A day after a missing Clark Atlanta University student was found dead in a Georgia park, police have arrested the victim’s roommate and the roommate’s boyfriend. Atlanta police on Saturday arrested 21-year-old Jordyn Jones and Jones’ boyfriend, 21-year-old Barron Brantley, each on charges of malice murder in the Oct. 31 death of Alexis Crawford. Police […]
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The tourists nobody wants
Rowdy groups of bachelor parties. Backpackers asking locals to pay their way. The hordes that pour daily off cruise ships, choking up city centers. It wasn’t so long ago that tourists were (relatively) feted in the destinations they visited, with locals relishing the chance to earn money through a tourism economy. But today, with traveler […]
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Missing Clark Atlanta University student found dead
‘ A missing Clark Atlanta University student has been found dead, authorities said Friday. The body of Alexis Crawford, 21, was found at a park in DeKalb County, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said at a news conference. Investigators are securing arrest warrants for Crawford’s friend and roommate, 21-year-old Jordyn Jones, and Jones’ boyfriend, 21-year-old […]
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Trump campaign launching black outreach effort for 2020
During the 2016 campaign, candidate Donald Trump stood in front of largely white crowds and asked black voters to consider, “What the hell do you have to lose?” Four years later, the president has a new message for black voters: Look what I’ve delivered. Trump and his campaign on Friday will be launching a new […]
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Chris Brown holds high-end yard sale at his Los Angeles home
Chris Brown held a high-end yard sale Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, with hundreds of fans, gawkers and bargain-seekers waiting for hours to try to get a piece of the singer’s stuff. Brown posted a flyer on his Instagram and Twitter accounts Tuesday night that included the address of his suburban mansion in the […]
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Rapper accused of choking, biting woman in Atlanta
A rapper is accused of choking and biting his girlfriend while in Atlanta. News outlets report Osiris Williams, also known as YK Osiris, was arrested Monday on a felony charge of aggravated assault by strangulation. Fulton County police say the man is accused of attacking the woman at his 21st birthday party in September. A […]
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Lincoln Center in New York City to honor Spike Lee in April
Spike Lee will receive Film at Lincoln Center’s 46th Chaplin Award. Lincoln Center announced Thursday that the 62-year-old filmmaker will be honored in its annual fundraising gala on April 27. For its 50th anniversary last year, Lincoln Center skipped a Chaplin Award honoree and instead hosted a special gala that featured Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodovar, […]
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Wellspring Living Inc. awarded $200,000 by City of Atlanta to support anti-human trafficking efforts
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Wells Fargo joined together to present a 2019 First Place CommunityWINS (Working/Investing in Neighborhood Stabilization) Grant Award in the amount of $200,000 to Wellspring Living, Inc. for its work in support of the Women’s Academy. Launched in 2015, the nationwide CommunityWINS program recognizes […]
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Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross, other celebs join Michelle Obama’s voter outreach drive
Election Day is over, but Michelle Obama is still trying to get out the vote. The former first lady announced that Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Shonda Rhimes, Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington have signed on as co-chairs of the national organization When We All Vote. Obama is already a co-chair, along with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Faith […]
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Rapper T.I. faces major backlash for ‘hymen’ comments
Planned Parenthood and others on social media blasted T.I. after the rapper said he goes to the gynecologist with his daughter every year to make sure her hymen is “still intact.” In an episode of the “Ladies Like Us” podcast that debuted this week, T.I. said that he takes “yearly trips to the gynecologist” with […]
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Trump to Black voters: “What the hell do you have to lose?”
President Donald J. Trump touched down in Atlanta this morning as he set out to raise money for United States Senator David Perdue as well as launch the initiative to bring Black voters to the Republican Party, titled the Black Voices for Trump Coalition. As Trump was welcomed to cheers by the crowd of about […]
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Impeachment going public: Hearings next week for all to see
Democrats announced Wednesday they will launch public impeachment hearings next week, intending to bring to life weeks of closed-door testimony and lay out a convincing narrative of presidential misconduct by Donald Trump. First to testify will be William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, who has relayed in private his understanding that there was a […]
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Mayor cancels annual Peach Drop tradition
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced, during a radio interview with Majic 107.5/97.5’s Ryan Cameron, that she is canceling the Peach Drop, Atlanta’s New Year’s Eve tradition. “We’ve had some location challenges,” Bottoms said. “The city no longer owns Underground, which added complications.” “We’re going to take a break, reevaluate, reexamine the location and how we […]
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LeBron James and Trae Young set the NBA alight
There are only 10 older players than LeBron James in the NBA. There are not many younger players than the 21-year-old Trae Young. At the age of 34, some people thought elder NBA statesman James might be slowing down. Aged 21, people thought young gun Young might suffer a “sophomore slump.” Turns out though that […]
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House Intelligence Committee subpoenas Mick Mulvaney for impeachment inquiry testimony
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has been subpoenaed to appear Friday morning before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an official working on the inquiry told CNN. “Mr. Mulvaney has the opportunity to uphold his oath to the nation and Constitution by testifying tomorrow […]