In recognition of the growing voice and influence of the organized trades and beginnings of America’s Industrial Revolution, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official public holiday in 1887. By 1894, thirty states were celebrating the holiday. Following the Pullman Rail strike o...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump is making his final appeal to voters ahead of Election Day, asking them to back the Republican ticket. Trump will be on the campaign trail all week, with stops planned in Mississippi on Monday, Texas on Tuesday and Ohio on Wednesday. ...
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PARIS (AP) — A day after more mass protests and clashes in Paris, the atmosphere was jovial and upbeat among American football fans attending the NFL’s first game in France on Sunday. Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints fans mingled around the Stade de France before kickof...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Raheem Morris, part of the Atlanta Falcons’ leadership team that made Michael Penix Jr. the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 draft, will return to Atlanta on Sunday as the defensive coordinator of an undefeated San Francisco 49ers team that will try to hand the third...
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A high school football player thought his teammates and coaches were dead after their bus overturned while on their way home from a game Friday night. “I was just shocked because I also saw players jumping out of the windows too, so that’s how I knew it was something serious,” Ka...
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Dozens of Rockdale County high school athletes and staff members were treated for injuries after a bus crash while returning home from a football game. One student who spoke to Channel 2 Action News said it was a chaotic, difficult scene to watch as emergency responders worked to...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Tony and Grammy award winning “Buena Vista Social Club” comes to Midtown Atlanta this week. The show is an ensemble of artists retelling the true story of Cuban music icons returning to the spotlight to make an album of the same name. Frank...
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After spending two days without water as work crews made repairs to a broken water main, residents in the same neighborhood say their water is off again. Residents in the area called Channel 2 Action News on Sunday morning, saying their water was off again and had been since Satu...
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Editor’s note: The video above is from an earlier report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Water service has been disrupted again in a DeKalb County neighborhood that went two days without service earlier this week. The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management said in ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Increasingly mild days and pleasant nights continue this week, with increasing clouds by Halloween. Sunday: Breezy & beautiful Today will feature more plentiful sunshine and highs returning to near 70 degrees, very similar to Saturday. Winds wi...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in Mississippi on Monday to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) as the midterm elections approach. The president is set to rally at Crossroads Arena in Corinth, Miss. Monday. “They’ve asked me...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — ATLANTA (AP) — Angel Reese blamed herself for a poor performance in Game 4 on Saturday after opening the WNBA Finals with three consecutive double-doubles. Reese was held to eight points, making only 2 of 12 shots from the field, and grabbed ni...
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TORRANCE, Calif. ( WBRC /Gray News) - One lucky Avengers fan could soon feel like Tony Stark, or at least drive like an Avenger. The custom-built Acura NSX roadster featured at the end of Marvel’s 2012 movie, “The Avengers,” is up for auction on Cars & Bids . As of Sunday, the li...
