As the rain took over the city of Atlanta on a dreary Saturday morning, deep in the downtown area was a celebration of football, family and fun. In the two weeks leading up to the Celebration Bowl, it was shaping up to be a coronation for the Southwestern Athletic Conference champions, the 11-1 Jackson State […]
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Kim’s tie-breaking double helps Padres beat Braves 7-3 in 11
ATLANTA (AP) — Ha-Seong Kim had a run-scoring double to give San Diego the lead in a four-run 11th inning and the Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Sunday to win the three-game series. Kim’s double to left field off Jackson Stephens (0-1) drove in Jake Cronenworth, who opened the inning as the automatic […]
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ keeps hold on top spot in 2nd weekend
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stayed on top of the box office charts during its second weekend in theaters, earning an additional $61 million from North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. With $688 million in global grosses, it’s already one of the highest grossing films of the pandemic and the second […]
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Buffalo shooting: Sites yank videos faster, but not by much
NEW YORK (AP) — Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years. It’s just not clear they’re moving quickly enough. Police say that when a white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others — most of them Black — in a “racially motivated violent […]
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Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighborhood, officials say
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white 18-year-old who fatally shot 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket researched the local demographics and arrived a day in advance to conduct reconnaissance with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible, officials said Sunday. The racially motivated attack came a year after the gunman was taken […]
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10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack police call hate crime
A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday in what authorities described as “racially motivated violent extremism.” Police said he shot 11 Black and two white victims before surrendering to authorities in a […]
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Canceled TV shows: ‘Magnum P.I,’ ‘Queens,’ ‘Kenan,’ and other network series that won’t be returning
It’s that time of the year again when TV networks announce new and renewed shows. But it’s also when they announce the series that have been canceled. Here are some of the shows by network that have been axed or are ending: ABC “Black-ish” (final season) “Promised Land “ “Queens” CBS “All Rise” (moved to […]
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Mental Health in a Pandemic – Take it Seriously
The 2020 pandemic highlighted the significance of prioritizing mental health, yet the number of those walking around untreated continues to grow. Within the past couple of years, this country has been facing a crisis that can no longer be ignored. While advertising campaigns have been created and celebrities have front lined endorsements to discuss this […]
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Micahel Eric Dyson serves as keynote speaker at 100 Black Men of Atlanta event
The dozens of people inside the ballroom at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel listened intently as Keefe Gordon began telling his story. A senior mentee with 100 Black Men of South Atlanta, Inc., Gordon has been in the program since he was an eighth-grader, and is an example of what can happen when mentors come […]
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Prominent Black clergy endorses Alisha Thomas Searcy for State Superintendent
As activist Atlanta preacher Rev. Timothy McDonald accurately recounts, education has been the heartbeat of the Civil Rights Movement. It fueled it, contends the former President of the Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, and launched his ministry. “I probably got arrested more than anything else because I believed in fighting for education,” he reveals. […]
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Rams to host Bills to open NFL season; Broncos at Seattle
To the Super Bowl winner goes the spoils of opening the entire schedule at home. So the Los Angeles Rams will host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, Sept. 8, to begin the 2022 season. It’s a juicy matchup of the team generally considered the title favorite by oddsmakers in the Bills traveling to SoFi […]