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What authorities found inside the New Mexico compound
Stacks of tires, piles of trash and plastic sheets surrounded the squalid New Mexico compound, shrouding what was happening inside: five adults, including a fugitive wanted in the disappearance of his young son, living with 11 emaciated children.
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Artist Residency Program Ucross Announces Inaugural Founder's Dinner to Honor Legacy of Raymond Plank
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will receive The Raymond Plank Award for Visionary Leadership at the event
Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts, today announced their inaugural Founder’s Dinner & Benefit, to be held on November 2, 2019 in Houston, Texas. The event will honor the legacy of Raymond Plank – WWII bomber pilot, business leader, philanthropist, and founder of Ucross – one year after his passing. Plank lived and worked in Houston after moving Apache Corporation to Texas in the mid-1990s.
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Japan to have first aircraft carriers since World War II
Japan is poised to put its first aircraft carriers to sea since World War II, refitting its Izumo-class warships to carry US-designed F-35B fighter jets, the government announced Tuesday.
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Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials
The stunning increase in homelessness announced in Los Angeles this week — up 16% over last year citywide — was an almost incomprehensible conundrum given the nation's booming economy and the hundreds of millions of dollars that city, county and state officials have directed toward the problem.
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A private group says it's started building its own border wall using millions donated in GoFundMe campaign
A group that raised millions of dollars in a GoFundMe campaign says it has broken ground on a project to build its own stretch of border wall on private property.
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Bach, Beethoven & Barbecue Gala Pulls Out All of the Stops for Young Texas Artists’ 35th Anniversary
Quintessential celebration of classical music with a Texas twist raises $100K for the nonprofit
The Young Texas Artists (YTA) Bach, Beethoven & Barbecue gala on March 9 was jam packed with one phenomenal moment after another, including a performance by members of the iconic Kilgore College Rangerettes and a visit from Honored Guest Ron Losby, CEO of Steinway & Sons, who flew in from New York to celebrate the occasion of YTA’s 35th anniversary.
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GM is reinventing itself. It's cutting 15% of its salaried workers and shutting 5 plants in North America
General Motors on Monday announced a major restructuring of its global business, saying it will shut production at five facilities in North America and slash its staff. GM will reduce its salaried workforce by 15%, including a quarter of the company's executives.
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Texas Gunman Not Welcomed at Church Before Shooting
Devin Kelley walked into a Texas church turning joyous prayers into screams of terror as he killed more than 20 people.
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“Black Panther” Stars and Creators Reflect On Its Arrival
Fans, who bought a record-setting number of advance tickets, weren’t the only ones anticipating the Feb. 16 opening of “Black Panther,” Marvel’s historic first black superhero film.
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Raphael Warnock Is the Latest HBCU Grad to Make History in US Politics
The Rev. Raphael Warnock is the latest HBCU grad breaking barriers and standing up to shape the nation.
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'How about we call you Fred?': Microaggressions against my Asian name
For many of us Asians living in the West, our name is a tricky subject that often makes us feel self-conscious and embarrassed when people try to pronounce it. Growing up attending American international schools around the world, I got used to teachers struggling with my name. There was always the awkward moment on the first day of school during attendance check when a new teacher got to my name on their student list and had to pause before reading it out loud with hesitation.
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George Floyd's family members remember the man and what he stood for
The story of George Floyd has ignited a movement. But to his girlfriend, "Big Floyd" was the man she loved.
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Nearly 4 million Americans have been out of work for at least six months
Jennifer Davis lost her job as director of catering and special events at a small restaurant chain within 15 minutes of Maryland shuttering bars and eateries in mid-March.
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Impeachment a 'vote of conscience' for GOP
House Democrats' drive to impeach President Donald Trump for his role inciting last week's riots at the US Capitol is putting many Republicans in a bind as they weigh how to vote Wednesday on the conduct of a President who had previously been unassailable in the House GOP conference throughout his four-year term.
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Trump Organization could face criminal charges in New York as soon as next week
The Manhattan district attorney's office has informed lawyers for the Trump Organization that it could face criminal charges in connection with benefits it has provided to company employees, a Trump attorney confirmed Friday.
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New NBA season to test LeBron James' ability to defy expectations of age
The opening day of the 2020-21 NBA season is unlike any other. It has been just 71 days since the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA championship. The Lakers will take on the crosstown rival Clippers in one of the two opening night fixtures on Tuesday.
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Chef Beverley Kellman Is Serving Up Food Good to the PVAMU Students' Soul
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students may not know how lucky they are to eat dishes prepared by the award-winning Chef Beverley Kellman. The 2017 Brazos County Chef of the Year and 2019 American Culinary Federation Texas Chef Association Pastry Chef of the Year is highly respected in the culinary field with a resume that reads like a seasoned chef, even though her years are far more youthful. The former Food Network "Cutthroat Kitchen" contestant has cooked everywhere from the greatest place on earth, the Disneyland Hotel at Disneyland, California, to now serving it up on the hill as Sodexo Executive Chef at Prairie View A&M Dining Services.
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'Final warning': Lawmakers, Biden administration sound alarm over UN climate report and urge swift action
Lawmakers and top climate officials in President Joe Biden's administration sounded the alarm on Monday in response to a new report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urging nations to swiftly limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan after all-night votes
The Senate passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night "vote-a-rama" and a 12-hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party's plan on a critical issue.
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What's next in the fight over the Mar-a-Lago FBI search affidavit
The Justice Department on Thursday submitted a proposal under seal for redacting the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit, as the legal fight to bring more transparency into the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home continues.
