Thursday morning, the Kasim Reed for Atlanta campaign office announced the former mayor raised more than $1 million in 20 days. According to Anne Torres, Reed’s Director of Communications, the 59th Mayor of Atlanta raised $550,000 in the 24 hours after announcing his candidacy on June 10. “I have long viewed Atlanta as a tapestry […]
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Protecting Elders in a Pandemic World
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, two of the first regulations from the World Health Organization (WHO) were self-quarantining and social distancing. As many of us did our best to stay six feet away from each other in grocery stores, jobs, walking the streets, that new regulation affected our abilities to care and watch […]
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Atlanta Business League honors distinguished leaders at CEO Awards Luncheon
Atlanta Beltline, Inc. president and CEO Clyde Higgs provided the most poignant and powerful moment at the Atlanta Business League’s annual CEO Awards Luncheon when he was bestowed the Visions of Excellence award. Six business executives and entrepreneurs were honored at the tony Marriott Marquis hotel. But Higgs’ personal testimony gripped the audience when his […]
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Local officials sound the alarm over another possible wave of Covid-19 infections
Local officials are sounding the alarm over an increase in Covid-19 infections just as the nation prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July holiday that many hoped would mark the start of the resumption of normal life. In Arkansas, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, cases are surging, officials said. […]
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Richardson will miss Olympic 100 after marijuana test
American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10.86 seconds on June 19, told of her ban Friday on the “Today Show.” She tested positive at the Olympic trials and so her result is […]
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Without Giannis, Bucks beat Hawks 123-112 for 3-2 lead
Even without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks figured out a way to end their recent habit of slow starts. Now they’re just one win away from finishing off the Atlanta Hawks and earning their first NBA Finals berth in nearly half a century. Brook Lopez scored a playoff career-high 33 points to lead […]
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Phylicia Rashad’s support of Bill Cosby highlights division in the Black community
Depending on you and your life experiences, Bill Cosby is either an abuser or the latest Black man to fall prey to being unjustly accused. In the case of the 83-year-old actor, it is actually dozens of women — the majority of them White — over several years who alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby dating […]
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UGA Athletes Well Represented at this year’s Olympics
The University of Georgia will be well represented at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. The Georgia Bulldogs have a total of 25 Olympians, representing nine different nations, in five different sports. University of Georgia’s athletic director Josh Brooks spoke to how meaningful it is for the athletic program to see their athletes in the Olympic trials […]
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Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges
The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of an expected court appearance on the first criminal indictment in a two-year investigation into business practices at Donald Trump’s company. Weisselberg was photographed walking into the the complex that houses criminal courts and the Manhattan district attorney’s office at […]
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Bill Cosby is a free man after Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns sex assault conviction
Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, saying the disgraced actor’s due process rights were violated. The stunning decision in the case of the man once known as “America’s Dad” reverses the first high-profile celebrity criminal trial of the #MeToo era. The panel of Pennsylvania State […]
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US jobless claims fall to 364,000, a new pandemic low
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell again last week to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the job market and the broader economy are rebounding rapidly from the coronavirus recession. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims dropped by 51,000 to 364,000. Applications for unemployment […]
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Judge to hear arguments in Georgia election law challenge
Voting integrity activists argue several parts of Georgia’s new election law criminalize normal election observation activities, while the state argues that those provisions reinforce previous protections and are necessary for election security. A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday on the activists’ request that he bar election officials from enforcing those provisions. Georgia’s […]
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Conservative Supreme Court majority upholds Arizona’s voting restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flexing its new strength, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday cut back on a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last year’s elections. The court’s 6-3 ruling upheld voting limits in Arizona that a lower […]
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Overhaul makes it easier for aspiring teachers to get grants
The U.S. Education Department on Thursday loosened the rules around a grant program that’s intended to help aspiring teachers pay for college but has actually left thousands stuck with student debt. The update is part of a federal rules overhaul that was finalized under the Trump administration but is just now taking effect. Unlike other […]
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Judge denies November request to remove Britney Spears’ father as her co-conservator
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied on Wednesday a motion to remove Britney Spears‘ father from his role as a conservator of his daughter’s $60 million estate, making official a November request to allow a trust to act as co-conservator of her estate. While the decision came just one week after the pop star’s […]