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Quinn Minute – A salute to my dentists

by Rix Quinn Every morning, when my mirror smiles back, I am grateful to two dentists who have helped me for decades. They must be darn good because, thanks to regular visits, I’ve retained excellent cuspids, bicuspids, plus a host of workable molars...

Chicago Sky Draft Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, Creating Fan Buzz

A “Most Outstanding Player” and the Bayou Barbie are coming to “Skytown.”& In Monday night’s WNBA Draft, the Chicago Sky selected former University of South Carolina star Kamilla Cardoso and the equally electrifying Angel Reese from Louisiana St...

Former Office Manager Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzling Over $8.5 Million

ATLANTA – Sonya Hesenius, a former office manager and executive assistant for a company in Alpharetta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling more than $8.5 million between 2015 and 2020.“Hesenius will now be held accountable fo...

White Man Charged With Murder After Black Teen’s Leg Found In Park

Photo: Milwaukee Police Department, GoFundMe A white man was arrested after authorities found the remains of a missing Black college student in a Milwaukee park. On Friday (April 5), Maxwell Anderson, 33, was charged with homicide, mutilation of a c...

White Man Charged With The Murder Of Sade Robinson

A white man was arrested after authorities found the remains of a missing Black college student in a Milwaukee park. On Friday (April 5), Maxwell Anderson, 33, was charged with homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson in the murder of 19-year...

J. Pharoah Doss: Tennessee repeals local police reform: was the repeal Republican paternalism?

Members of Memphis’ SCORPION unit were behind the brutal beating of a suspect.& City of Memphis via AP George Lakoff’s book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, makes a distinction between left and right through parenting appr...

Civil Rights Groups Want Baltimore Bridge Renamed Due To Slavery Ties

Photo: Getty Images Civil rights groups are urging political leaders to rename Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge following its collapse last month. According to NBC News, the caucus of African American Leaders, whose members include variou...

Poetry on Peter: Downtown Atlanta’s Black creative outlet

Red and blue lights blend into a purple hue, illuminating a picturesque stage reminiscent of an intimate jazz club. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Miyana Sarver always knew Poetry on Peter (POP) would be special. However, the poet and driv...

Gov. Kemp suspends south Georgia mayor accused of stealing nearly $65,000 from his town

PINEVIEW, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended a south Georgia mayor who was indicted on charges that he stole nearly $65,000 from his town. Kemp on Tuesday, April 9th, issued an order suspending from office Brandon Holt, the mayor of Pinevie...

Speaker Johnson makes his long-awaited move on Ukraine as House plans to vote on separate aid packages

(CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson announced Monday evening the House will take up separate bills this week to provide aid for Israel and Ukraine, heeding demands from the far right to keep the issues separate as the threat of a vote to oust him from the s...

Inside Trump’s first day on trial in Manhattan criminal court

(CNN) — Donald Trump has been inside a half-dozen courthouses over the past year, but he had a new experience walking into a downtown Manhattan courtroom Monday morning: a half-empty room.The former president slowly walked through the cavernous and d...

Word In Black, and Comcast NBCUniversal Welcomes 16 Journalism Fellows to Cover Black and LGBTQ+ Communities

Philadelphia (April 15, 2024) —& Today, News is Out and Word In Black, together announced the 16 fellows selected for The Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, a new initiative powered by Comcast NBCUniversal to place journalists at 16 Black and LGB...

Beyoncé is sending Levi’s and Western boot sales soaring

New York (CNN) —& Queen Bey is giving Levi’s brand a lift. Beyoncé’s& hit country album& “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” which features the song “Levii’s Jeans” with rapper Post Malone, has lyrics like “denim on denim on denim on denim.” And...

Beyoncé has Levi’s and Western boot sales soaring

New York (CNN) — Queen Bey is giving Levi’s brand a lift.Beyoncé’s hit country album “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” which features the song “Levii’s Jeans” with rapper Post Malone, has lyrics like “denim on denim on denim on denim.” And at the same time, s...

Misinformation spreads online: O.J. Simpson’s death unrelated to COVID-19 vaccination

O.J. Simpson, a football star who was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, died of cancer on April 10 at age 76. Misinformation spread online within hours of the news. Social media posts falsely claimed that the cancer was related...