Across the nation and throughout the world, millions of people are still morning the tragic and senseless killing of our Brother Nipsey Hussle. We are again reminded of the terrible sickness of violence in communities across the United States. We should not wait for another one of our heroes to be killed before we stand […]
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Migos’ Offset has charges in phone-slapping case dismissed
Police in suburban Atlanta have dropped a felony charge against the rapper Offset, who was accused of knocking a cellphone out of a fan’s hands. Sandy Springs police Sgt. Sam Worsham told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday that “all parties involved were able to come to an agreement.” The property damage charge stemmed from an […]
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Abrams fights ‘broad’ subpoena in GA ethics investigation
The nationally watched race for Georgia governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp, the winner, was decided months ago. But proxy battles emanating from it still rage on. Abrams’ campaign on Friday delivered more than 3,600 pages of bank records to the state ethics commission in response to a far-reaching subpoena looking to […]
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Duke’s Zion Williamson hires black female agent, signs with CAA
As the deadline passed for college basketball players to sign with agents or return to college, projected number one overall pick Zion Williamson signed with the Creative Arts Agency (CAA) and has enlisted the services of agents two agents, Austin Brown and Lisa Joseph-Metelus. CAA currently has a robust clientele consisting of Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Brooklyn’s […]
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2021 MLB All-Star Game will be played in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Major League Baseball’s 2021 All-Star Game will be played at Atlanta in what could be the first national showcase for SunTrust Park since the stadium opened in 2017. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement before the Braves played the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. “The facility here, including SunTrust stadium and […]
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Lawsuit over Georgia voting issues can move forward
A lawsuit challenging Georgia’s election system can move forward, a judge ruled Thursday in the legal case filed by a group founded by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The federal lawsuit was filed in November, weeks after Abrams narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp in an election that drew national attention. During the campaign, […]
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Prosecutors push back on enforcing new state abortion laws
New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them. The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors who violate the laws. Even a few who […]
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Major Hollywood studios start to weigh in on heartbeat bill
Netflix blinked first and now other major Hollywood studios say they may reevaluate filming in Georgia if the state’s abortion law goes into effect. The state is known for its lucrative tax incentives for filming. WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Walt Disney Co. followed the streaming service’s lead earlier this week with a […]
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Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was “not an option” because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that he did not exonerate the president. “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did […]
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Washington: ‘Simply put, all love is His love’
There is a universal saying that “love conquers all.” In the secular world, the reference is to the power of emotional love that compels men and women to do extraordinary things, if not always prudent. Love, in this light, can move us to do the unthinkable at times, sometimes with positive and many times with […]
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US home prices rise at slowest pace in six and half years
U.S. home prices rose at the slowest pace in more than six years in March, a sign weaker sales are keeping a lid on price increases. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index climbed 2.7 percent from a year earlier, down from an annual gain of 3 percent in February. Price gains in formerly […]
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Netflix will ‘rethink’ Georgia shoots if abortion law holds
Though major studios have so far remained quiet on Georgia’s recently passed abortion law, Netflix on Tuesday said it will contest the legislation and “rethink our entire investment” in the state, should the law going into effect. Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement that the streaming giant will work with the […]
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Baseball growing more diverse off the field, if not on
Despite its overall paucity of Blacks on the field, baseball has shown a significant increase in racial hiring off the field. According to the 2018 MLB Racial and Gender Report Card by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), nearly 34 percent of MLB Central Office professional staff are people of color (10 […]
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Census estimates reveal that small towns continue to shrink
More than a third of small towns in Georgia lost population in the last year alone, highlighting the challenges of reviving rural areas. New census estimates show that Camilla fell below 5,000 residents. Sparks fell below 2,000, Fort Gaines dropped below 1,000 and Milan fell to 661 residents for a loss of 7 percent of […]
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Georgia grapples with sexual harassment complaints
Georgia’s inspector general’s office has taken charge of auditing and centralizing sexual harassment complaints across state agencies. But the office has not been provided additional money or staff, even as its workload has increased significantly, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported. Georgia had such an inconsistent system for investigating sexual harassment complaints that no one agency even […]