Apple’s steady stream of hardware upgrades and new services launched throughout the pandemic has held the company in good stead going into 2021. The company on Wednesday reported revenues of $89.6 billion and a profit of $23.6 billion for the three months ending March 27, blowing past analyst forecasts. Apple shares surged more than 3% […]
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Walmart is coming after Kanye West’s Yeezy logo
Walmart is coming after Kanye West for releasing a proposed logo design that the retailer says too closely resembles the company’s own logo. The retail giant filed a notice of opposition on April 21 to the US Patent and Trademark Office, challenging a logo trademark application that was submitted by Kanye West’s apparel brand, Yeezy. […]
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EXPLAINER: Capital gains tax hike targets wealthy investors
After massive U.S. government spending helped send the stock market back to record heights, with even more potentially on the way, the bill may be coming due for the nation’s wealthiest investors. President Joe Biden is proposing to nearly double the tax rate the highest-earning Americans pay on profits made from stocks and other investments. […]
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Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe
Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Giuliani, the 76-year-old former New York City mayor once celebrated for his leadership after 9/11, has been under federal scrutiny for […]
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WNBA and MENTOR Team Up for Youth Mentoring
MENTOR is described as the lead champion for expanding quality youth mentoring relationships in the United States. The organization recently teamed up with the WNBA, AT&T, and Deloitte to host a virtual event for 60 high school girl basketball players. The event was centered around the power of representation and mentorship and featured a panel […]
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Biden to the nation and world: ‘America is rising anew’
President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that “America is rising anew,” and pointed optimistically to the nation’s emergence from the pandemic as a vital moment to rebuild the U.S. economy and fundamentally transform government roles in American life. Biden marked his first 100 days in […]
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US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery
The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, charging a father and son who armed themselves, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black man after spotting him running in their Georgia neighborhood. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, were charged along with a third man, William “Roddie” Bryan, […]
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Human Rights advocate Marsha Rose Joyner passes away at 82
The world will greatly miss the iconic presence of Mrs. Marsha Rose Joyner, a member of the family that founded the Afro-American Newspaper and which over the past 129 years has produced numerous global human rights activists. On April 10, Joyner, who was affectionately known as “Honey Bunn” by her family and friends, passed away […]
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WCLK welcome Rushion McDonald’s ‘Money Making Conversations’
NPR Affiliate Jazz 91.9 WCLK, Atlanta’s Jazz Station, is now the flagship station for new program, “Money Making Conversations hosted by Rushion McDonald,” which began as a podcast created by McDonald, a two-time Emmy Award-winning and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television and film producer. The show is about entrepreneurship and entertainment, and features interviews with […]
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Georgia adds 1 million, but growth slows from 1990s, 2000s
Georgia gained a million new residents from 2010 to 2020 according to U.S. Census results released Monday, with the state still growing more rapidly than the nation. But for the first time since 1990, the state will not add a congressional seat, as the state’s population growth slowed noticeably from the breakneck pace of the […]
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Justice Dept. opens police probe after Breonna Taylor death
The Justice Department is opening a sweeping probe into policing in Louisville, Kentucky, over the March 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot to death by police during a raid at her home, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday. It’s the second such probe into a law enforcement agency by the Biden administration in […]
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Attorney: Andrew Brown Jr. shot in back of head by deputies
A Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of the head and had his hands on his car steering wheel when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Monday after relatives viewed body camera footage. The account was the first description of the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., […]
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Focusing on financial health: Chart the path toward your next milestone
When was the last time you looked at your bank account balance? According to a recent study, over 60 percent of Americans check their balance at least once a week. This is a habit, if practiced the right way, can you put on the path to achieving your financial goals. Whether you’re looking to becoming […]
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CDC issues new outdoor mask guidance for fully vaccinated people
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued new guidance on outdoor mask use for fully vaccinated Americans. Fully vaccinated people can now unmask at small outdoor gatherings, or when dining outside with friends from multiple households. The CDC is telling unvaccinated people that they still need to wear a mask at […]
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The Trump Republican circus gears up for another tour
Donald Trump schooled his protégés well in his politics of down-in-the-muck misinformation. The ex-President’s Washington devotees and media backers are proving they don’t need him in the White House or blazing away on Twitter to stir his stew of lies, false realities, assaults on democracy, circus politics and racial grievance. The test of their approach […]