Fox Corp. is standing behind Tucker Carlson after the Anti-Defamation League last week called for the company to fire the opinion host for his on-air defense of the white-supremacist “great replacement” theory. In a letter sent Sunday to the civil rights group and shared with The Associated Press, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Carlson had […]
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TSU hires 1st-time coach Eddie George hoping for revival
Tennessee State has hired former NFL running back Eddie George as football coach, banking on his name and connections to revive the program. TSU introduced George at a news conference Tuesday inside the Gentry Center with the band on hand to commemorate what the university hopes is a big step forward in football. “Eddie George […]
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US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports
The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, a development that could jeopardize the rollout of vaccines around the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced that they were […]
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‘I just want My Baby home,’ says Daunte Wright’s mother
Katie Wright, the mother of the 20-year-old African American man shot and killed by police a short distance from a Minneapolis courtroom where former cop Derek Chauvin stands trial for the murder of George Floyd, is searching for answers. Wright, and a frustrated community that still has not wrapped its head around Floyd’s very avoidable […]
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Americans are finally buying less toilet paper and wipes
One encouraging sign that the pandemic-time panic among consumers is abating: Americans are no longer hoarding toilet paper, kitchen towels and wipes. Sales of toilet paper dropped 32.7% in the 12 weeks ending April 3 from the same period a year ago, according to market research firm NielsenIQ, which tracks point of sale data from […]
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President on reparations: “…There Should Be a Discussion About Redress”
Count Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, among the growing and vocal majority who support reparations as a way to address the consequences of racism and inequality in America. “There are definitely merits to it in the sense that, if people have been harmed by laws, then there should be a discussion […]
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Officer accused of force in stop of Black Army officer fired
One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Army officer during a traffic stop has since been fired, a Virginia town announced late Sunday, hours after the governor called for an independent investigation into the case. The town of Windsor said in a statement that it joined calls […]
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Nas, Eve, Snoop, Aaliyah’s mom react to death of rapper DMX
Reaction to the death of Grammy-nominated rapper DMX, who died Friday at 50. — “Earl Simmons was a wonderful, caring father, and a sensitive, thoughtful man. Unfortunately, Dark Man X took over and ran amok, tormented and struggling to find the light. … DMX gave me the inspiration to keep going at Def Jam when […]
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Police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota sparks protests
Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb of about 30,000 people. The city is about 10 miles from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial […]
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Born again doesn’t mean what others portray it to be
The term “born again” sometimes gets associated with a lot of things, particularly in these hyper-political times, except for its true biblical intent. I know my own history would suggest that I probably would not fit into the category of a “born again Christian.” I could not and would not subscribe to my definition of […]
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Republican Kelvin King will run for Senate, challenging Reverend Warnock
Kelvin King, the owner of an Atlanta construction company, is the first Republican that has formally filed paperwork to run against incumbent Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock for United States Senate. The news was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. King is one of former President Trump’s most ardent supporters and is the CEO of […]
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Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state’s recently enacted law restricting voting access. The film is the largest and most high profile Hollywood production to depart the state since Georgia’s Republican-controlled state Legislature passed a law that introduced stiffer voter identification requirements […]
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‘The Talk’ returns with Sheryl Underwood remarks and an episode on race
“The Talk” returned Monday by jumping right into a conversation about race. It was the first new episode since cohost Sharon Osbourne left the CBS daytime talk show in the wake of a heated discussion she had with fellow cohost Sheryl Underwood over Osbourne’s support of her friend, Piers Morgan. Underwood questioned that support after […]
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Police: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun, killing Daunte Wright
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday of […]
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Expert: Chauvin did not take actions of ‘reasonable officer’
Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother and damaging testimony from a police use-of-force expert who said no “reasonable” officer would have done what Chauvin did. Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, judged Chauvin’s actions […]