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5 Things for Tuesday, May 2: Obamacare, Trump, Sex Assaults

If you're planning a summer trip, take note: The State Department just issued a travel alert for all of Europe. Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Rep. Ron Reynolds - Week of April 24, 2017

There are less than 30 days left in this 85th legislative session. As we head down the home stretch, I remain focused and committed to passing bills that support the priorities that majority of Texans care about: education, economic empowerment & development, healthcare, and criminal justice reform to name a few. I am also committed to helping kill bad bills that are divisive and not in the best interest of helping Texans. I urge you to stay engaged with me as we follow the progression of bills in their last stages.

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AboutThatCar.com: 2017 Mazda6 Grand Touring

As soon as they dropped off the 2017 Mazda6, we were headed down Hwy 14 to connect with I-94 West and on to Chicago. Once we were clear of the expressway like traffic, we set the car’s adaptive cruise control on 78 mph and settled in for what turned out to be an uneventful drive.

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What Donald Trump Doesn't Seem To Get Meeting With Kim Jong Un And Rodrigo Duterte

President Donald Trump told Bloomberg Monday that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un under the right circumstances, the latest in a series of odd moves that suggest Trump may still not grasp the power and signal-sending of such a gathering.

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BEAUTY: LUX HAIR Wigs by Sherri Shepherd Offers Stylish, Fun and Affordable Wigs

For many reasons (health-related hair loss, vanity, convenience) wigs have found their place into the mainstream allowing versatile options with a relatively easy and sometimes fun way to protect your natural hair from those daily doses of heat and style damage. Wigs are so on-trend currently that they are popping up on more heads than ever before. And there is something a little refreshing nowadays about being able to freely admit “It’s a wig.” No taboo… no judgments, no strange feelings.

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Three-Time GRAMMY Winner NE-YO Invests in Holberton School for Full-Stack Engineers

NE-YO joins school’s Board of Trustees; commits to promote greater diversity in tech industry

The idea of a coding school that charges no upfront tuition was intriguing to Ne-Yo. The Grammy Award-winning artist is certainly not the first musician to invest in Silicon Valley, but he’s one that wants to put his talents and money into helping to solve the diversity challenges facing the tech industry.

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5 Things for Monday, April 1: Trump, Turkey, Tornadoes and Budget

Happy Monday morning. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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First Round Draft Pick of The Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson Arrives in Houston

Dressed in studded Louboutin shoes, the #12 pick of the 2017 NFL Draft walked into his first press conference as a Houston Texan just as cool as he walked off the field during his college days at Clemson when they beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in this year’s College Football National Championship game. With a smiling Head Coach Bill O’Brien and GM Rick Smith by his side, an emotional Deshaun Watson began his life as a professional football player.

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Stem Cells Offer Hope for Autism

Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg shows off a freezer deep inside the bowels of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center. Known as a thermogenesis freezer, it stores up to 3,640 units of cord blood -- left over from babies' umbilical cords and placenta -- at minus 196 degrees Celsius.

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Shea Moisture Criticized for New Video Campaign

Shea Moisture released a new ad as part of their #BreakTheWalls campaign on their Facebook page Monday that sparked controversy on Twitter. The video features an African American woman, and in an attempt to expand their current demographic, also features two Caucasian women. The video opens with a black woman sharing her personal experiences with “hair hate,” then quickly switches to two white women discussing their issues with hair. The ad tries to push the message, “break free from hair hate” and “embrace hair love in every form,” but the intended message seems to get lost by including white women in the ad.

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Trump Calls for Dramatic Tax Cuts for Individuals and Businesses

The Trump administration has finally outlined its new tax proposal, which leans heavily on tax cuts. So far, President Trump wants to slash individual tax rates -- cutting the top rate from 39.6% to 35% -- and reduce the number of total rates from seven to three. He also wants to cut the top tax rate for all businesses to 15%, far below the current top rates.

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Jeff Sessions Is Creating a Department of Injustice

As Donald Trump nears the end of his first 100 days, media commentary focuses primarily on how little he has achieved in comparison to other presidents. It's a mistake, however, to discount the threat that the Trump administration poses to our fundamental rights. His attorney general, former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, is a case in point.

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Why Texans Wanted QB Deshaun Watson

On Thursday night, the Texans surprised everyone when they traded up to No. 12 to select quarterback Deshaun Watson. From the moment, Bill O’Brien and Rick Smith met the 6-2, 221-pound national championship winner, they knew he was a good fit for Houston.

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Runner: Having Narcolepsy Is Harder Than a Marathon

For years, Julie Flygare kept her condition private. She hadn't liked people's reactions on the occasions when she had opened up and shared her story. People thought it was a joke or not important.

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Rockets advance with 105-99 win over Thunder

James Harden had 34 points and his supporting cast helped the Houston Rockets overcome a 47-point game by Russell Westbrook to get a 105-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

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State champ Cy Falls earns MaxPreps National Recognition

Its a national honor for the state champs.

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Cops use murdered woman's Fitbit to charge her husband

A masked intruder barged into his Connecticut home, he said, tied up and tortured him and -- when his wife came home -- shot and killed her.

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Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting: 'We were basically sitting ducks'

Two previously unseen video interviews with the police officers involved in 12-year-old Tamir Rice's death, recorded days after the shooting, provide new insight into their mindsets at the time. They also appear to be inconsistent with aspects of the officers' written testimony, an attorney for the Rice family said.