In 2014 a group of exotic dancers teamed up to sue Magic City. Now the iconic Atlanta strip club is firing back with a counter-lawsuit against the ex-strippers, according to Eben Gregory. The ladies accused the club of not paying them fair wages. They were classified as “work for hire” and had to pay a fee […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A handcuffed man seeking to avoid arrest died after crashing head-first through the third-floor window glass of a downtown Atlanta office building and falling 40 feet to the ground, authorities said Tuesday. The man reported Tuesday to a pretrial services program of Atlanta’s Fulton County Superior Court when authorities determined he had […]
A 103-year-old woman was kicked out of her life-long church by its new pastor. Ms. Genora Biggs had problems with the pastors deliverance style of preaching and believes she was ousted because she complained. Now, in a complete role of reversal, it is the pastor who finds himself voted out of the church, in a […]
Two brothers from the Atlanta-area have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after attempting to murder their parents. CNN reports: Yvonne Ervin called 911 Saturday…
Three Black police officers were responding to a report of a "suspicious individual" when they showed up at the wrong house, shot the wrong man
ATLANTA (AP) — A former high-ranking corrections officer at a southeast Georgia women’s prison used his position of power to prey on inmates, targeting their vulnerabilities and forcing them to have sex with him, according to investigators. Over at least four years, Edgar Daniel Johnson groped and fondled women and forced some to have sex […]
[/audio] The legacy of the civil rights movement resonates to this day and the State Bar of Georgia and the Center for Civil and Human Rights will recognize over 120 men and women who participated in securing legal rights for African-Americans. On Wednesday at the State Bar Center in Atlanta, legal professionals, activists, scholars […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young was taken to a hospital Monday afternoon as a precaution after a cement truck overturned on a car he was riding in, authorities said. Young, 83, was first treated at roadside by emergency crews after Monday’s accident, Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon said. Young was in […]
Someone came for Lil Wayne this weekend. After an appearance at Compound nightclub in Atlanta last night, Wayne’s tour bus reportedly caught gunfire from an unknown…
Two years ago, heart patient Anthony Stokes was kept off a heart transplant list because of his police record. At 15, when admitted to an Atlanta hospital with shortness of breath and chest pains, Stokes was wearing an ankle monitor as he was under house arrest for a fight. He was diagnosed with an enlarged […]
In a bit of good news in a landscape in which many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are facing tough times, a trustee from Morris…
