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People across the country are stepping up to help the thousands of Kentucky families who have lost so much in the devastating floods. Here in Georgia, local churches are collecting donations to help. Creekside Fellowship Church in Cartersville is collecting donations through the weekend to the send to the hardest hit areas in Kentucky. This happened just days before officers in tactical gear fanned out around what opponents call "Cop City. The Atlanta Police Department said a man shot and killed a woman at an Old Fourth Ward highrise apartment building before turning the gun on himself in a nearby park. Rome City Schools will observe a "flexible learning day" and will hold a board meeting on Friday.

He was 13, and older boys mocked his body as they all tried group sex on a Harlem rooftop. The Internet applauded rapper Webbie when he posted a video scolding his son after catching him in bed with a friend and a young girl. At least for a little while. In high school, I didn't feel important.

This summer, the intensive one-week training program brought together 80 promising women leaders from all political backgrounds for hours a day, teaching them necessary skills to run successful political campaigns. They practiced announcement speeches, tallied campaign budgets and learned how to conduct research polls. The year-old political organizer dreams of becoming mayor of her hometown in Canton, Mississippi. For black women, the numbers are even smaller: Just 20 currently have seats in the House of Representatives. In , Aja Brown became the first female mayor and youngest mayor of Compton, CA, winning by a landslide.

Mary Fields, better known as Stagecoach Mary. As the first African American woman to carry mail, she stood out on the trail—and became a Wild West legend. Born Mary Fields in around , Fields was born into slavery, and like many other enslaved people, her exact date of birth is not known. Even the place of her birth is questionable, though historians have pinpointed Hickman County, Tennessee as the most likely location.