FAA investigating Southwest over baggage weight data
The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how Southwest Airlines tracks the weight of checked bags on its flights.
Klobuchar to make presidential pitch in CNN town hall
Sen. Amy Klobuchar will take to the national stage on Monday headlining a CNN town hall in New Hampshire to make her most public case yet for why she should be the next President of the United States.
Amy Klobuchar's snowy debut was fun; now comes the hard part
The launch of Sen. Amy Klobuchar's presidential campaign at Boom Island Park on the Mississippi River, in the middle of a friendly little blizzard, was a perfect political event. Thousands of people showed up, some on skis or hauling their …
Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison
Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison and is serving out the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, records show.
Five bystanders shot during police shootout in New Orleans
Five people waiting at a bus stop in New Orleans were shot during a police shootout with a robbery suspect Sunday, police said.
Trump expected to ramp up pressure on Venezuela's Maduro in speech
President Donald Trump is expected to urge Venezuelan military officials to back the country's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and allow humanitarian aid to flow into Venezuela.
Robbyn Traylor, MD, Named Among Top 25 Women in Healthcare
Chief Medical Officer of Next Level Urgent Care, LLC, Robbyn Traylor, MD, is named among the Texas Healthcare Diversity Council’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare 2019.
Black America’s ‘Bleaching Syndrome’
For black Americans, skin color is a complex topic. Whenever a black celebrity lightens his or her skin – whether it’s pop star Michael Jackson, retired baseball player Sammy Sosa or rapper Nicki Minaj – they’re usually greeted with widespread …
Substitute Teacher Resigns After Telling Classroom of Students to Kill Themselves
A North Carolina substitute teacher resigned after she allegedly told a predominantly Black classroom of 10-year-old students that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. killed himself and that his assassination was a myth.
University of the Virgin Islands Becomes First Four-Year HBCU to Offer Free Tuition
Through the Virgin Islands Higher Education Scholarship Program, or VIHESP, the University of the Virgin Islands has recently become the first HBCU (Historically Black College/ University) to offer free tuition to students. It is also one of the few four-year …
What Needs to Happen Now to Avert a Government Shutdown
A tentative border security deal has been agreed to on Capitol Hill, but there is still more work to be done in Washington before a partial government shutdown can be averted -- and there are plenty of opportunities along the …
Texas Catholic Dioceses Reveal Names Clergy Accused of Child Sex Abuse
Every Catholic diocese in Texas has released the names of all priests, deacons and other clergy members accused of sexually abusing children in the past decades.
Texas City Planned Site for African-American Cultural Park
When Lynn Ray Ellison lived in “The Rectangle” — the area of Texas City where the city’s African-American community lived and thrived in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s — life was different, he said.
First Texas Black Business Week Observance Begins
The first observance of Texas Black Business Week got underway Monday, coinciding with Black History Month, and its creator hopes the event becomes just as widespread by offering minority business owners a chance in the spotlight.
Beto Vs. Trump In Dueling Rallies In El Paso
President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him far less than he’s been demanding and declaring he’s “setting the stage” …
