The family of an unarmed black teenager fatally shot by a white police officer is expressing anger and sadness over a jury’s decision to acquit, and Pittsburgh braced for protests a day after the verdict. Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld was charged with homicide for shooting Antwon Rose II in the back as […]
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In a plain envelope, a monumental message: Mueller’s done
The manila envelope in her hand held a single sheet of paper. Wearing a black puffer coat, the woman and her delivery were so unassuming in appearance that she was able to quietly slip past the crowd of reporters gathered in the hallways of the Rayburn House Office Building. Without being noticed, she was able […]
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Donald Trump intensifies effort to discredit Mueller report
President Donald Trump is intensifying his efforts to discredit a highly anticipated report on the special counsel’s Russia investigation. In an interview with Fox Business Network to be aired Friday, Trump said: “I have a deputy, appoints a man to write a report on me, to make a determination on my presidency. People will not […]
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Defense rests in trial of white cop who killed black teen
The defense rested its case Friday in the homicide trial of a white police officer charged with shooting and killing an unarmed black teenager near Pittsburgh, signaling the jury will soon get the case. Former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld is charged with gunning down 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last summer. Video showed Rosfeld […]
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R Kelly defense emerges, including saying accusers are lying
R. Kelly yelled through tears in a recent TV interview before an audience numbering in the millions, saying he’s in a fight for his life to disprove sexual abuse charges. That fight will ultimately be waged in court, with an audience numbering just 12 jurors. While the day lawyers deliver opening statements to jurors inside […]
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants prostitution video blocked from public
The attorneys representing New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other men charged in a Florida massage parlor prostitution investigation are asking a judge to block the release of video recordings police say shows them engaging in sexual acts. They also say the prosecutors’ conditions for the men entering a diversion program in exchange for […]
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivers report on Russia investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates. The report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the […]
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms commends the work of Public Safety Commissioner George Turner
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Public Safety Commissioner George Turner will build the most robust summer youth engagements plans in recent Atlanta history as one of his last acts as an “executive on loan” from the Atlanta Hawks. For the Hawks, Turner serves as vice president of safety, security and parking; as part of the “executive […]
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Mayor, Atlanta Police announce new developments in Atlanta Child Murders case
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, in partnership with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, announced that the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department will re-examine existing evidence related to the Atlanta Child Murders cases, which first unfolded nearly 40 years ago. This is the second announcement the […]
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How the college admissions scandal lawsuit affects Black alumni of schools involved
Two Stanford University students filed a class action suit on Wednesday against several universities, including Yale and the University of Southern California (USC), that were engulfed in a massive admissions cheating scandal involving wealthy parents who paid bribes to get their underachieving children into elite schools. The two plaintiffs, Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods, alleged […]
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Long resistant metro-Atlanta county votes down transit plan
A contract with Atlanta’s public transportation provider that would have brought a significant expansion of mass transit has been voted down by a north-metro county. Gwinnett County’s referendum Tuesday asked if voters wanted to authorize a contract with MARTA and impose a 1 percent sales tax for transit expansion. Unofficial results from the county’s board […]
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Review: Regions Bank in Sugar Hill
Regions Bank opened a new branch in Sugar Hill, Georgia. Our corespondent, Danté Boddie, recently had a chance to tour the high tech facility: You walk into a bank and you are greeted by a bank teller that shakes your hand. You look around kind of confused to see that there is no line. Instead […]
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Atlanta United, The Benz and State Farm Arena receive recognition
Atlanta United Football Club, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena are among the nominees in the 12th annual Sports Business Awards, hosted by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal. The gala takes place May 22nd at the Marriott Marquis in New York City’s Times Square. Atlanta United was nominated as the 2018 Sports Team of […]
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Atlanta’s District 3 Race is headed to a runoff
In the District 3 Atlanta City Council election, Byron Amos and Antonio Brown are heading into a runoff. They were the top two vote-getters in the March 19 special election, which had nine candidates. In the special election, according to the Fulton County elections website, Amos led with 23.41 percent of the vote, followed by […]
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Selfish versus selfless, know the difference
There are a lot of things in our Christian belief system that requires a leap of faith, including faith itself. The whole notion of blessings is like that. I think I’m beginning to understand blessings a little more clearly from a spiritual perspective. Haven’t we all been taught, at one time or another, to give […]