School districts across the country are navigating how to reopen safely amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and the results of a new study could make those decisions more difficult. Between 42 percent and 51 percent of all school employees in the US met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s criteria for either having an […]
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Panthers drop season opener to 19 ranked Louisiana in OT
It was almost too good to be true. Another Georgia State Panthers upset against a ranked team, except it was not. The 19 ranked Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana fought back after being down 14 points to defeat the Panthers 34-31 in overtime. Ragin Cajuns running back Elijah Mitchell broke loose for the game-winning 12 yard […]
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Good and bad in Georgia State 34-31 loss against Louisiana
The season opener for the Georgia State Panthers lived up to the hype and came down to the wire. In a 31-28 loss to the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, it was heartbreaking if you were a Panthers fan but great to see as a fan of the Sun Belt Conference and a college football fan. Both […]
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High-School: Douglass comes up short 19-7 in season opener against Wesleyan
The score is nowhere close to an indication of how the game went between the Douglass Astros and the Wesleyan Wolves Friday night. It was a defensive battle for both teams and remained close until late in the fourth quarter. This was the Astros first game of the season after waiting a long three weeks […]
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Astros prepare for long-anticipated season opener at Wesleyan
Since high school football began almost two weeks ago, the Douglass Astros have been preparing for their season opener which was scheduled on September 4 against the Wesleyan Wolves. Two weeks after the game was canceled, they will now travel to Norcross to face the Wolves and begin their quest to make another deep run […]
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off […]
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[VIDEO] Preview: Can the Falcons exploit the Cowboys’ depleted defense?
Symone Stanley breaks down the four keys you should pay attention to heading into Sunday’s Week 2 matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Dallas Cowboys!
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#COVID: Georgia tops 300,000 cases; decline in new cases flattens
Georgia has surpassed 300,000 confirmed coronavirus infections amid hints that a decline in new cases may be leveling out. With totals reported Thursday, Georgia is close to 301,000 COVID-19 cases. There also are now 6,474 confirmed deaths caused by the respiratory illness. Georgia’s numbers continue mostly to improve, although cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated […]
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‘Dawgs head coach Smart, wife donate $1 million to university
Georgia coach Kirby Smart and his wife Mary Beth have committed $1 million to the university for programs supporting social justice and athletes impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as an expansion of the Bulldogs’ football facility. The Smarts joined Detroit Lions quarterback and former Georgia star Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, to […]
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Roderick Walker speaks after release from Fulton County Jail
Roderick Walker spoke to the media Friday after he suffered a beating from Clayton County deputies last week. Walker was beaten and arrested after sheriff’s deputies, suspecting a broken taillight, pulled over a vehicle Walker was riding in last Friday, his attorney Shean Williams. Flanked by Williams, his attorneys from The Cochran Firm, and family, […]
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DEAR BLACK MAN: Twenty-one Black men pen open letters of encouragement and brotherhood to Black men
As far back as history can take us Black men have always been a part of our story—some good and some challenging. Far before the hashtags, Black men’s names and narratives have been written for them and at times by them. In the following letters, 21 Black men openly share radical intimate words and with […]
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#Election2020: Ossoff’s newest ad says Trump-Perdue lied on COVID-19’s impact on Black community
Today, investigative journalist and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Georgia Jon Ossoff launched a new ad for statewide African-American radio that informs voters of Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.)’s repeated lies downplaying the risks and human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a disproportionate impact on Georgia’s Black community. It is part of the campaign’s […]
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#COVID: Trump disputes CDC head’s vaccine timeline and mask claims
President Donald Trump again contradicted his own health officials’ coronavirus statements — this time on the importance of mask wearing and the timing for a vaccine. And he demeaned Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the doctor was “confused” in his congressional testimony. Redfield said Wednesday […]
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FILM REVIEW: Tenet
John David Washington has crossed a bridge. He’s no longer just the son of a superstar actor. He is a superstar actor. Seconds after he’s on screen, you get the deal. He is as confident, adventurous and acrobatic as Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible series. As cool and debonair as any of the Bond […]
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Former Atlanta CFO indicted by feds on fraud, gun possession and obstruction
The City of Atlanta’s former Chief Financial Officer, Jimmie “Jim” A. Beard, has been charged in an eight-count federal indictment with wire fraud, theft from the government, possession of machine guns, making a false statement, and obstructing federal tax laws. “Jim Beard allegedly abused his position as one of the most powerful executives in the […]