Author: Savannah Herald

Real Estate News & Market Insights: As U.S. housing costs hit an all-time high, more households are choosing homes that can comfortably accommodate multiple generations under one roof. Whether it’s aging parents moving in, adult children returning home, or grandparents helping care for grandchildren, today’s buyers are looking beyond the traditional floor plan. Instead of simply needing more bedrooms, many are prioritizing homes that balance togetherness with independence. Flexible layouts, separate living areas, and features that support changing needs are becoming just as important as square footage. So whether you’re curious about buying a home in Newark, California or looking…

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From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Photo Credit: Bravo The allegations continue between Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton. Former besties Shamea Morton and Porsha Williams are clashing something serious on the latest season of “Real Housewives of Atlanta.” During the most recent episode, Shamea decided to confront Porsha while they were in Scotland. The cast traveled to Scotland to celebrate Phaedra Parks‘ birthday. Before the confrontation, Shamea expressed in a confessional that she was bothered by Kelli Potter making peace with Porsha. She wondered why Porsha was able to move forward with Kelli but not her. Before the…

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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Football 7/14/2026 12:29:00 PM Joshua C. Jackson, Assistant AD for Media Relations Story Links SAVANNAH, Ga.-The new look, Savannah State football program is set to take center stage at the 2026 SIAC Football Media Day, presented by Georgia Power. The event will take place on Wednesday, July 22nd and will return to the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia for the second consecutive year.Coaches and student-athletes from the…

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Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care Soaring temperatures are expected to collide with wildfire smoke across parts of the United States this week, a combination that can pose health risks.As climate change drives up global temperatures past record levels, the frequency of days when it is both hot and polluted has also been increasing.Several factors are converging to amplify health risks during sweltering days.Extreme heat can trap polluted air in place, so it does not dissipate. Climate change is making wildfires more frequent and intense, pumping smoke into the atmosphere and contributing to the reversal of a…

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Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward Close to a year after the enactment of the UK’s age assurance law, the Online Safety Act, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released a report on its progress. The Online Safety Act requires robust age checks for sites that have content “restricted to adults,” which extends from pornography to non-explicit content like the r/stopsmoking subreddit.UK age verification, one year laterOfcom has found that these age checks are now being deployed on an “unprecedented scale” across various sectors: porn, social media, dating, and gaming. Between July 2025, when the law went into…

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From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Sungu’s experiment, conducted with fellow University of Pennsylvania researchers, including educational psychologist Angela Duckworth, followed 193 teachers and more than 2,800 middle and high school students in a private school chain in Turkey during the spring of 2025. Teachers were randomly assigned either to receive access to a ChatGPT-based teaching assistant customized to Turkey’s national curriculum or to continue teaching as usual. Over 10 weeks, teachers primarily used the tool to generate lecture notes, assignments and exams. Students whose teachers had access to the AI tool rated their classes as less enjoyable,…

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Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia What ATL chefs jam out to in the kitchenTuesday, July 14 — Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the table. Folks on the latest Discover Dunwoody trolley tour were treated to a surprise appearance from Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame giving away a tray full of free NFA burgers. The tour, which is free to Dunwoody residents, makes stops at various points of interest, including parks, historic sites, city government buildings, and restaurants. While NFA Burger has been a stop before, Waka Flocka is most definitely not part of the regular tour. Inquiring minds want to know who will be delivering batches of…

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Global Black Voices: News from around the World A picture may be worth a thousand words, but Donald Trump‘s often raise a thousand questions. His attempt to showcase a successful restoration quickly backfired. Viewers dissected every detail the camera didn’t show. The former reality star-turned-politician shared a carefully chosen photo to shut down criticism of the Capitol’s murky reflecting pool. Trump’s attempt to prove Washington’s fountains had been cleaned with a staged photo instead drew fresh mockery online, deepening skepticism over his administration’s troubled D.C. renovation projects. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) After criticism over brown, rusty water tied to…

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Science & Exploration: Check Out the World Through Study and Advancement A meteorite recouped when its be up to Earth on July 16, 2024, is assisting NASA researchers reveal new hints concerning old water, the chemical evolution of primitive planets, and the active ingredients that might have helped make life feasible throughout the early solar system. This quick recovery began when an amateur astronomer in New Jacket quickly recognized that a freshly dropped meteorite had come down on his residential or commercial property. Recognizing its clinical value and wearing safety handwear covers, he collected the pieces and stored them in…

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Health Watch: Wellness, Research & Healthy Living Tips Britain has spent the last three decades asking individuals to make healthier choices inside a market that makes those choices more expensive and less visible. It is no surprise then that the proportion of adults in England living with obesity nearly doubled in that time, to 30%. MPs on the health select committee have decided enough is enough. Preventing obesity in future generations, they say, must take precedence over the interests of the food and drink industry.In a report to parliament, the cross-party committee argues that preventing obesity demands radical action to…

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