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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addresses a Democratic National Committee event in June 2019 in Atlanta. The mayor is considered a contender for Joe Biden's vice presidential pick. Dustin Chambers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dustin Chambers/Getty Images Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addresses a Democratic National Committee event in June 2019 in Atlanta. The…

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Monday that violence within the Black community deserves the “same sense of urgency” as the police brutality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement. Ms. Bottoms, who revealed Monday night that she tested positive for COVID-19, appeared on “CNN Newsroom” earlier in the day after an 8-year-old girl was…

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday she has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a tweet. “COVID-19 has literally hit home,” the mayor said. “I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.” Later on Monday, she told Chris Cuomo on CNN that two of her four children had been tested, and one of…

One of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s possible vice-presidential picks announced Monday afternoon that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement on Twitter, adding that she had no reason to suspect she had the virus that causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease. “COVID-19 has literally hit home.…