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Prayers Up! Fantasia Suffers Second Degree Burns
Platinum selling singer and American Idol alum, Fantasia, loves to meet and greet her fans, sometimes staying hours on end to greet her group of supports, but she had to regretfully cancel a performance in Memphis on Sunday after suffering what her husband says are second-degree burns.
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Children among 64 dead in Russia shopping center fire
The number of people who died when fire ripped through a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo has risen to 64, many of them children, authorities said.
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Tim Cook: Being gay is God's greatest gift to me
Four years ago, Tim Cook became the first CEO of a major company to come out as gay. He says he's happy about that distinction — and his decision.
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Mets closer Edwin Díaz suffers knee injury while celebrating World Baseball Classic win
Puerto Rico produced a big upset at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday night with a 5-2 win against the Dominican Republic. But it came at a cost.
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Fishermen rescued after ice shelf separates from shore in Green Bay
Ice fishermen in Wisconsin had a rare kind of scare this weekend when a large ice shelf broke off and drifted out into the water.
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across The Nation Total 600
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has released an analysis of the 2022-23 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) enrollment data, which shows an increase in the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
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Advocate Endorsed Announcement: Black Maternal Health Care 2024 Exhibit, Thursday April 4th
"Saving the lives of Black women & Babies"
Since its start, BLACK Wellness & Prosperity Center has unapologetically outlined a vision and dedicated its mission to improving health outcomes in the community.
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OZY Genius Award Winner Claudine Humure Designs 3-D Printed Prosthetic Socket
Claudine Humure, a senior at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, is one of the 10 young people awarded $10,000 as a winner of one of the OZY Genius Awards distributed by OZY, the news site.
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Black Women Business Moguls to Compete on "Queen Boss" Reality TV Show Hosted by Tracey Edmonds
Over 500,000 new businesses start up each month in the United States, and African-American women represent the fasting-growing group of entrepreneurs. But how do these women know if they have a great concept for a business, and if they have the skills to be a C.E.O.? CENTRIC answers this question on Saturday, January 14 at 10pm EST, in its first business competition-reality series “Queen Boss.”
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Professor and Poet Elizabeth Alexander Named President of Mellon Foundation
Elizabeth Alexander, whose memoir was a finalist in 2016 for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and who wrote and recited an original poem at Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural, will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the country’s largest humanities philanthropy.
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Group erects anti-racist billboards in Portland
A string of billboards designed to raise awareness about black people who have died in police shootings are turning heads in Portland.
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Houston Contractor Pays Back Wages After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Overtime Violations
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), D & V Painting Services – based in Houston, Texas – has paid $67,363 in back wages for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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US box office has record quarter thanks to a string of summer hits
The US box office made a record high of $3.3 billion in the second quarter of 2018.
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Council Member Amanda Edwards Empowers Over 500 Houston Women Through Timely Community Event
Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards empowers a crowd of over 500 Houston women through the community event, “An Evening of Women’s Empowerment” on Thursday, May 2 from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Houston Chronicle, 4747 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77027.
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US Department of Labor Houston Car Wash Chain Denied Overtime Wages
US Department of Labor recovers $114K for 92 workers after investigation finds Houston car wash chain denied overtime wages.
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Coming Up at Discovery Green!
Spring is in full swing and Discovery Green has activities for all Houstonians! See below for a breakdown of what is happening next weekend.
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LeVar Burton makes his 'Jeopardy!' guest host debut on Monday
LeVar Burton will have all the answers on Monday when he debuts as guest host on "Jeopardy!" The beloved former "Reading Rainbow" host and producer, who's known for his roles as Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and Kunta Kinte in "Roots," will be behind the lectern through July 30, according to the show's website.
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Jamie Foxx says he's not interested in being married
Jamie Foxx knows his family dynamic is a little untraditional and that's the way he likes it.
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‘Tracker’ uses throwback feel (and Justin Hartley) to cash in on its Super showcase
CBS introduced its version of “The Equalizer” after the Super Bowl the last time the network aired the big game, and programmers liked what they saw. So they’re capitalizing on that massive platform again to help launch a very similar series, “Tracker,” built around the likability of “This is Us” star Justin Hartley, who also helps desperate people – just with a mercenary twist.
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Michael Strahan’s daughter is battling a malignant brain tumor
“Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan sat beside his 19-year-old daughter, Isabella, as the two revealed that she is battling medulloblastoma.
