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One Innocent Man: Houstonian Keith Washington Released After 13 Years in Prison
Keith Washington left a Maryland prison on June 23 and reunited with his wife and daughters after more than 13 years apart. His release comes about a month after a judge agreed to reduce Washington’s excessive original sentence.
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Researchers to restore what might be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of free and enslaved Black children
After years of examining centuries-old writings and digging up artifacts, researchers recently confirmed that an 18th-century building on the College of William & Mary campus was once a school for free and enslaved Black children.
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Los Angeles City Council president resigns after audio leaked of her racist remarks
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has resigned after making racist remarks about a fellow council member and his Black child.
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'Calendar Girls' shows senior women like you've never seen them (but probably should)
Wearing matching glittery unicorn hats, rainbow tutus or white furry boots, a troupe of 30 senior women have built a reputation across Southern Florida with choreographed dances to pop songs. Called the "Calendar Girls," the dancers aren't professionals, but put on 130 shows per year — and do their own makeup and styling from YouTube tutorials — under the rigorous direction of 71-year-old athlete Katherine Shortlidge.
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Biden to speak to the Irish Parliament to highlight personal and political ties
President Joe Biden is spending much of his trip to Ireland this week exploring his family's roots, from the shoemaker who sailed from Newry in 1849 in search of a better life in America to the brick-seller in Ballina who sold 28,000 bricks to pay for his own family's passage to the US.
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Hunter Biden's lawyer seeks Treasury inspector general, congressional ethics inquiries as part of strategy to strike back at detractors
Hunter Biden's lawyer is asking for the Treasury Department's inspector general and the Office of Congressional Ethics to launch inquiries as part of a broader aggressive strategy to strike back at detractors of President Joe Biden's son.
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Biden to announce new gun regulation and name ATF nominee
President Joe Biden will announce a new firearm regulation Monday meant to contain the use of privately made weapons, senior administration officials said, as he comes under pressure to take more steps to address a national crisis of gun violence.
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Biden will call for 3-month suspension of gas tax, though officials acknowledge it 'alone won't fix the problem'
President Joe Biden will call on Congress in a speech Wednesday to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, senior administration officials said, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices.
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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces more questions during third day of confirmation hearings
President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is facing another round of questions from lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of her historic confirmation hearings.
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Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Faces More Questions During Third Day of Confirmation Hearings
President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is facing another round of questions from lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of her historic confirmation hearings.
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How outlawing abortion could worsen America's maternal mortality crisis
Dr. Judette Louis recalls a time when she treated a patient who was hemorrhaging from her pregnancy — and how she had to wait to obtain permission before she was allowed to terminate the pregnancy for the health of the mother.
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July Fourth is for Fireworks, not Foodborne Illness
Pull out the grill and your red, white, and blue because the Fourth of July is here. This means gatherings, outdoor festivities, and good times with family and friends. As the meat sizzles on the grill, don’t let food safety fizzle out of your memory.
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It’s Getting Nasty: How Sickness Is Spreading Across Houston
Today, a simple cough can clear a room. With the rise of positive COVID cases, Houston streets are getting nasty. People have become less concerned about wearing masks and social distancing. Many Houstonians have a false sense of security that the COVID vaccine is the ultimate protection against the coronavirus. Although the vaccine does provide protection against getting the virus, it does not mean a vaccinated individual can’t get COVID. The vaccine can lessen the severity of symptoms. People must continue practicing safety precautions, especially in a population where there are so many unvaccinated individuals.
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National Champions Movie Review
A lackluster film that tries to deliver a noble message
Days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) shocks the world by taking to Twitter days before the national championship game to start a movement among players to boycott the contest unless the multibillion-dollar NCAA agrees to pay them as employees.
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Three varieties to worry about, control and repel
That familiar buzz and bite are signs that mosquito season in Texas is here, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife entomologist.
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MLB two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani entering ‘uncharted waters’ on brink of record-breaking contract
Shohei Ohtani has always bet on himself – and it’s about to reap huge rewards.
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DeSantis enlists help to make closing case to Iowans – and to undercut Haley in the Hawkeye State
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is enlisting new help in Iowa as he scrambles to ward off mounting interest in the rival presidential candidacy of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: One of her former constituents.
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House passes resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020
Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim. Trump’s deception about what happened in Georgia has not relented even as he prepares to turn himself in this week to face charges in Fulton County over his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden. On Saturday, he posted on social media that despite having won Georgia in 2016, doing a “fantastic job” as president and earning millions more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016 and more votes than a sitting president had ever received before, he had “shockingly, ‘LOST’ Georgia” – putting lost in quotation marks.
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Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020
Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim.
