Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Truist Launch $3 Million Scholarship Program to Support HBCU Students
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization representing the Black College Community, has partnered with Truist to launch a new scholarship program to meet the needs of students at historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and those from …
The Plant Project Houston Takes Shop Local to the Next Level with ‘Home for the Holidays’ Experience in Montrose
The Plant Project Houston is launching a special way to shop local in Montrose this holiday season with a “Home for the Holidays” boutique-style shopping experience featuring fresh goods and unique gifts from local farmers, artisans, professional gardeners, and small …
Black Heritage Society Presents 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.Original Parade and Festival
The Black Heritage Society in partnership with the City of Houston is having its 44th Annual MLK Original Parade & Festivities. The MLK Holiday festivities is three days which includes the MLK Parade and Festival, Black Heritage Society Recognition and …
Dr. Oz announces bid for US Senate seat in Pennsylvania
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality, is running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican, according to an op-ed published Tuesday in the conservative Washington Examiner.
Prosecutors ask US Supreme Court to review Bill Cosby's overturned sexual assault conviction
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Monday they're appealing a court ruling in the case against Bill Cosby to the US Supreme Court, arguing that a statement from a previous district attorney that they would not file charges against Cosby does not …
Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land for nearly 50 years. Will that matter?
In a biting dissent two years ago, when the Supreme Court overturned a ruling from 1979, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the decision "can only cause one to wonder which cases the court will overrule next."
HMAAC Opens April Frazier’s Frame of Reference Installation
The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) is delighted to present April Frazier’s Frame of Reference Installation, December 3, 2021 through March 5, 2022.
Moody Gardens Presents Lone Star Circus' All-New Cirque Joyeux Holiday Show
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Moody Gardens announces an all-new, one-of-a-kind holiday show experience and hotel packages for the ideal festive island getaway. Be prepared to be astonished this holiday season with brand new circus performers …
Bidens hire Robert B. Downing to be the new White House chief usher
Robert B. Downing has been named as the new chief usher of the White House, according to a White House source.
GOP lawmaker defends her record from Marjorie Taylor Greene attack after criticizing Boebert
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked fellow House Republican Nancy Mace on Tuesday, after Mace condemned inflammatory and anti-Muslim comments made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Family’s car riddled with bullets as they drove away from CA mall
“So, when the drivers came up, they started shooting from the back, they hit this window twice,” Johnson said while showing the damage. “It was really shocking. It was just nerve-racking. Like it was something that I wouldn’t wish on …
Appeals court judges skeptical of Trump's arguments for blocking release of his January 6 documents
The DC US Circuit Court of Appeals cast major doubt on former President Trump's arguments that the court should block the release of his presidential documents for Congress' January 6 investigation.
Kiss those juicy post-holiday clearance sales goodbye
If you're the kind of shopper who holds out for the bigger and better year-end deals after Christmas, you could be out of luck this season. Come January, those ridiculously-deep clearance sales might be much harder to find.
The youngest Astroworld victim's family declined Travis Scott's offer to pay for their 9-year-old's funeral
Rapper Travis Scott said he would pay the funeral costs of the people who died in a crowd crush at his Astroworld Festival in Houston -- but the youngest victim's family says it's declining his offer.
Jeffrey Epstein's former pilot testifies Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew flew aboard Epstein's private plane
Jeffrey Epstein's former pilot testified in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday that a who's who of powerful men, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, flew aboard Epstein's private plane.
