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The Boy Scouts are a step closer to ending a ban on gay leaders. Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates said today he won't revoke the charter of councils that now allow gay leaders. Speaking at the group's national meeting in Atlanta, the former defense secretary explained that he's not asking for a policy change just yet...

Public health officials said Saturday that a number of Americans will return from west Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said several Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone would be monitored. The...

The U.S. is sending three-thousand military troops to Liberia to help combat the Ebola outbreak. U.S. officials say President Obama will announce the move Tuesday during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...

Home Depot is confirming that its payment data systems have been breached, and says the hack could affect customers who used cards at U.S. and Canadian stores. The largest U.S. home improvement chain says there is no evidence debit card PINs were compromised, and no evidence online customers or shoppers at stores in Mexico are affected...

The charity an American doctor infected with Ebola works for says he's now recovered from the virus and will be released today from an Atlanta hospital. Dr. Kent Brantly and colleague Nancy Writebol were flown out of the West African nation of Liberia earlier this month and have been getting treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta...

The first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit Saturday at one of the nation’s best hospitals, where doctors said they are confident the deadly virus won’t escape...

Fans of the hit television show "The Walking Dead" congregated in downtown Atlanta this weekend for a convention focused on the AMC series. The convention, named "Walker Stalker Con," was expected to draw about 10,000 people to the Atlanta Convention Center over the weekend...

Another shootings has rocked out country, this time in Atlanta. A 14-year-old student was reportedly shot in the head, but reports indicate that it wasn't fatal.

Reports are coming in that Atlanta Police are looking for a man who opened fire at a church in Atlanta early Wednesday morning.