Delta Air Lines will now require medical screenings for passengers who can’t wear face masks due to health reasons — and asks that they reconsider flying altogether as the coronavirus pandemic rages. The strengthened policy adds another layer of protection for passengers who are already mostly required to wear masks while on flights, during boarding […]
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Juice Wrld’s posthumous ‘Legends Never Die’ debuts as biggest album of 2020
Juice Wrld’s posthumous album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the biggest album so far this year. Billboard reported that “Legends Never Die” moved 497,000 equivalent album units in the US in the week ending July 16. The rapper died in December at the age of 21 following a […]
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Trump insists he’s ‘right’ on the virus as more Americans get sick and die
President Donald Trump just offered a telling glimpse into his priorities as the coronavirus lengthens its trail of death and sickness. Not bothering to hide his indifference and contempt for science, the President made clear on Sunday that it’s more important to him to be ultimately proven right about the pandemic than to reconsider his […]
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Georgia Democrats faced tight deadline to pick John Lewis’ replacement in House race
It’s a position Georgia Democrats do not want to be in. The death of US Rep. John Lewis on Friday has left Georgia’s Democratic Party without a candidate in the 5th Congressional District — and with a fast-approaching deadline to select his replacement on the ballot for the November general election. “We’re still grieving,” Fulton […]
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Nikema Williams: Americans have done their part to fight COVID-19; our politicians need to do their job
Don’t blame the messenger, but I have some bad news: the COVID-19 pandemic is getting worse, not better. Even as states across the country continue to move forward with reopening their economies, we could be headed toward 100,000 new cases per day if we do not act fast and change course. As someone who herself […]
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‘Married to Medicine’ stars host COVID-19 mobile testing drive in College Park
Bravo’s “Married to Medicine” stars Dr. Damon Kimes and Dr. Heavenly Kimes—known as Dr. Heavenly—held a COVID-19 testing drive, with 64 mobile testing buses, on Saturday, July 18, at World Changers Church International in College Park. The husband and wife duo were joined by “Married to Medicine” co-star Dr. Jackie Walters. The event was apart […]
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‘Married to Medicine’ stars host COVID-19 mobile testing drive
Bravo’s “Married to Medicine” stars Dr. Damon Kimes and Dr. Heavenly Kimes (known as Dr. Heavenly) held a COVID-19 testing drive, with 64 mobile testing buses, on Saturday, July 18, at World Changers Chruch International in College Park. The event was apart of Kimes’ Operation Georgia Know York Status, an initiative to provide fully-equipped, COVID-19 […]
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How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis
Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be among the most enduring. From student activist to elder statesman, Lewis continually encouraged the nation’s youth to start “good trouble” — and modeled just how to do that. He was arrested alongside millennial activists pushing for comprehensive […]
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Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses
President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden. Trump says it’s too early to make such an ironclad guarantee. “I have to […]
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Applications taken for 1 day to replace Rep Lewis on ballot
Georgia Democrats will gather Monday to decide a replacement on November’s ballot for U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who died Friday after serving for more than 30 years in Congress. The seat will remain empty until Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp schedules a special election. The Republican governor has given no indication when he will hold an […]
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Freeman prayed ‘Please don’t take me’ during COVID-19 fight
Freddie Freeman doesn’t know if he has time to be ready for the Atlanta Braves’ opener. Following a scary journey in his battle with COVID-19, Freeman is grateful to even have a chance. On Saturday, the four-time All-Star revealed he had a high temperature of 104.5 degrees early in his battle with the disease and […]
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Two GOP senators post photos of Elijah Cummings instead of John Lewis on social media
For the second time on Saturday, a Republican senator is apologizing for mistaking the late Rep. Elijah Cummings for Rep. John Lewis in a social media post. Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan’s office said they made a mistake after a Facebook post honoring Lewis, the late Georgia congressman, included a picture of Sullivan with Cummings, the […]
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Brown: ‘Georgia Gov. Kemp shows that he doesn’t care about Black people’
Early this month, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Twitter that she and members of her family had tested positive for Covid-19. She has also, as it happens, repeatedly tried to get a mask requirement enacted to protect her city’s residents. She can’t because Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has thwarted her at every […]
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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Lewis’ passing late Friday night, calling him “one of the […]
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A timeline of events in the life of Rep. John Lewis
Born in rural Alabama during the dark days of Jim Crow segregation, Rep. John Lewis rose from poverty to become a leader of the civil rights movement and later was elected to Congress. Here is a timeline of some major events in Lewis’ life. Feb. 21, 1940: Born the son of Black sharecroppers near Troy, […]