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Silafrica Tanzania Honored with Five East Africa Best Brand Awards
Silafrica, a leading packaging supplier to East Africa and surrounding regions was the honored recipient of five 2019 East Africa Best Brand Awards. The company produces rigid packaging for food, beverage and chemicals packaging as well as consumer products for the middle income and base of pyramid populations in Africa for home, sanitation, and schools.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner Launches Re-Election Campaign
Mayor Sylvester Turner launched his re-election campaign today by unveiling a new website, opening a campaign headquarters and inviting supporters to join him at the Union Station lobby in Minute Maid Park on March 30 for a kickoff.
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Astros Host Record-Breaking FanFest at Minute Maid Park
Astros fans turned out in force for their World Champion team at today’s 2018 FanFest at Minute Maid Park, breaking attendance records for the event at over 42,000 vouchers distributed. The free fan event featured autograph sessions with current and former Astros players, photo opportunities with the Commissioner’s Trophy, fan forums, multiple photo experiences, an interactive social media zone, swings in the batting cages, running the bases, throws in the bullpen and a PlazaFest on Crawford Street.
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Michelle Obama is launching a cooking show on Netflix
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix.
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Profiles in perseverance: Garrett Morgan
The son of two former slaves, Garrett Morgan had little more than a grade-school education.
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Michelle Obama is launching a cooking show on Netflix
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix.
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Group of masked men stole more than $2 million in diamond jewelry from Bronx store, police say
A group of masked men in New York made off with more than $2 million in jewelry Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD.
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Texas Democratic Party Unanimously Supports Congressman Al Green’s Top Three Resolutions
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Dorm room broken into as residents slept, police say
UC Santa Cruz Interim Chief of Police issued a community alert Tuesday after a dorm room at College Ten was broken into as the people inside slept.
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Comedian KevOnStage Launching Health Web Series with CDC Foundation for Healthier Black Community
Comedian, actor, author, entertainer and popular content creator, Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks, together with the CDC Foundation, is launching a new web series, “Live to the Beat with KevOnStage.”
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City of Houston Honors Black Music Executive Paris Eley In Celebration of African American Music Appreciation Month (Formally Black Music Month)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Council Member Michael Kubosh, At- Large 3, will present a proclamation to Paris Eley on June 14, 2022, as “Paris Eley Day”. The proclamation will recognize this African American Music Executive who has worked at CBS Records, Epic Records, A&M Records, Atlantic Records, and Motown Records. The presentation is held in conjunction with the national celebration of African American Music Appreciation Month.
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Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya is fired
A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, City Manager Mark Washington announced Wednesday.
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Here's who is presenting at the Oscars so far
The lineup is coming together for the 2022 Oscars. With less than one week until the big show, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have lined up some major star power to take the stage.
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Celebrate World Vegan Day with JINYA Ramen Bar’s Bold Plant-Based Items
Acclaimed Japanese ramen restaurant to give away a FREE order of Impossible™ Tacos with the purchase of any vegan ramen on Nov. 1
JINYA Ramen Bar is transforming the way people eat ramen with its all-new lineup of perfectly balanced plant-based bowls and small plates.
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Maria Taylor Leaving ESPN After Rachel Nichols ‘Diversity’ Comments
Maria Taylor is moving on from her time at ESPN, the network announced Wednesday afternoon.
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Benjamin Crump wins NAACP Social Justice Impact Award and vows 'never to stop fighting racism and discrimination'
Attorney Benjamin Crump has been at the forefront of some of the highest-profile cases involving civil rights and racial injustice -- but acknowledges there's much more work to be done.
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Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to report to prison
Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, has been ordered to report to prison after a judge denied Navarro’s effort to stay out of prison while he appeals the conviction.
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70 coins removed from stomach of alligator at Nebraska zoo
An alligator at a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, needed an emergency procedure late last week to remove dozens of coins from its stomach, zoo officials said.
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Trump to Ask Americans to Trust Him On Afghanistan
Donald Trump will ask Americans Monday to trust him on his new Afghanistan strategy, exercising a president's most somber duty, a decision on waging war, at a time when his own political standing is deeply compromised.
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Alt-right? Don't Be Afraid to Call Them Fascists
A year before the end of the Second World War, George Orwell wrote an essay inspired by an American poll, which asked for a serviceable definition of "fascism."
