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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms compared the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in February to lynchings in the Jim Crow-era South and said that President Trump’s rhetoric give racists “permission to do it in an overt way.”Bottoms’ comments, made during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” come just days after a white…

Restaurants around metro Atlanta began to reopen dining rooms Monday, as some business restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic were lifted by Gov. Brian Kemp. With Georgia being one of the first states to reopen for full-service dining, people around the country watched to see which restaurants would open, whether there was a customer base…

Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga., drew criticism from fellow lawmakers, health experts and some business owners for reopening portions of the economy as Georgia still lacks widespread testing for coronavirus.ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST & 9EST WATCH the ABC News Live Stream Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8...SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yPWatch More on http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News…

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) is urging city residents to stay at home even as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) plans to reopen the state at the end of the week.Bottoms told MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” on Tuesday that that she recognizes her powers as mayor do not supersede Kemp’s as governor. “But I do have the…

"I've spoken with several leaders across this state," she said. "So we really are at a loss, and I am concerned as a mother and as the mayor of our capital city." The mayor's remarks came after Kemp said earlier Monday that certain businesses in Georgia shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — including gyms, hair…