(CNN) — Actor Robert Guillaume, best known for his title role in the TV series “Benson,” died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. His wife Donna Guillaume told CNN he had battled prostate cancer in recent years. “He kinda went the way everyone wishes they could, surrounded by love and in […]
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Two men shot dead on Grambling State University campus
(CNN) — Authorities are trying to find the person who fatally shot two young men at Grambling State University early Wednesday morning. One victim was identified as Earl Andrews, 23, a Grambling State University senior from Farmerville, Louisiana, university spokesman Will Sutton said. The other victim was identified as Monquiarius Caldwell, another 23-year-old from Farmerville. […]
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Gainsville, Georgia to Honor Graves of More Than 1,100 Blacks
Discriminated against in life, they were forgotten by their community in death, buried in unmarked graves in the back of the Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia. The final resting places of the 1,146 Black souls who once lived and worked there were anonymous. Though loved ones may have initially marked the spots with a […]
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Fallen Soldier’s Widow Myeshia Johnson: ‘Nothing to Say’ to Trump
MIAMI (AP) — The pregnant widow of a fallen U.S. soldier on Monday contradicted President Donald Trump’s account of his phone call about her husband’s death and said what he told her “made me cry even worse.” Myeshia Johnson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview that Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson was practically a member […]
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Black Kansas Mother Refuses Advances from White Detective, Son Imprisoned for 23 Years for Crime He Did Not Commit
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Rose McIntyre says she wonders whether her refusal to grant regular sexual favors to a White detective prompted him to retaliate against her Black son, who spent 23 years in a Kansas prison for a double murder he didn’t commit. Her son, Lamonte McIntyre, 41, walked out of a court hearing on […]
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MLS All-Star game coming to Atlanta in 2018
Earlier this afternoon Major League Soccer (MLS), Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank and a host of other local dignitaries, including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, were on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to announce the city will be hosting the league’s all-star game next summer. “For us, it’s just a huge honor to be […]
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Hawks lose third in a row, 104-93, in Miami; team really missing Schroder and Bembry
The Atlanta Hawks will have played five games on the road before playing at home for the first time this season on Friday night against Denver. Atlanta’s 104-93 loss in Miami was their third in a row. The Hawks were down by as much as 20 points early in the second half before tying the […]
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Loved ones say goodbye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger
Loved ones bid their farewells Saturday at a private funeral for Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four US soldiers killed in Niger, whose death has been at the center of a public dispute this week between President Donald Trump and a congresswoman. Flags flew at half-staff across Florida as Johnson’s remains were transported […]
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Atlanta’s mayoral candidates square off in live televised debate
In a debate that placed a heavy focus on the law enforcement and public safety, the eight leading candidates, based on current polling, to become Atlanta’s next mayor squared off in a live debate on Sunday at the WSB-TV studios, featuring Mary Norwood, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peter Aman, Ceasar Mitchell, Cathy Woolard, Vincent Fort, Kwanza […]
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Falcons seek answers after latest loss to Patriots
In the much-ballyhooed “rematch” against the five-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, the Atlanta Falcons were listless as they fell 23-7 in Foxborough, Massachusetts Sunday night. The Falcons are 3-3 on the season and there are more questions than answers in the fallout from the Dirty Birds’ latest defeat. The Falcons were 2-of-9 on […]