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Video shows former Georgia football RB Terrell Davis taken off United flight in cuffs
Lawyers for former Georgia football running back Terrell Davis released video Tuesday of an incident on a United Airlines flight that saw the two-time Super Bowl champion escorted off the plane in handcuffs. The video, apparently shot by a bystander, shows law enforcement officers handcuffing the Pro Football Hall of Famer at the...
Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so some school districts have cancelled plans to teach the course to high schoolers. Advocates complain that the decision by Georgia’s elected school superintendent will suppress teaching about Black...
Jules Levanti ’25 becomes Elon’s first N.C. Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholar
Jules Levanti ’25 started her collegiate journey studying finance – not even thinking about undergraduate research, let alone studying the universe. But three years later, Levanti is the first Elon University student to be named an Undergraduate Research Scholar by North Carolina Space Grant to further her research on dwarf galaxies.
By Raleigh’s Union Station, a new mural celebrates the lives of southern Asian Americans
This summer, passengers getting off at Raleigh’s Union Station will pass by a large, vibrant mural that celebrates the lives of several Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders based in North Carolina. The mural was painted as a part of the Asian Joy project, an effort to use...
Father accused of stuffing his son’s body in freezer dies while out on bond
HENRY COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) – The father accused of causing the death of his 19-year-old special needs son has died before his case could go to trial, Coffee County Coroner Arnold Woodham confirmed to WDHN. Court records filed this week show 44-year-old Micheal Shane Halstead died on Sunday, July 7. WDHN is working to confirm […]
Judge approves referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering an Oct. 1 special election on whether to overturn zoning changes that Black residents see as a threat to an island enclave founded by enslaved ancestors.
Man Arrested for Dumping Hundreds of Tires Near River
An Atlanta man has been arrested after police say he dumped 200 tires in Mableton near the Chattahoochee River. Police say 55-year-old Melvin Bernard Head dumped the tires on a property adjacent to the Chattahoochee River on Discovery Boulevard, near the Discovery Park at Riverline. According to Head's arrest warrant, he dumped the tires with the help of an unnamed person around 8 p.m. on June 6. Police say the...
Food stamps: Eight states sending out SNAP benefits worth up to $1,751 this week
With July quickly coming to a close, SNAP beneficiaries in eight states should expect to see their July payments hit their accounts by Sunday. The funds, worth up to $1,751 for a household of eight, will be uploaded to an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, which functions as a debit card and can be used at […]
Beloved Atlanta business owner shot to death in Old Fourth Ward, attorney says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A beloved Atlanta business owner was shot to death in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to his attorney. Atlanta police said they responded to a person shot at 480 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. NE, near the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, just before 3:50 p.m.
10-year-old honored for driving car to safety after grandfather passes out
A Georgia boy was honored for jumping into action and helping to save not just his own life but the life of his grandfather and others on the road while they were traveling along a busy highway last week. Hugh Cox told "Good Morning America" he was driving a Ford...
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