What is your name? * Mike Russell What is your age? * 59 What is your occupation? * US Army Officer (ret), small business owner. What is your city of residence? * Atlanta How many years in public service? * Served 28 years as a military police officer in the US Army. List your Community/Civic […]
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Election Central: Brandon Cory Goldberg, Candidate Atlanta City Council (Post 1 At Large)
What is your name? * Brandon Cory Goldberg What is your age? * 36 What is your occupation? * Attorney What is your city of residence? * Atlanta How many years in public service? * First-Time Candidate List your Community/Civic Affiliations: * American Jewish Committee, Democratic Party of Georgia, Red Clay Democrats, Stonewall Bar Association, […]
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Election Central: Doug Shipman, Candidate for Atlanta City Council President
What is your name? * Doug Shipman What is your age? * 48 What is your occupation? * Nonprofit Executive What is your city of residence? * Atlanta How many years in public service? * n/a List your Community/Civic Affiliations: * The Carter Center Board Member Atlanta International School Board Member Anti-Defamation League Honorary Board […]
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Kim Kardashian West pokes fun at famous family as SNL host
Kim Kardashian West, sporting a hot pink catsuit, skewered everyone from her mom’s boyfriend to her famous sex tape and estranged husband Kanye during her first turn hosting “Saturday Night Live.” “I know, I’m surprised to see me here, too,” she began her opening monologue Saturday after her appearance sparked a back-and-forth on Twitter among […]
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Sanders’ late TD catch helps Georgia Tech beat Duke 31-27
Adonicas Sanders caught a 36-yard touchdown throw from Jeff Sims with 51 seconds left to help Georgia Tech rally past Duke 31-27 on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets (3-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) were coming off an ugly home loss to Pittsburgh. But they responded by earning their first win here since 2013. “I thought our […]
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AP Top 25 Takeaways: A&M’s upset sends season into full tilt
The last time the No. 1 team in the country lost to an unranked team was 2008. The last time Alabama lost to an unranked team was 2007. Texas A&M snapped both those streaks and brought true chaos to this college football season. The Aggies dragged a two-game losing streak into Kyle Field on Saturday […]
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Analysis: Here’s why Democrats should be worried about the next election
American politics is in a state of high flux and both parties are searching, painfully, for balance. Democrats are holding on to threadbare majorities in the House and Senate and desperate to reach a major accomplishment before midterm politics take over the calendar. But rather than speak as one, the party’s progressives from blue states […]
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Official: Small plane crash at Atlanta area airport, 4 dead
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A small plane crashed just after takeoff Friday afternoon from a suburban airport in a northeast suburb of Atlanta, killing all four people aboard, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine Cessna 210 crashed about 1:10 p.m. at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and caught fire. All four people on board died, […]
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Migrants Not Responsible for Latest COVID-19 Surge
Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But with numerous Republicans criticizing the Biden administration for the rise of immigrants, some of whom are COVID-19-positive, many Americans — particularly […]
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Election Central: Alfred “Shivy” Brooks, Candidate Atlanta City Council (Post 1 At Large)
What is your name? * Alfred “Shivy” Brooks What is your age? * 37 What is your occupation? * Teacher What is your city of residence? * Atlanta How many years in public service? * 15 List your Community/Civic Affiliations: * NAACP , SAND, The People’s uprising , Teachers for Good Trouble, NEA Where can […]
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Election Central: Sherry B. Williams, Candidate Atlanta City Council (Post 3 At-Large)
What is your name? * Sherry B. Williams What is your age? * 62 What is your occupation? * Public Policy and Civic Engagement Consultant and author What is your city of residence? * Atlanta How many years in public service? * 40+ years List your Community/Civic Affiliations: * Ebenezer Baptist Church, NAACP Lifetime member, […]
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2021 Buick Envision Looks Like a Car, Functions Like a Crossover
DETROIT – Buick is clearly a global car. We read somewhere that five times more Buicks are sold in China than in the U.S. And to take advantage of the crossover craze, Buick has switched to an all-crossover lineup. The latest addition is the 2021 Buick Envision. It is billed as a compact SUV. It […]
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White House and HHS Employees Aren’t ‘Exempt’ from Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services are subject to Biden’s executive order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated. Could a […]
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The Breakfast Boys restaurant in College Park’s burgeoning restaurant corridor
The sumptuous and succulent menu offerings at The Breakfast Boys restaurant in suburban Atlanta are as attractive as the celebrity-rich ribbon-cutting ceremony that popped off in June of this year. The Breakfast Boys won’t need the likes of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey, “Living Color” star Terrence C. Carson or TV/radio […]
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One School Answers ‘Where Are All the Black People in Advertising?’
Diversity within the advertising industry is still a work in progress. With only 11.4 percent of industry employment being held by people of color and only 11.5 percent of creative directors in the United States being women, young creatives can run into many difficulties when embarking on their creative journeys. One Club, originally established in […]