Top UNC donor opposed hiring ‘1619 Project’ founder

A top UNC-Chapel Hill school of journalism donor and newspaper publisher staunchly opposed hiring controversial 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones, newly unearthed emails reveal. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter Hussman Jr. — for whom the school is named — argued in 2019 that the move would expose the school to a lengthy backlash. “I worry about…

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Atlanta man starts petition to give police more resources to stop car break-ins amid surge

An atlanta” target=”_blank”>Atlanta< more resources and implement a bait car program to prevent crime” target=”_blank”>car break-ins< Fox 5 Atlanta. “I implore [Atlanta] Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to allow the police department to utilize emergency funding from the Governor[‘s] emergency fund to procure multiple bait cars to catch thieves in the act,” Brendon Ford’s petition posted…

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Off-duty NYPD officer suffers graze wound to head during gang-related shooting at her home: sources

A new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< suffered a bullet graze wound to the head when someone crime” target=”_blank”>opened fire< home early Monday morning in what investigators believe was a gang-related attack, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.  The off-duty NYPD officer, who is assigned to work in Queens, was eating inside her Brentwood, Long Island,…

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