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Liz Cheney ties House GOP chaos to Trump’s behavior

Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney on Sunday tied the “dangerous” House GOP chaos to former President Donald Trump’s behavior and the Republicans supporting him.

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These are the House Republicans running for speaker

The high-stakes race for House speaker enters a new phase this week, with a slate of new candidates vying for the gavel following Rep. Jim Jordan’s exit from the race.

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Arlington's Magic Moment: Jose Altuve's Game-Changing Home Run Steers Astros Closer to World Series Glory

A city held its breath, and a hero delivered. On what can only be described as a cinematic Friday night, Jose Altuve further etched his name into the annals of Astros baseball with a legendary three-run homer that has the Houston fans buzzing in ecstasy. The stage was Globe Life Field, the stakes - a ticket to the World Series for the third consecutive year. And as the Astros trailed by a run, it was Altuve who stepped up, dispatching a scorching shot off the Rangers' star closer, José Leclerc. The result? A 5-4 jaw-dropping comeback win for the Astros in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.

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The Burial

It’s an unlikely paring. A 75-year-old, southern white boy and a flashy ambulance-chasing Black lawyer. But it works. It’s them against big business. Davids versus Goliath. An ancient tale that never grows old.

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Texans rookie quarterback inspired by former coach in defeat of the New Orleans Saints

When Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud talks about overcoming adversity on the football field, he always mentions the coaches who have helped him along his journey of becoming an NFL quarterback.

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Wrongfully convicted man fatally shot by a deputy ‘deserved better’

Two months after the state of Florida formally apologized to Leonard Cure for the 16 years he lost following a wrongful conviction for armed robbery, authorities say he was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just across the state line in Georgia.

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A mother shielding her son, a 26-year-old attending a music festival and 2 brothers are among the Americans killed in Israel

A mother who shielded her son from gunfire, a “pro-peace” academic, young people who attended a musical festival and two brothers are among at least 30 Americans who have been killed in the warfare between Israel and Hamas, family members and officials say.

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Trump ‘does not have the right to say and do exactly what he pleases,’ Judge Chutkan says, issuing gag order

A federal judge on Monday issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump, limiting what he can say about special counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution into his alleged attempt to subvert in the 2020 presidential election.

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Bill Ford calls on striking union to ‘stop this now’

Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor Company, made his first public comments since negotiations began with the United Auto Workers union and the Big Three automakers. He called on the UAW to “stop this now,” and bring an end to talks.

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Houston Mayoral Race Appears Headed for a Runoff

Whitmire, Jackson Lee in a Dead Heat for Mayor, Yet Whitmire Leads in Runoff

Less than two weeks before the start of early voting, the top two candidates vying to become Houston’s next mayor are locked in a virtual tie, with John Whitmire and Sheila Jackson Lee each drawing support from about one-third of likely voters.

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ExxonMobil executive arrested on sexual assault charge

An ExxonMobil executive who heads up the business unit that’s involved in a potential $60 billion mega-merger with Pioneer Natural Resources was arrested late last week in Texas for allegedly committing sexual assault.

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Texas Bowl Gridiron Legends Class of 2023 Announced

The TaxAct Texas Bowl Committee has selected the 2023 class of Gridiron Legends inductees, the committee announced today. The honorees will be inducted into the Gridiron Legends at a special pregame ceremony during the TaxAct Texas Bowl game at NRG Stadium on Dec. 27.

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49ers dominate Cowboys and Bill Belichick under fire: Everything you need to know about Week 5’s Sunday games

There are some weeks in the NFL when it’s hard to pick out the main storylines, but then there are others where every game seems to have some big takeaway from it.

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Where Beauty Meets Advocacy This Holiday Season

For Your Holiday Gift Guide Consideration

Find Your Fabulosity, a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, Sheryl Kurland, believes in the power of beauty to boost a woman’s morale and self-worth. Since its 2017 inception, Sheryl’s Find Your Fabulosity has donated 95,000+ brand new packaged lipsticks to victims of domestic violence who are trying to rebuild their lives after unimaginable abuse at the hands of a spouse or intimate partner. Sheryl currently works with 300 women’s shelters across all fifty states, where donated lipsticks are shipped and gifted to these brave survivors of domestic violence.

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UHD Alumni and Friends Celebration Dinner a Huge Hit!

More than 400 UHD alumni and friends of the University gathered in the Houston Marriott Marquis ballroom on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, in celebration and support of Houston’s second largest university. Now in its second year, the annual Alumni & Friends Celebration Dinner benefits the University’s Compass Points Fund in support of student success. In anticipation of UHD’s 50th anniversary year, two check presentations of $50,000 each—one from steadfast supporter Marilyn Davies and the other from T Mobile were made, bolstering the total funds raised to more than $300,000.

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McDonald’s launches Boo Buckets on October 17 for two weeks only

Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s just in time for spooky season! Starting on October 17, fans can get in the Halloween spirit at participating McDonald’s restaurants in the Greater Houston area with four new Halloween Happy Meal designs including: Monster, Skeleton, Mummy and Vampire (launching for the first time and inspired by the OG purple Boo Bucket).

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Public Education Is Vital to a Democracy

America owes much of its prominence and prosperity to the fact that it has led the world in popular education. Even without a public school system, we had the highest literacy in the world in the 19th century. We were among the first to provide public school to the young through the 12th grade. We were the first to open the doors of colleges and universities – significantly through the GI Bill after World War II – to children from all levels of income.

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An Inspiring Biography of Merze Tate From Penn Professor Barbara Savage

Born in rural Michigan at the turn of the century, Merze Tate was the first African-American woman to attend Oxford. She also graduated with a doctorate from Harvard, became a leading scholar on diplomatic history, colonialism, and nuclear arms, taught for 30-plus years at Howard, and kept seeking ever more knowledge throughout her life—reading, writing, and traveling the world with her camera. University of Pennsylvania professor Barbara Savage’s new biography MERZE TATE: THE GLOBAL ODYSSEY OF A BLACK WOMAN SCHOLAR (Yale University Press; November 2023) tells the astonishing story of a woman, who, despite living in what she called a “sex and race discriminating world,” never allowed her intellectual ambitions to be thwarted.

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Republican Chaos Fuels Threat of Government Shutdown

Unless warring factions of Republicans in the House of Representatives can come to their senses, the United States government will shut down next Sunday. Some may not notice – we tend to rely on government only when we are in need. But the impact – and the hurt – will be immediate – and will grow over time. Nearly a million federal employees will be furloughed and sent home without pay until there is a resolution.

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Houston Chosen as First City Outside of Africa for Diaspora African Forum Location

Today, Ambassador H.E. Dr. Erieka Bennett, founder and Head of Mission for the Diaspora African Forum (DAF) and leadership visited Houston to scout locations for what will become the first DAF location outside of the African continent. This achievement is the direct result of relationships forged during the trade and investment mission to West Africa in July, led by Mayor Sylvester Turner and a 30-member delegation.