NFL to play Black national anthem at all league games in 2021

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NFL to play Black national anthem at all league games in 2021

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT The NFL will play the Black national anthem before all games during the 2021 season, including the Sept. 9 kickoff game and the playoffs, as part of a 10-year, $250 million commitment to fighting racism in America, reports say. Additionally, the league announced it will feature social justice messaging on fields, signage and helmet decals and public service announcements, according to a report by Front Office Sports. Rap mogul Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has been advising the league on its “Inspire Change” initiative. The moves follow a league-wide test-run last season in which…

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Scarlett Johansson Reveals Details of Her Pandemic Wedding to Colin Jost

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BY ALLISON CRIST | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT According to the 'Black Widow' actress, masks reading "Jost 2020" were among the favors handed out to guests. The way Scarlett Johansson sees it, her pandemic wedding to Colin Jost was “how it was supposed to be — minus the face masks.” That’s how the Black Widow star described the intimate affair, which took place back in October, during a virtual appearance on Monday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers. “Even though it was small and intimate, it was beautiful and we were so happy to see people that we hadn’t seen in such a long time,” Johansson recalled. “We…

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‘Boy Next Door Killer’ faces death penalty at today’s sentencing

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By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT One of two women killed was preparing to go on a date with actor Ashton Kutcher Nearly two years after a jury recommended execution for a man prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer,” a judge is set to hand down a sentence Friday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler will choose between a death sentence and life in prison without the possibility of parole for Michael Thomas Gargiulo, 45, who was convicted in August 2019 of the home-invasion murders of two women and the attempted murder of a…

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Georgia councilman charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT A Fort Valley city councilman is out on $50,000 bond and has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor after being arrested on charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. Jimmy Barnes was arrested in Peach County earlier this week. He was released Thursday. A July 3 incident report from the Peach County Sheriff’s Office, according to WMAZ, said Barnes allegedly threatened to shoot a woman and called her a racial slur at the Highway 49 Food Mart. On Thursday night, Barnes’ arrest was a topic during a City Council Zoom meeting,…

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Largest nurses union calls on CDC to reinstate mask recommendation

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By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Letter cites concerns over the emergence of delta and lambda variants The country’s largest nurses union wants the public to put their masks back on — even if they’re vaccinated. The National Nurses Union is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to reinstate its recommendations that people wear a face mask when around people who are not part of their household. “The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over,” the union wrote in a letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. “In the United States, the CDC reports a 16.0 percent…

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Arizona judge says audit documents — including who is paying for recount — are public records

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Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for CNT A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge on Thursday ruled that communications between Senate Republicans, the company called Cyber Ninjas and other vendors they hired to audit Maricopa County's 2020 election are public documents. Judge Michael Kemp said "any and all" records with a "substantial nexus" to the audit are public records, including all communications related to planning the audit, policies and procedures of the audit and all records disclosing who is paying for the audit and how much is being paid. The nonprofit group American Oversight sued Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, and the Senate, seeking…

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GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk

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By TOM KRISHER, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT DETROIT — General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made. The company said Wednesday the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries. The latest request comes after two Bolts that had gotten recall repairs caught fire, one in Vermont and the other in New Jersey, GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said. Owners should…

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U.S. unemployment claims fall to 360,000, a new pandemic low

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By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the U.S. economy and job market are quickly rebounding from the pandemic recession. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell by 26,000 last week to 360,000. The weekly tally, a proxy for layoffs, has fallen more or less steadily since topping 900,000 in early January. The U.S. recovery from the recession is proceeding so quickly that many forecasters have predicted the economy will expand…

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2021

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Pilot files intellectual property lawsuit against Delta

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT A pilot has filed suit against Delta Air Lines, alleging the company stole his idea for a text messaging platform used by crews. The messaging app, which was rolled out in 2018, is used by gate agents, flight dispatchers, pilots, flight attendants and other workers who hustle to get planes out on time. They text updates on the status of everything from cleaning, catering, fueling and loading bags. It replaced a decades-old mish-mash of communications by two-way radios, jetway phones, word of mouth and jaunts down the jet bridge to relay messages, according to Delta.…

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2021

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Big cost-of-living hike coming for Social Security recipients

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Biden fires Social Security commissioner; inflation impacting COLAs Americans who collect Social Security are set to receive their biggest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since 1983, but they’ll have to wait until January 2022 to get them. That’s because the Social Security Administration adjusts its payments only once a year, starting with December benefits that are paid in January. That means seniors and other Social Security beneficiaries wouldn’t receive a COLA until January 2022. According to a new forecast from the Senior Citizens League, the COLA will surpass 1983′s hike of 7.4%. But, as…

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