The second round of the high school playoffs begin Friday and two APS (Atlanta Public Schools) teams remain in the playoffs. The Carver-Atlanta Panthers and the Hornets of South Atlanta are the two teams continuing to battle for a chance to compete for a State title at Center-Parc Stadium in late December. The Hornets will […]
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Founder of all-Black armed activist group faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers
The founder of an all-Black armed activist group is facing a federal charge after the FBI alleges he aimed a rifle at federally deputized task force officers during a September rally in Louisville, Kentucky. FBI agents arrested John Fitzgerald Johnson, the founder of the Not F**king Around Coalition who is also known as Grand Master […]
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States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows
States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed to the breaking point — with the worst feared yet to come. The number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 hit an all-time high in the U.S. on Thursday at 100,667, […]
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Allegations of insider trading continue to follow Senator Perdue in new report
According to a new report published by The New York Times, Senator David Perdue was the most prolific stock trader in the United States Congress. According to data compiled by Senate Stock Watcher, a nonpartisan website that aggregates publicly available information on lawmakers’ trading, and found Perdue’s transactions accounted for nearly a third of all Senate trades reported in […]
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Washington: ‘Guilty as charged, free to go’
They tell me that ignorance of the law is not supposed to be an excuse for breaking the law. So, if you ever find yourself in court, telling the judge you didn’t know there even was a law, that by itself, won’t get you off the hook. Depending on the conviction of the presiding judge, […]
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms appoints Jon Keen to serve as COO
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the appointment of Jon Keen to serve as the City of Atlanta’s chief operating officer. Keen’s appointment is effective immediately. Keen joined the Bottoms Administration in 2018 as Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Before joining the Administration, Keen was a Manager for Deloitte Consulting LLP and IBM Global Services and was […]
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City of Atlanta announces city planning initiative to address housing affordability, racial equity
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the “Atlanta City Design: Housing” initiative, a project administered by the City’s Department of City Planning that has been created to propose policy-based solutions to Atlanta’s housing affordability challenges and aligns with the goals and action items of the Mayor’s One Atlanta Housing Affordability action plan. Since 2010, Atlanta has […]
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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Tiny Tots and Tikes brings inspiration to children of color through identifiable wall decals
As society becomes more aware of biases and the importance of racial diversity and representation, it’s essential to continue to give children identifiable representations of themselves in various forms. While American is just now deciding to get rid of racially insensitive and offensive depicts of people of color in everyday society, and promote positive opportunities […]
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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Black-owned upscale men’s spa opens in Atlanta’s Buckhead District
ManCave Atlanta, a new upscale men’s spa and event facility, located in the Lindbergh neighborhood of Atlanta’s luxurious Buckhead District is officially opening December 7, 2020. A male-centric facility, ManCave Atlanta features a spa that includes manicure and pedicure, facial and massage suites, as well as cigar and sports lounges that can be utilized for […]
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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Atlanta-based, Black-owned greeting card brand now offered at Walgreens
Culture Greetings, a woman-led and Black-owned greeting card company, announced the launch of a new print-to-store integration partnership with Walgreens. Through the technology integration with the Walgreens Photo Prints and Store Locator APIs, in addition to the Culture Greetings’ mail-to-recipient delivery option, customers will now have the choice to pick up their customized printed greeting cards […]
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City of Atlanta enters bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup
The City of Atlanta is currently in the bidding process to have the honor of serving as an Official Host City of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Twenty-three cities across North America were submitted as a part of the successful 2026 United Bid, but likely only 16 cities – 10 in the United States, three […]
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Kemp extends public health emergency, renews COVID-19 restrictions
Governor Brian P. Kemp signed two executive orders on November 30, extending Georgia’s Public Health State of Emergency until January 8, 2021, and extending current COVID-19 restrictions. This is the ninth time Kemp has extended both executive orders which take effect on December 1. In the Renewal of Public Health State of Emergency executive order, […]
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Wolf: ‘Now we have proof that kids are paying the price of COVID-19’
Nine months into the pandemic, the US still has not figured out how to get all of its kids safely back into classrooms, and now we are starting to see the cost of the cumulative individual and policy decisions that have made opening schools so hard. It is exactly what was feared. The pandemic is […]
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#Election2020: President-elect Biden announces key members of economic team
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his economic team. The Biden-Harris Transition said the team will “help (Biden) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris lift America out of the current economic downturn and (create) an economy that gives every single person across America a fair shot and an equal chance to get ahead.” The appointees […]
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ATL home healthcare owner sentenced to five years in federal prison for Medicaid fraud
Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (“Elite”), an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider, has been sentenced for five years and three months in federal prison for defrauding Medicaid out of nearly $1 million. Between September 2015 and April 2018, Bankhead submitted thousands of fraudulent claims for services that were never provided to medically […]