Authorities are using sonar equipment and a specially-trained dog to search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera in murky waters, saying the recovery operation could take days. Rivera, 33, vanished Wednesday from Lake Piru in Southern California’s Ventura County. She went to the lake that afternoon and rented a pontoon boat with her 4-year-old son, according […]
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What August Alsina said after Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’
People are fascinated by August Alsina’s “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith, but the singer seems less than thrilled with all the attention. Pinkett Smith and her husband of 23 years, actor Will Smith, confirmed during Friday’s episode of her Facebook talk show “Red Table Talk” that she had been romantically involved with Alsina years ago. […]
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Michelle Obama shares heartwarming video of a father and his daughter singing ‘I love my Black so much’
Michelle Obama shared a video on Instagram of an adorable dad and daughter duo singing a song with an important message. “I love my Black so much, so much, so much. We are strong, and we are powerful,” Daniel Johnson, 25, and Dakota, 5, sang in the powerful video posted on Thursday by the former […]
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Officers in deadly Breonna Taylor raid thought she was alone
Louisville police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a warrant were told she should be home alone because the main target of the narcotics investigation was elsewhere, according to an interview with one of the detectives who served the warrant. Taylor was shot eight times after officers used a battering ram to knock […]
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DeVos won’t say if schools should listen to CDC guidelines on reopening
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Sunday refused to say whether schools should follow guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening, saying those guidelines are meant to be “flexible.” “The CDC guidelines are just that, meant to be flexible and meant to be applied as appropriate for the situation,” DeVos told […]
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Superintendent for one of US’s largest public school systems has a message for DeVos: ‘You can’t put every kid back in a school’
The signage reminding students to stay 6 feet apart is already on the floors. The plexiglass is up in the front office. The desks are spaced in a socially-distanced way in the classrooms. This is how Mantua Elementary and all other public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are preparing for back-to-school in the age of […]
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AP FACT CHECK: If he’s said it once, he’s said it 100 times
If saying things 100 times could make them true, President Donald Trump’s account of how the U.S. is doing with the coronavirus would be true. COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has sickened […]
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Lady A, the singer, is fighting back against Lady A, the group
The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A. The country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum, filed suit on Wednesday against Anita White, a singer/songwriter who also performs as Lady A. White recently told HLN she had been willing to work with the band but is unwilling to […]
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[VIDEO] Exclusive interview with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
For the first time, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks to The Atlanta Voice in an exclusive interview with Sharon Reed. The Mayor discusses her COVID-19 diagnosis, addresses speculation that she’s an “absentee mayor”, weighs in on Governor Brian Kemp’s executive order calling on the National Guard and talks about being in the conversation to […]
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Seven common mistakes taxpayers can avoid
As you are organizing receipts and gather your W-2s and various tax forms to meet the July 15th tax deadline, it’s a good idea to brush up on how you can maximize your tax savings. Below are seven common mistakes taxpayers make when filing taxes and how you can avoid them. Getting a big refund: […]
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Black militia march on Stone Mountain Park demanding removal of Confederate monument
While many Americans celebrated the July 4 holiday and enjoyed fireworks, a heavily-armed Black militia made national headlines when it marched into Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta. This iconoclastic brigade of nearly 1,000 Black men and women, dressed in black from head to toe and carrying black rifles, walked in synchronized steps towards America’s most […]
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Officer to George Floyd: ‘It takes … a lot of oxygen to talk’
As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck dismissed his pleas, saying “it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk,” according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public […]
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Tyler Perry to pay funeral expenses for girl shot in Atlanta
Tyler Perry has offered to pay the funeral expenses for an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot in Atlanta over the weekend, a representative for the actor and filmmaker confirmed Wednesday. “I’m outraged today because I’d rather be paying for 8-year-old Secoriea Turner’s college than her funeral,” Perry said in a statement to People magazine. “When does this […]
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[VIDEO] COVID-19 Survivor Felecia Jester dealing with the side effects and the road to recovery (Part 2)
COVID-19 survivor Felecia Jester continues her riveting account of her long road to recovery. While still in the throes of dealing with the virus’s devastating side effects, Jester wants to let all those who are vulnerable that there are real side effects to dealing with this pandemic that will remain with her for the rest […]
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Mayor creates advisory council to focus on youth entrepreneurship
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an administrative order to convene an advisory council comprised of community members and partners to develop strategies to help promote youth entrepreneurship within the city of Atlanta. “Our youth, including those who take to the streets to sell water and other goods, have shown us how productive and capable they […]