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Spring Break, Fiesta, San Antonio & The Hotel Contessa
Spring Break fever has been in full effect for weeks now due to the warm weather we’ve been experiencing. While thoughts of tropical islands and pristine beaches may fill our daydreaming minds, let’s face it, sometimes the budget isn’t quite there to experience. But, you don’t have to entirely forgo your well-deserved vacation when the beautiful neighboring city of San Antonio is just a short drive away.
The Women Behind Minority Business Growth in Houston
Being in business for yourself is hard. It is always helpful to have a mentor and some assistance to navigate the path to get to your success story. Business owners in Houston are fortunate in that respect to have a plethora of resources at hand to assist in that department. Some of the main resources for minorities are in the form of our chambers. The Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) and the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (HHCC) are avenues that entrepreneurs need to seek out to reach that pinnacle level of achievement.
Houston Teen Lives Out Her Dreams With Lizzo at the Grammy’s
What were you doing at 17? Certainly not dancing on the stage at the Grammy’s for one of today’s hottest stars. That was the reality for a Sugar Land teen this past Sunday at the 62nd Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, CA. Now she is trying to climb down from the cloud she has been floating on ever since her big moment. One day she is an average teen chasing her dreams and the next she is living them.
Lung cancer screening decision aid delivered through tobacco quitlines improves informed decision-making
Tobacco quitlines provide an effective avenue to reach people eligible for lung cancer screening
In the first comparative clinical trial of lung cancer screening decision aid versus standard educational information, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that a decision aid delivered through tobacco quitlines effectively reaches a screening-eligible population and results in informed decisions about lung cancer screening.
Trump says he won't participate in next debate after commission announces it will be virtual
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in the second presidential debate with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates said the event will be held virtually in the wake of the President's positive coronavirus diagnosis.
Trump suggests he might fire Fauci after election
President Donald Trump suggested to a Florida crowd he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election, escalating his feud with the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases and providing a window into a potential post-November 3 administration purge.
IBM's next big bet is ... the oil industry
IBM wants to dig more deeply into oil and gas. In partnership with oilfield services giant Schlumberger, IBM will create a digital platform where oil and gas companies can access real-time data and software give them a competitive advantage
Repeat Performance
Texans drop season opener to the Chiefs
For at least four hours on Thursday night, America felt normal again because the NFL was back. In spite of everything this country has been through with the COVID-19 global pandemic, football is something that can help mentally take away all of the disastrous events that has happened this year. Unfortunately for the Houston Texans their woes continued as their 2020 NFL season began the same way their 2019 season ended with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Rockets must dig deep to stave off elimination in Game 5 against the Lakers
The Houston Rockets will be in a familiar place in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Saturday inside the bubble at Disney Orlando as they face the Los Angeles Lakers down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. They faced elimination late last month against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round and was able to come away victorious in Game 7 thanks to a huge defensive effort by superstar James Harden.
Michael Cohen's daughter says she was taken aback by Trump's behavior toward her father
Samantha Cohen, the daughter of President Donald Trump's former lawyer, says she was taken aback by his behavior toward her father during a 2012 incident in which her father says Trump leered at her.
5 tropical cyclones are in the Atlantic at the same time for only the second time in history
It's peak hurricane season, and that's clear when you look at the Atlantic Ocean, which has five active tropical cyclones at the same time for only the second time in history.
Fabio Jakobsen, cyclist who suffered horrific crash, can achieve comeback, says team doctor
Fabio Jakobsen, the Dutch cyclist who sustained serious facial injuries in a horrifying crash last week in Poland, is expected to make a comeback to cycling, his team doctor said.
50 Years Later: FSU Professor Reflects On How MLK, RFK Assassinations Changed Civil Rights Movement
In the midst of an eventful decade for the United States, 1968 proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968) occurring only two months apart, the civil rights movement experienced a drastic shift.
Bill Clinton still gets it wrong on Monica Lewinsky and #MeToo
Bill Clinton -- 20 years on from an affair with a White House intern that led to his impeachment by the House -- said Monday that he didn't owe Monica Lewinsky an apology.
Republicans' immigration collision course on track for dramatic conclusion
One way or another, House Republicans have to find a way forward on immigration this week.
Beyond the Rhetoric: Just How Corrupt Were the Obama Regimes
“There is not a scintilla of corruption in my administration” said Barack Obama. “I am not a crook” said Richard Nixon. Such were the claims of two American presidents who history will score in very low and despicable terms. There are plenty of books and movies about “Tricky Dick” but the stories of the troubled times during the Obama years probably have yet to be written and portrayed in the movies.
As World Burns, Trump Adds Fuel to Fire
North Carolina has been hit with a storm of biblical ferocity. Florence has left at least 17 dead there, 500,000 without power, with flash flooding across the state from the coast to the western mountains. Landslides and infectious diseases are predicted to follow. North Carolina is not alone, of course.
Acting EPA administrator says administration deserves credit for decline in carbon emissions in wake of climate report
Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler did not voice alarm Wednesday about the dire predictions in the government's recent climate report, and instead said the Trump administration deserves credit for a decline in carbon emissions in his first remarks since the government released a devastating report Friday on the growing impacts of climate change.
A helicopter app for the wealthy plans to tackle Mumbai's traffic
A helicopter app for the wealthy has picked India's financial capital Mumbai as its first city outside the United States.
Rival sides in Yemen's war to hold first direct talks in years
Officials from Yemen's internationally-recognized government are set to hold direct talks with Houthi rebels in Sweden on Thursday in the most significant step to end the country's conflict in more than two years.
