ATLANTA (AP) — Archbishop Wilton Gregory seems to have gotten the pope’s message about modest living. Days after Pope Francis permanently removed a German bishop for his lavish spending on a new residence, the Atlanta archbishop apologized for building a $2.2 million mansion as his residence. He bowed to criticism from local parishioners and said […]
Atlanta rapper/reality star Lil Scrappy had to deal with something no parent ever wants to deal with a disappointed child on their birthday. Scrappy and…
In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the black community and…
ATLANTA (AP) – A disk jockey was wounded in a shootout with off-duty police officers early Monday behind a nightclub hosting an album release part for rapper Rick Ross, DeKalb County police said. The off-duty officers were working security at the Velvet Room and in full uniform when they responded to the sound of gunfire […]
A woman who was exposed to HIV by an Atlanta minister joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” Wednesday to talk about the man’s recent sentencing…
Lists hurt. They shouldn’t and they didn’t use to. There was a time when lists were all about fun things. The Best Place to get a Snow Cone, the Top 100 baby names…even the Fattest Cities list inadvertently paid homage to places you’d find the best chicken friend steak, triple-decker pizza and bacon-wrapped glaze doughnuts. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Emergency management workers hunkered down in Atlanta waiting to spring into action as rain — and temperatures — fell overnight, potentially leading to “catastrophic” ice conditions that forecasters said could hit the region. Already, Georgia Power was reporting more than 2,000 power outages early Wednesday throughout the state. Forecasters and officials said […]
For iPhone users: Two inches of snow shuts down one of the biggest cities in this country. People were stranded on roads and interstates for hours, some for two nights. How on earth could that happen? Well, as a former seven year resident of Atlanta who moved there from Chicago via New York City via […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn’t mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the sun goes down. Officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday night that they […]
01/30/14- Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about the snow fiasco in Atlanta, Justin Bieber, and more !
Atlanta is in the midst of what is being referred to as one of the worst traffic jams in history. Beginning on Tuesday, the traffic…
