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Angel Reese Headlines Reebok’s ‘Not Made to Be Subtle’ Collection

Data News Staff Edited Report Reebok introduced the newest addition to its award-winning and innovative women’s apparel range, the ‘Not Made to Be Subtle’ Apparel Collection. Featuring both performance and lifestyle women’s offerings, No...

Edgar ‘Dooky’ Chase III Passes Away

Marie Bell Data News Weekly Contributor Last week, the Chase Family has announced that their patriarch, Edgar “Dooky” Chase III passed away at age 74. Representatives for the family say that he passed away with his wife Alva and family by his side. C...

Zakenya Perry Neely Appointed as Director of Partnerships & Market Solutions/Marketing

Data News Staff Edited Report Washington, D.C. – The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) proudly announces the promotion of Zakenya Perry Neely to Director of Partnerships & Market Solutions/Marketing, effective February 9, 2024....

Movie Mogul Tyler Perry Stops Production on $800M Studio Expansion after Seeing Video AI Model

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Tyler Perry was planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta. Now the plans are on hold. Why? Because of a new text-to-video Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model. The new AI Model by ChatGP...

Black Business Profile: PawKids celebrates nine years of serving youth

With support from two churches, Paradise Baptist Church and Atlanta Westside Presbyterian, Johnston purchased a former trap house on Donald Lee Hollowell Blvd and renovated it to provide a safe, loving environment for the kids after school. Photo co...

The most common mental health diagnoses among teens in the US

By Ali Hickerson In January 2024, thousands of people earnestly responded to Elmo when the “Sesame Street” puppet prompted a mental health check-in on social media, asking, “How is everybody doing?” The same week, in te...

6 Loving Affirmations for Black Daughters

by Tracy Chiles McGhee Originally appeared in Word in Black From mundane moments to life’s greatest milestones, my affirmations for my daughter, Sasha, are an enduring prayer for her well-being. The thoughts and words are illuminated by our un...

The silent killer

Did you know that one person dies from heart disease every 36 seconds in the United States, according to the American Heart Association (AHA)? February is American Heart Month, and Parkland Health providers want your blood pressure down and your hype...

Innovative media sales program for Atlanta University Center students

For the first time in the U.S., students of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) will have the opportunity to complete a four-year college degree in which the last two years of the curriculum are devoted to equipping them with the skills to succeed i...

Missing Black Children Deserve Justice Too

MISSINGPERSONS: Hundreds of Chicago residents joined KOCO organizers at the 6th annual We Walk For Her march. June 7th, 2023. Photo by Sebastin Hidalgo for City Bureau& Credit: Photo by Sebastián Hidalgo for City Bureau by& Trina Reynolds-Ty...

Don Lemon To Receive $24.5 Million In Separation Deal With CNN

Photo: Getty Images Don Lemon and CNN have reportedly reached an agreement following his firing last year. According to TheWrap, the former CNN anchor will receive approximately $24.5 million from his former employer in a separation deal that equals...

The Carr Report: Elderly woman was told a whole lie about her Whole Life Insurance policy

I recently read an article from “Moneywise.” This article shares a story about a 72-year-old woman whose life insurance policy is being terminated despite her life insurance premiums being paid every month since 1987. It goes on to say that this is a...

MR. SONNY KNOWS for Feb. 28

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Georgia Senate seeks to let voters decide sports betting in November

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians could get a chance in November to vote on authorizing sports gambling after senators on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment. It’s a big step forward for those who want Georgians to be able to bet on pro and...

U.S. House Republicans under scrutiny for supporting conception bill in wake of Alabama IVF ruling

(CNN) — Republicans who expressed support for in vitro fertilization in the wake of the controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling are coming under scrutiny for also backing legislation that declares human life begins at conception, without an except...