What We Know About the C.D.C. Shooting in Atlanta

A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.

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Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say

The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.

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Unreleased Beyoncé Music Stolen During Cowboy Carter Tour in Atlanta, Police Say

Two members of Beyoncé’s team said that their S.U.V. was broken into on July 8, just before a series of concerts in Atlanta, the authorities said. The police said a suspect had emerged.

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The Summer Job, a Rite of Passage for Teens, May Be Fading Away

As businesses face economic uncertainty, seasonal work is harder to find, pushing the unemployment rate for teenagers above 13 percent.

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Kennedy’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time

The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former Atlanta Mayor, Enters Georgia Governor’s Race

She became the highest-profile Democrat to announce her candidacy in an election that will be a crucial test of her party’s ambitions in Georgia.

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Earthquake Rocks Parts of Tennessee and Georgia

The quake on Saturday morning had a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, with an epicenter about 30 miles southwest of Knoxville, Tenn. Residents in Atlanta reported feeling it.

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Supreme Court Considers Suit Over F.B.I.’s Raid of the Wrong House

The legal questions were tangled, but some justices seemed incredulous at a government lawyer’s defense of a botched operation involving a battering ram and a flash-bang grenade.

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C.D.C. Suggests Terms Like ‘Health Equity’ Are Off-Limits, Then Backtracks

President Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are making life difficult for some public health officials, who view eliminating racial disparities as part of their mission.

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