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Migos' Takeoff had already changed the sound of hip-hop. He was just getting started on a new chapter

Hip-hop wouldn't sound the same without Migos.

Los Angeles Times

Stone Mountain Park leaders to choose truth-telling exhibit creator

ATLANTA — A year-and-a-half after its creation was approved, leaders at Stone Mountain Park may finally choose a company to build a new museum exhibit aimed at “telling the truth” about the park’s ties to the Confederacy and white supremacy.

Tribune News Service

Migos’s record label rails at ‘senseless violence’ that killed rapper Takeoff

Atlanta-based Quality Control issues statement speaking of ‘monumental loss’, as Houston police appeal for any of 40 people at scene to come forward

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‘Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story’ chronicles the power of Atlanta hip-hop and trap music

For the first two decades of rap history, the focal points were New York and Los Angeles. When Atlanta’s OutKast won best new artist at the 1995 Source Awards, they were audibly booed.

Tribune News Service

Houston police urge witnesses to help in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff

Rap stars including Dave, Kid Cudi and Khalid have paid tribute to Takeoff, who was part of the Atlanta-based group alongside Quavo and Offset.

The Independent UK

Pence backs GOP's Kemp as Democrat Abrams hits on Medicaid

Former Vice President Mike Pence is supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as he makes his closing argument Tuesday for a second term over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams

The Independent UK

Sherri Shepherd hopes her cheerful persona equals daytime talk-show magic

ATLANTA — Sherri Shepherd has fashioned herself as a multi-hyphenate in Hollywood, which is almost a necessity in 2022: actress, author, stand-up comic, podcaster. Her latest venture: talk show host using one name only: “Sherri.”

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Fulton County election workers’ defamation suit against Giuliani can advance, judge rules

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected Rudy Giuliani’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Fulton County election workers who say their lives were upended by false claims of voting fraud.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court: Graham must testify in Georgia Trump probe

ATLANTA — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury later this month.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court: Graham can testify in Georgia Trump probe

ATLANTA — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury later this month.

Tribune News Service

Young son of Atlanta-born Afrobeat star Davido drowns in family pool in Nigeria

Afro-pop star Davido’s young son has died a week after turning 3.

Los Angeles Times

Chicago Community Trust names its first Latina president and CEO

Andrea Sáenz succeeds Dr. Helene Gayle, who resigned in June to become president of Spelman College in Atlanta.

Chicago Sun-Times

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper, part of Migos, the Atlanta group that was hugely commercially popular and both formally and culturally influential, was reportedly shot and killed in Houston on Tuesday.

WEKU

‘Not over’: Stacey Abrams faces an uphill fight in last week of race

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams remains an elite fundraiser who commands national attention and attracts large crowds. In the span of a week, she campaigned with Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington and Latto. She can book appearances on “The View,” MSNBC and even Fox News at the seeming snap of a finger.

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Herschel Walker accuser says she felt 'threatened' after revealing pregnancy

ATLANTA — A woman who accused Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have an abortion nearly three decades ago showed her face for the first time in an interview with "Good Morning America" and said she felt “threatened” by the football star after she revealed to him…

WEKU

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

Tribune News Service

‘Chaos and confusion’: The campaign to stamp out ballot drop boxes

In 2020, ballot drop boxes were a sturdy, metallic symbol of increased voter access amid a pandemic. Absentee and mail voting surged across the country, and voters used drop boxes to return 41% of those ballots.

Tribune News Service

Panthers kicker, QB get vote of confidence from coach as team moves on toward Bengals

Panthers coach Steve Wilks is moving on from the controversial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that receiver DJ Moore was flagged for in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 37-34 overtime loss in Atlanta.

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Georgia midterms poll: Kemp leads Abrams in governor's race, Senate race is deadlocked

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp maintains a solid lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, while the race between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker remains a neck-and-neck contest that could be headed toward a runoff.

Sports Illustrated

Ten Takeaways: Falcons Are In First; Trade Deadline Could Be Quiet

Plus, Bills look ho-hum in win over the Packers, but it didn’t matter. The Cowboys are rounding into form, the Colts could be sellers by Tuesday’s cutoff and much more.

USA Today Sports Media Group

7 free agents who could help the Falcons win the NFC South

7 free agents who could help the Falcons stay in first place over the second half of the season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Best photos from Panthers’ Week 8 loss to Falcons

Sunday's memorable NFC battle between the Panthers and Falcons produced a lot of crazy points and a lot of crazy pictures.

Tribune News Service

Checkpoint construction work causing long waits at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson

ATLANTA — Long security lines are stretching through the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with waits of longer than 40 minutes during peak times, as construction work at the main checkpoint has closed some screening lanes.

Daily Mirror

Julia Roberts revealed Martin Luther King Jr paid hospital bill for her birth

Julia Roberts' parents befriended Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King while they lived in Atlanta running a theatre school

Tribune News Service

First-place Falcons storm back to defeat Panthers, 37-34 in OT

ATLANTA — Falcons coach Arthur Smith might be in the market for some hair dye or at least some coloring.

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