The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society will lay off 1,000 employees nationwide because of effects of the coronavirus on fundraising. The nonprofit did not say how many of those jobs are in Atlanta but that its fundraising has been hurt by the spread of COVID-19, according to a statement released Wednesday to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The…
Metro Atlanta companies joined a chorus of others from around the country in denouncing racial injustices as demonstrations against police brutality and other racially tinged confrontations continued across the U.S. on Tuesday. Some of those same businesses are pledging action as the nation convulses under days of protests triggered by the deaths of George Floyd…
The five-column headline that greeted readers of The Atlanta Constitution roughly a century ago is an eerie reminder of the parallels between the coronavirus and another debilitating pandemic that swept across the state. “Public gathering places closed by city council for two months,” announced the front page of the Oct. 8, 1918 edition. “Unless otherwise…
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Researchers in the Netherlands turned a major music festival into an unexpected laboratory to investigate a question that has long puzzled scientists and bug-bitten individuals alike: What makes some people more irresistible to mosquitoes than others? For three consecutive days at the Lowlands festival in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, scientists set up a unique pop-up research site
THE NFL SEASON is in full swing, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has helped turn one of football’s most overlooked teams into legitimate playoff material. The 29-year-old has rebuilt his career in Detroit with a strong work ethic and a steady leadership style. Now he’s bringing that same mindset off the field as the