Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is 87 years old, tweeted that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, after saying earlier he would self isolate after a possible exposure. “I’ve tested positive for coronavirus,” Grassley wrote. “I’ll (be) following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & continue to quarantine. I’m feeling good + will keep […]
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A Tom and Jerry movie gets a hopeful plan for release in theaters next year
Tom and Jerry have been trying to kill each other for 80 years — and now, they’ll continue that tradition in a new movie scheduled for release in theaters in 2021. The violently antagonistic cat and mouse will star in “Tom and Jerry,” a hybrid live-action and animated film that sees the two square off […]
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MARTA Board votes to extend contract of general manager
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to extend the contract of General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker for three years, through 2026. Parker joined MARTA as general manager and CEO in March 2018 with a contract that expired in 2023. The new decision extends the contract to June 2026. […]
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State school association awards Amoy Walker ‘Teacher of the Year’
The Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) recognized Amoy Walker of Atlanta Girls’ School (AGS) as its teacher of the year. GISA President Stan Whitlock presented Walker with her award on Nov. 9 at AGS. “As a first-generation college attendee education was my path to achieve socio-economic stability,” Walker said. “This is why I firmly believe […]
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Atlanta-based voluntary benefits company Purchasing Power appoints new EVP
Purchasing Power, LLC, named Assad Lazarus as its new executive vice president, public sector and chief development officer. In this new dual role, Lazarus is charged with leading Purchasing Power’s public sector vertical and spearheading strategic business development efforts to drive growth-oriented partnerships across the company. “Assad’s demonstrated results in leadership and delivering significant growth […]
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#Election2020: Fulton and Dekalb Counties finish recount
Sunday afternoon, Fulton County announced they have completed their hand recount. Fulton County Registration & Elections completed the hand count of 528,000 ballots cast during the November 3 General Election, representing more than 11% of the Risk Limiting Audit process. According to a release, the audit involved the participation of hundreds of workers, monitors, and […]
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine shows overwhelming success in U.S. tests
Moderna said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a day worldwide. The company said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according […]
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#Coronavirus: Oregon, New Mexico order lockdowns as other states resist
The governors of Oregon and New Mexico ordered near-lockdowns Friday in the most aggressive response yet to the latest wave of coronavirus infections shattering records across the U.S., even as many of their counterparts in other states show little appetite for reimposing the hard-line restrictions of last spring. “We are in a life-or-death situation, and […]
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#Election2020 | AP Fact Check: Trump wrong on Georgia voter signature checks
President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Georgia election officials are unable to verify signatures on absentee ballot envelopes because of a legal settlement known as a consent decree. Here’s a look at Trump’s claims, in a tweet on Saturday: TRUMP: “The Consent Decree signed by the Georgia Secretary of State, with the approval of […]
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Obama’s book tour doubles as a warning about ‘deeply divided’ media landscape
When Barack Obama and his editors at Penguin Random House’s Crown Publishing picked this week to publish the first volume of his memoirs, “A Promised Land,” they hoped that the election results would be clear, that Obama’s vice president Joe Biden would be busy with transition work, and that there wouldn’t be any widespread unrest. […]
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#Election2020: Trump’s failure to work with Biden is becoming more urgent as Covid spreads
President Donald Trump is facing a barrage of calls to permit potentially life-saving transition talks between his health officials and incoming President-elect Joe Biden’s aides on a fast-worsening pandemic he is continuing to ignore in his obsessive effort to discredit an election that he clearly lost. The increasingly urgent pleas are coming from inside his […]
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#Election2020: ‘How Did 12 Percent of Black Men vote for Trump?’
Juan Williams posited that he’s a Black man born in a Latin country and grew up in a Spanish-speaking family. The author and Fox News political analyst then stated a head-scratching fact that many still find difficult to rationalize. “It stuns me to see that President Trump set a record last week by attracting the […]
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#Election2020: Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden’s wins in four states are withdrawn
Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden’s win and went nowhere in court dropped their cases Monday morning. The cases were short-lived in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania federal courts, and fed into a pro-Donald Trump legal strategy to block Biden’s presidential win before the Electoral College formalizes […]
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#Election2020: Karl Rove leads new Republican fundraising group for pivotal Georgia Senate races
Senate Republicans have picked Karl Rove to serve as the national finance chairman for the Georgia Battleground Fund, a joint fundraising account formed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee to support Georgia Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of their January runoff races to keep their seats. Rove, a former adviser to President […]
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Former DeKalb County police officer and Gangster Disciples member sentenced to 15 years in prison
Former DeKalb County police officer, Vancito Gumbs, 28, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for racketeering conspiracy involving murder. According to a press release, Gumbs, who had been photographed flashing a hand sign used by the Gangster Disciples, was a self-professed “hitman” […]