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A dozen teens were shot after gunfire broke out at a chaotic birthday party gone awry inside a Georgia park Saturday night, according to local authorities and reports. The shots broke out around midnight at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon, where a “large gathering” had congregated following a birthday party at a nearby Airbnb, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Two of the victims –- a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy — were left in critical condition, while the other 10 were listed in stable condition. The group, which included high schoolers, had been asked to leave that Airbnb...

This month, a TikToker went viral for her “Hood vs Hood” video series, in which the creator visits and compares dollar stores in different neighborhoods. … In the first video of Jones’s “Hood vs Hood” series, which has over 6.2 million views, the creator films herself reportedly going to a more affluent neighborhood to check out its Dollar Tree. She notes the store has items sitting outside of the store on its sidewalk, is well-stocked with name-brand snacks, and offers more obscure foods like feta cheese. “Now you know damn well in my neck of the woods, they ain’t finna...

Even planners of Charleston's proposed slavery museum agree it might make some visitors uneasy by taking what they describe as an unflinching look at the realities of the institution of human bondage. But the group that really might be in an uncomfortable position is the NAACP. On one hand, the museum is envisioned as a national attraction that will draw visitors from all across the country and beyond, much like the Holocaust museum in Washington, D.C. In Charleston, they'll see a museum that takes what backers say is a long-overdue look at one of the formative events in black history...