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Refugee Services of Texas Welcomes New CFO with Track Record of Non-Profit, Humanitarian Success

Refugee Services of Texas, one of the state’s leading refugee resettlement programs and supporters of human trafficking victims has announced David McKeever Jr. will take over as the organization’s new chief financial officer. McKeever is a highly respected and talented financial professional who has made his mark in a variety of non-profit sectors across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

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Biden Administration Threatens to Sue Abbott If He Shuts Down Tax Payer Funded Shelters

The Biden administration is threatening to sue Texas over Gov. Greg Abbott’s bid to yank the state-issue licenses of any shelter or facility that houses unaccompanied migrant children.

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Biden joins the world leaders club at G7 with call for wartime effort against Covid-19

The leaders of the world's advanced economies gathered Friday on the Cornish coast for the first time since the global coronavirus pandemic began, welcoming President Joe Biden as a new member who arrived here intent on restoring traditional American alliances.

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What to do -- and not do -- when you meet the Queen

A version of this story appeared in the June 11 edition of CNN's Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what's happening behind palace walls. Sign up here.

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Hundreds of Summer Jobs Available in Mayor Turner’s Youth Program

As the school year winds down and summer heats up, Mayor Sylvester Turner encourages young people ages 16 to 24 to participate in his signature Hire Houston Youth program.

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Black Women Will Be a Force to Be Reckoned With In the 2022 Midterm Election

More Black women ran in the 2020 cycle than ever before

The 2022 midterms are just barely starting to ramp up, but Black women political leaders and organizations are already laser-focused on getting more Black women elected, saying Kamala Harris’ historic election as vice president is just the beginning.

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Cadence Bank Announces Strategic Business Alliance with Unity National Bank

Cadence Bank, a subsidiary of Cadence Bancorporation (NYSE: CADE), today announced a strategic business alliance with Houston-based Unity National Bank of Houston (Unity National Bank), the only Black owned banking institution in Texas. The cooperative alliance brings growth capital to Unity National Bank, strengthening its ability to make commercial loans and deliver other banking and financial solutions to businesses, individuals and families in minority and underserved communities in Greater Houston and Atlanta.

Federal Appeals Court Blocks Sweeping Missouri Abortion Law

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy.

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Simple justice: The Tulsa Massacre, Restitution and Reparations

On its 100th anniversary, the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma has finally come to national attention. The history of the massacre is now known. The damage inflicted clear. The question is what is to be done to repair the damage?

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Minority 2021 HISD Valedictorians Rising to the Top

Texas is losing one out of every five students before their graduation day according to an attrition study by the Intercultural Development Research Association. Black and Hispanic students are twice as likely in comparison to white students to drop out of high school before completing the 12th grade.

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H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert and Fireworks

Show and Fireworks Returns to Vic Mathias Shores in Austin at 8PM For Its 44th Season!

The Austin Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is excited to announce the return of the H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks for its 44th season! Spend this Independence Day with your family and friends, decked out in red, white and blue.

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Toni Beck Named Vice President of External Affairs for Comcast

Comcast today announced that Toni Beck has been appointed vice president of External Affairs for the company’s Houston Region. In this role, Beck will be responsible for managing all external affairs activities for the region, including government affairs, communications, community, media, and public relations.

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Hurricane season is forecast to be above average. So are the hurricane forecasts

During the record 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, something happened that many people overlooked -- hurricane forecasts improved. And that saved lives.

It's not just voting and Covid: How red states are overriding their blue cities

Republican-controlled states have escalated their offensive against Democratic-controlled cities and counties this year to unprecedented heights, further deepening the trench between red and blue America.

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NASA designs new spacesuits for next lunar mission in 2024

Humans have explored the infinite abyss beyond Earth's atmosphere for over half a century.

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Employees protest against Houston hospital's policy that all staff must be vaccinated against Covid-19

A group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system's requirement that staffers be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to CNN affiliate KTRK.

Goldman Sachs orders employees to report vaccination status

Goldman Sachs is requiring its US employees to divulge to the company whether they've been vaccinated.

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Local Beverage Pioneer Creates A Booming Crafting Business: Meet The Brands

Local Beverage Pioneer Creates an irresistible partnership with celebrities, influencers and entrepreneurs to create their own tasty concoctions.

Father Michael Pfleger celebrates 1st mass back after 5 month hiatus due to abuse allegations

Father Michael Pfleger led a Sunday mass for the first time in five months. Pfleger had been under investigation for sexual abuse after two adult brothers accused the priest of assaulting them decades ago when they were teenagers.

Supreme Court rules against immigrants in temporary status seeking green cards

The Supreme Court held on Monday that the government can block non-citizens who are in the US under a program that temporarily protects them from deportation in certain situations from applying for a green card if they entered the country unlawfully.