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ATLSuperBowl53.com will house all pertinent information leading up to Super Bowl LIII including: events, entertainment options and all Know Before You Go information.
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Across El Salvador, water rights are under threat from corrupt politicians and corporations.
[Tacuba is] emblematic of the fight for justice in an unequal world.
Sitting in sagging plastic lawn chairs at their family’s modest farmhouse, Tomás Zúnig...
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The Chicago area is bracing for historic cold this week as frigid temperatures begin to drop Tuesday.
A Wind Chill Advisory went into effect for the Chicago area at 4 a.m. and will be in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday, when it will be upgraded to a Wi...
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The White couple believe they will have a “milk chocolate” baby.
By Christina Santi, Ebony
Matrina Big and Michael Eurwen, a White German couple who receive melanin injections and identify as Black, appeared on the British television show This Mornin...
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By Tom Negovan, WGN
The extreme drop in temperatures can be quite dangerous, and potentially life-threatening, especially for the city’s most vulnerable population.
Volunteers from Chi Gives Back were near Roosevelt Road and Des Plaines Avenue Mond...
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Bitter cold weather is expected to hit the Midwest this week with temperatures dipping below zero. That means pipes in homes are in danger of freezing and bursting, leading an emergency call to the plumber and expensive water damage in the house....
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By Dave McNary, Variety
Disney has set a one-week engagement for “Black Panther” to return to theaters to celebrate Black History Month during Feb. 1-7 at 250 participating AMC locations.
Tickets are free for everyone, and there will be two showing...
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(Photo by Itoro Umontuen / The Atlanta Voice)
2020 ELECTIONS
By JAMES ARKIN
Politico
Democrats are doing a full-court press to draft Stacey Abrams into Georgia’s 2020 Senate race, a move that would put in play a state that hasn’t gone blue in tw...
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture Forever Stamp. (Courtesy image)
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The popular National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will reopen Tuesday, January 29, the museum announced on...
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Kamala Harris (Facebook)
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian
If estimates are correct, Kamala Harris drew a bigger crowd at her presidential campaign launch in Oakland than Barack Obama did when he announced his run for president in Illinois in 2007.
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More than 600 flights have been cancelled at Chicago’s airports on Monday, as heavy snow blankets the city.
As of 6:20 a.m., 412 flights had been cancelled at O’Hare International Airport, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Delays wer...
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President Donald Trump announces the temporary end to the longest government shutdown in history. (Washington Post YouTube)
Eric Horng and Sarah Schulte
Friday, January 25, 2019 10:25PM
CHICAGO – President Trump signed a bill Friday to end...
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Robin Shackleford
Greetings,
I had a wonderful time attending the National Black Caucus of State Legislators(NBCSL) annual conference that was held last month, in the Big Apple, Brooklyn,New York. One of the highlights of the conference included;...
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Kevin Barnett (Twitter)
By Natalie Stone, People
Days after Kevin Barnett died in Mexico, the late comedian’s cause of death has been revealed.
Barnett died from complications caused by pancreatitis at age 32, E! News reports.
“The corresponding a...