First Slice 6/5/17: A new dating app hits Atlanta

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Will they be checking my credit score? A new dating app is launching in Atlanta this week. The League promises to set you up with a concierge to help you perfect your profile, but you’ve got to get approval to join. In our obligatory District 6 runoff story for the day: Some folks in Roswell received a “vulgar piece of political propaganda” over the weekend that featured some sexually explicit comments about Karen Handel and Donald Trump. Metro Atlanta has been approved for a hefty increase in funds from the Department of Homeland Security to help improve its readiness for a terror attack: from $5.43 million in fiscal 2016 to $8.43 million in fiscal 2017. Meanwhile: Twelve people were arrested yesterday in London in connection with a terror attack that happened Saturday, when a van barreled over pedestrians on London Bridge and three people went on a stabbing spree in the nearby Borough Market area. Seven people were killed and 48 injured.Wonder Woman kicked ass: The film took in $100.5 million at the box office, making it the biggest debut for a female director ever, and hopefully Hollywood will never be the same.






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