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Increase in food allergies among youths prompts more caution
Murphy Williams did what most parents encourage their children to do — share with each other. But a single cashew the generous 6-year-old gave his younger brother, Charlie, promptly resulted in paramedics coming to their DeKalb County home last August. Soon after he popped the nut in his mouth, Charlie’s ...
Metro Atlantans pray for Nelson Mandela
Prayers for an ailing Nelson Mandela continued to pour in from metro Atlanta and the world as the first democratically elected president of South Africa battles a serious lung infection in Pretoria. Former Atlanta Mayor and United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young has known Mandela, who is 94, for decades. Young ...
Khaled Hosseini in Atlanta to promote “And The Mountains Echoed”
In his third novel, “And the Mountains Echoed,” Khaled Hosseini has no trouble getting readers to connect with the central characters and the relationships that bind - or deeply wound. There’s love, betrayal and healing spanning generations, families, geography and cultures. The book explores how one event can have long-lasting ...
Jim Bolin to return as pastor of Trinity Chapel
Pastor Jim Bolin, who left Trinity Chapel amid scandal, is set to return to the Powder Spring church as its senior pastor. Bolin and his wife, Robin, founded the church in an Austell Road storefront in 1983 with a congregation of five families. It grew to be a racially diverse ...
Organ festival fills a classical music gap for the summer
There’s the hugely popular Atlanta Jazz Festival and Music Midtown, events that draw thousands of music lovers. But it’s a lesser-known festival that allows you to release your inner Bach. While the 19th annual Summer Organ Festival may not draw the throngs of Atlanta’s better-known music events, it maintains a ...
When disaster strikes, here’s how to help
A tornado touches down. A wildfire rages through a community. Or an earthquake shakes things up in a metropolitan area. You want to help but you’re not sure how. The first things relief agencies and nonprofits say is don’t rush to the scene of the disaster. Give first responders a ...
American Cancer Society CEO John Seffrin: ‘We now have a blueprint on how to solve it’
The Big C is still a danger. But it isn’t quite as big, and it doesn’t have to be quite as scary. There have been many victories in the war on cancer since the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society was formed a century ago. It’s no longer a disease that is ...
Emory acquires Opehlia DeVore collection: She helped define African-American beauty
Ophelia DeVore knew black was beautiful even before it became a 1960s movement. Her challenge was convincing corporate and advertising honchos that it was also marketable. “Really, I started an outlet for the world to see what American people of color looked like,” said DeVore, who in 1946, co-founded New ...
Cyclorama to bring diversity to Civil War discussion
Filmmaker Jonathan Gruber admits he didn’t know much about the Jewish presence in the Civil War until he was tapped to make a documentary. Thousands of Jewish soldiers fought alongside their divided Northern and Southern brothers. Then there was the controversial and influential Judah P. Benjamin, a Louisiana legislator who ...
Million Bones project raises awareness about genocide
Many students spend the waning days of school skipping out early, making plans to hang out with friends or thinking about summer jobs. Takia Rogers is making bones. The 17-year-old Grady High School student recently spent an afternoon surrounded by newspapers, paste and dozens of handmade “bones” stacked on top ...
Atlanta novelist focuses on debate of religion and science
Can religion be a double-edged sword? Atlanta author Jeffrey Small delves into the debate between science and religion in his second novel, “The Jericho Deception,” a thriller about a scientist who creates a God machine that can bring about religious ecstasy and madness. His first novel, “The Breath of God,” ...
Jolie’s choice faced by more women
A simple blood test can determine whether a woman carries a mutated gene and is likely to get breast cancer, but making a decision based on those results is anything but easy. “As you can imagine, there is a lot going on in the decision making process,” said Cecelia Bellcross, ...
Georgians vie for ‘American Bible Challenge’ fan favorite
Even King Solomon in all his wisdom might have a hard time voting for “The American Bible Challenge” fan favorite. The game show, which airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays on GSN, tests contestants’ knowledge of the Bible in a fun way. Two Georgia teams — the City Takers and the ...
Carriers to pick up donated food from residents
The National Association of Letter Carriers plans to help combat hunger during a single-day food drive on Saturday. “Stamp Out Hunger Across America” provides assistance to families who are struggling to put food on the table. Supporters include Campbell Soup Company, AARP Foundation, the AFL-CIO and the National Rural Letter ...
Author Gil Robertson explores black relationships in new book
Is black love in crisis mode? Not necessarily, says Atlanta author Gil L. Robertson IV, but it has hit a rough patch. “We’re not connecting in the same way we’ve seen in previous generations,” said the author of “Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community.” ...
Saturday 5K to honor officers killed in the line of duty
This annual Fallen Officer 5K event is held to remember officers who died in the line of duty in Georgia. On-site registration begins as 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. Saturday at Lost Mountain Baptist Church, 5400 Old Dallas Road in Powder Springs. Proceeds from this event ...
Morning-after pill’s availability draws concerns of parents
Carla Mannings considers herself to be a pretty open-minded mother.She and her 16-year-old daughter talk about everything under the sun.Boys. Friendships.How a girl’s body changes as she gets older.But the south Fulton mother of two disagrees with a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration plan to make the Plan B ...
Women in prison get messages of hope from Churchpond Ministries
Women in Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto, Ga. will get an early Mother’s Day gift. The “Mothers Behind Bars” service hosted by Churchpond Ministries will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Atlanta Berean Seventh-day-Adventist Church, 291 Hamilton H.E. Holmes Dr. The aim of the service is to spread ...
Water danger: Lives change forever with one bad dive
An unfamiliar, unlit pool and a split-second decision to dive.That tragic combination changed Chase Jones’ life forever.The 28-year-old University of Georgia graduate broke three vertebrae in his neck, leaving him largely paralyzed from the shoulders down.“This is something I’m still coming to terms with in some way every day,” said ...
Ford donates $25,000 to local shelter
Ford Motor Co. announced it will donate $25,000 to the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children, part of a continuing relationship with the nonprofit. The donation will be used to support the shelter’s Job Readiness Program. With this donation, Ford’s contributions to the shelter totals $100,000 over the last ...
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