Ariyl Onstott

As the government shutdown drags on, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is urging both parties to set aside division and work together to reopen the federal government. Greene calls for end to shutdown What they're saying: In an interview with FOX Local, Greene struck a more conciliatory tone than usual, saying she wants to help "end the toxic political culture" that has defined recent years.

Derek Davis, a three-time cancer survivor, will join ZERO Prostate Cancer President and CEO Courtney Bugler and 14 other climbers on a Mount Kilimanjaro expedition that kicks off Sept. 20, with the summit planned for Sept. 30. The Peaks Challenge is billed as a journey to end prostate cancer and a call to early detection during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Fight to end prostate cancer What we know: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the United States.

More elderly people are currently facing hunger in Atlanta than at any time since 1965, according to one local nonprofit. Just over 600 seniors are on Meals On Wheels Atlanta’s waitlist for meals, an unprecedented number since the organization's founding in 1965. "It’s record-breaking for us," MOWA’s CEO Charlene Crusoe-Ingram said. We’ve never had that many seniors on our waitlist.