The Hawks Talon Gaming Club is determined to make the playoffs as they prepare to compete in their third season of the NBA 2K League. “Being one game away from the playoffs last year was tough. This year we want to put ourselves in a position for sure to make the playoffs,” Hawks Talon Gaming […]
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George Floyd: On one-year anniversary, family meets Pres. Biden and VP Harris
Tuesday afternoon in the White House, President Joe Biden met with George Floyd’s family on the one-year anniversary of his untimely death in Minneapolis. Press was not allowed in the meeting. However, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to reporters after the meeting concluded. “Yeah, so it was good to see the family again,” Harris said. […]
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Spring High School Football: Carver-Atlanta shuts out Hapeville Charter 35-0, Westlake rolls past Newton 35-6
Two of Atlanta’s high school programs put together impressive performances this past weekend in their spring scrimmages. The Carver-Atlanta Panthers traveled to South Fulton to face Banneker High School and dominated in their scrimmage 35-0. The story of this game was the offensive line and defensive line. On offense, the Panthers controlled the line of […]
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2021 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road turning heads as a compact SUV, crossover
You don’t often think of the Toyota RAV4 as an off-road vehicle. But for the second year in a row, the TRD version of this crossover has been named Compact SUV of Texas. To be precise, we are talking about the 2021 RAV4 TRD Off-Road. It was powered by a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that made […]
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Young hits runner with 0.9 left to lift Hawks past Knicks
A crowd that waited eight years to see another Knicks playoff game needed just minutes to make Trae Young its target. Young heard the fans’ hate. Then he silenced them. “I’ve always looked at it that I’m doing something right if I’m affecting them with my play that much that they hate me that much,” […]
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Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race
Eight days after Donald Trump turns 75 next month, New York City voters will cast their last ballots in an election that’s sure to have consequences for the former president. It’s not another White House run, but a vote in the Democratic Party primary for Manhattan’s next district attorney — the person who would likely […]
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CNN cuts ties with Rick Santorum over disparaging comments
CNN is cutting ties with former Republican senator and current TV analyst Rick Santorum over disparaging comments he made about Native American culture. On CNN, Santorum was a senior political commentator who was often tasked with giving the Republican point of view during campaign coverage. His parting ways with the network was confirmed Saturday by […]
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NBA’s young superstars showing their time is now in playoffs
Trae Young didn’t look like a postseason rookie in silencing a rocking road crowd in New York. “The moment wasn’t too big for him,” Atlanta teammate Lou Williams said. Nor for Ja Morant or Devin Booker, who were just as impressive in their debuts. Throw in Luka Doncic picking up where he left off last […]
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God is not a creditor, he doesn’t take I.O.U.’s
I had to laugh at this memory recently and thought I would share it one more time. Having been seriously bedridden for a couple of weeks some while ago, I remember missing church and missing the opportunity to tithe, which I try to do regularly, if not religiously. It was one of the first things […]
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Dr. Kevin Williams cautions African Americans about rare heart disease
It was less than four years ago that Pfizer Rare Disease teamed with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to assess the awareness of sickle cell disease, the challenges of living with it, and the importance of clinical trial participation. The partnership between the pharmaceutical giant and the NNPA, which represents the Black Press of […]
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Rep. Lucy McBath is living her son’s legacy
Rep. Lucy McBath vividly remembers having “the talk” with her teenage son Jordan in 2012 after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. “I said, ‘Baby, you got to understand. You are a young, Black male, and there are people in this country that are not going to care about you or love you like […]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to continue to require members of the House to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust. Greene, in a conversation with the Christian […]
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Georgia jobless rate falls to 4.3% in 12th straight decline
What a difference a year makes for Georgia’s unemployment rates. In April 2020, amid a huge wave of pandemic induced layoffs, the state was hitting an all-time high jobless rate of 12.5%. In April 2021, the state’s unemployment rate fell for the 12th straight month, dipping to 4.3% from 4.5% in March. The nationwide unemployment […]
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Family of Georgia woman killed by deputies demands answers
The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire as sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant questioned Wednesday the way officers carried out the operation. Latoya James, 37, was fatally shot on May 4 after Camden County deputies with a drug-related search warrant forced entry into a home at 4:51 a.m. that day. A man […]
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New voter ID rules raise concerns of fraud, ballot rejection
When voters in Florida and Georgia want to vote by mail in next year’s races for governor, they will have to make sure they take one more step to ensure they receive a ballot: providing their identification. Just two states had ID requirements in 2020 for voters requesting a mailed ballot. This year, Republicans across […]