ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta officials abruptly closed the city's outdoor public swimming pools for reasons that haven’t been explained.

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia board tasked with overseeing the state's efforts to get patients access to medical marijuana has approved the six companies that will be allowed to sell the drug, a major step to finally getting patients legal access to the medication.

ATLANTA (AP) — Some hospitals in Georgia have not made it easy for a patient to find out how much they charge for specific procedures despite a federal requirement to provide clear and accessible pricing information online, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found.

BRUNSWICK, Ga (AP) — The demolition and removal of an overturned cargo ship along the Georgia coast is inching closer to completion.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — The county jail in Columbus will no longer hold suspects charged with low-level misdemeanors, including shop lifting and driving without a license, a newspaper reported.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Residents at a Georgia mobile home said they have had almost no water service for the past three weeks.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A late-night collision between two boats on a middle Georgia lake killed one person and injured six others.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Macon shooting killed two people, injured two people and caused panic in a lively bar district, authorities said.

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — Police in an Atlanta suburb have arrested a Georgia man, charging him with the 1988 slaying of an 8-year-old boy.

RIVERDALE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia hospital is turning to the public for help in identifying a patient who has been unable to say his name or offer information about his identity.

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — An Alabama woman is offering a $2,000 reward after losing her rings while visiting a Georgia resort.

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — The director of an organization that feeds poor children during the summer in coastal Georgia stole from the state by saying she provided meals that were never made, investigators said.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Public Schools will implement a “universal mask wearing” policy in all of its school buildings when the new school year starts Aug. 5, the district announced Thursday.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The first Chick-fil-A restaurant to open in Alabama nearly 50 years ago is closing.