Mar. 19, 2021 12:23 AM EDT

Flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial outside of the Gold Spa in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. According to authorities, three Asian women were found dead inside of the Gold Spa on Tuesday night and another Asian woman was found dead at Aromatherapy Spa across the street. Police in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County say they've begun extra patrols in and around Asian businesses there following the shooting at three massage parlors in the area that killed eight, most of them women of Asian descent. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors

By Kate Brumback And Angie Wang Mar. 17, 2021 05:09 AM EDT

Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to get past Toronto Raptors' Pascal Siakam during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Column: NBA makes the wrong call on All-Star Game

By Paul Newberry Feb. 19, 2021 02:56 AM EST

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, middle, celebrates after scoring against the Miami Heat during overtime in an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
NBA All-Star captains: It's LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 18, 2021 01:12 PM EST

San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson, left, shoots over Charlotte Hornets guard Malik Monk (1) and forward Miles Bridges during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Spurs have 4 players positive, Atlanta has All-Star concerns

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 16, 2021 11:26 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race. Harrison, the longtime Democratic Party official, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the national party, according to multiple party officials. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)
Democrats formalize Jaime Harrison as national party chair

By Meg Kinnard And Bill Barrow Jan. 21, 2021 12:16 PM EST

Atlanta naming Atlanta Eagle gay bar as historic landmark

Dec. 19, 2020 02:22 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta has begun the process of designating a gay bar as a historic landmark, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says. That would...

U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., speaks at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in New Orleans, La., where he announced he's leaving Congress to work as an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Biden adviser Cedric Richmond tests positive for coronavirus

By Aamer Madhani Dec. 17, 2020 06:46 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden tells Georgia he needs a Democratic Senate to govern

By Bill Barrow And Aamer Madhani Dec. 15, 2020 11:44 AM EST

FILE—Lauren Boebert, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Colorado's vast 3rd Congressional District, during a freedom cruise staged by her supporters Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Pueblo West, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
House Latest: GOP’s Hinson ousts US Rep. Finkenauer in Iowa

Nov. 04, 2020 09:56 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell of New Mexico waits for a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., about a GOP challenge to the way the state is counting absentee ballots. Three Republican hopefuls seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
House Latest: Okla. congresswoman Horn loses to GOP’s Bice

Nov. 03, 2020 06:16 PM EST

People stand in line for early voting at the John F. Kennedy Library, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Hialeah, Fla. Masks are required at some polling places around the country and strongly encouraged in most others as a basic precaution to help keep poll works and others safe from the fast-spreading coronavirus. But mandates tying a face covering to casting a ballot are sure to lead to confrontations on Election Day, and those will almost certainly grab wide attention if they arise in any of the presidential battleground states. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks

By Anthony Izaguirre Nov. 02, 2020 02:04 PM EST

Supporters watch Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speak, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, on a screen at a drive-in theater watch party during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

By Bill Barrow And Nicholas Riccardi Aug. 21, 2020 01:46 AM EDT

Tracy Holden of Wilmington, Del., during the Pledge of Allegiance, outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden will speak later tonight, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

By Bill Barrow And Nicholas Riccardi Aug. 20, 2020 10:01 PM EDT

In this image from video, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
The Latest: Biden vows to unite an America mired in crises

By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 04:12 PM EDT