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Celebrate Father’s Day with Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège

Father’s Day only comes around once a year, and trust us, dear old dad probably has enough ties in his closet. So what better way to celebrate the occasion than with Hennessy’s new V.S.O.P. Privilège’s 200th Anniversary Bottle?

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Supreme Court Gives States the Green Light to Clean Up Voter Rolls

Can a state take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of its voter rolls by removing people who have left the jurisdiction?

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Fourteen ADA-Approved Foods for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

Jill Weisenberger, author of Prediabetes: A Complete Guide reveals the best foods for lowering your risk of type 2 diabetes.

The typical American diet leaves a lot to be desired. It's heavy on calories, saturated fats, added sugars, fatty meats, baked goods, and highly processed grains. This type of diet is disastrous to your health and is even linked to type 2 diabetes and a host of other health problems like heart disease and some types of cancer.

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Astros Foundation and PGA TOUR announce five-year partnership for the Houston Open

The PGA TOUR, the Astros Foundation and its Board of Directors, led by Astros Owner & Chairman Jim Crane, announced a five-year partnership for the Houston Open beginning with the 2019 event. The Astros Foundation will operate the event and serve as the host organization.

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Exemptions in childhood vaccines rise in parts of the US with implications for disease risk

As more and more parents across the country choose nonmedical exemptions from vaccinations for their children, doctors and researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital say the risk of vaccine preventable disease outbreaks is increasing as well.

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Governor Abbott Appoints Hays And Skurow To Commission On State Emergency Communications

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Debi Hays and Cathy Skurow to the Commission on State Emergency Communications for terms set to expire on September 1, 2023. The commission is charged with administering the state 9-1-1 service program and the statewide poison control program.

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New Date (Kingwood): San Jacinto River Watershed Community Meeting

Council Member Dave Martin would like to make Kingwood residents aware that the San Jacinto River Watershed Community Meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, July 10, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood, Texas, 77345.

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Governor Abbott Appoints Joos And Koerner To Texas Veterans Commission

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kimberlee Joos and Laura Koerner to the Texas Veterans Commission for terms set to expire ON December 31, 2023. The commission serves as the state appointed advocate of Texas veterans as they attempt to secure the benefits rightfully earned in exchange for their service in our nation's armed forces.

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Gun store hosts ‘Train a Teacher Day’

Teachers, administrators and school board members across the county were invited to attend a free gun training event Sunday in Bay Park.

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Houston Staffing Firm Wins Black Enterprise’s Family Business Of The Year Award

Sterling Staffing Solutions takes home best in nation for minority-owned small business

Houston’s own Sterling Staffing Solutions announces it has won the country’s top award for a family owned business.

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Make Schools Serving Black Students Better Through Competition? Make Them Safer By Arming Personnel, Black Leaders Say

Students trapped in failing schools can be freed by encouraging competition among public schools through the provision of vouchers and "Tax Credit Scholarships," according to the black leadership network Project 21 in the latest installment of its "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America."

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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Statement: SCOTUS Decision on Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute

Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), issued the following statement Monday regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, holding that the process at issue - failure to vote as the basis for canceling voter registrations - does not violate federal law:

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Actor Jackson Odell of TV's 'Goldbergs' found dead at 20

Actor Jackson Odell, 20, was found unresponsive at a home in Tarzana, California on Friday, the LA County Medical Examiner's Office said.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Wins Adoption the By House of Representatives of Amendments to Aid Homeless Veterans, Promote Environmental Justice and Ensure Army Corps of Engineers has Resources Needed

Jackson Lee: “The energy and water appropriations legislation passed today by the House includes a number of initiatives designed to provide the resources and support needed to keep our citizens and communities safe. I am pleased that a half-dozen Jackson Lee Amendments were adopted during House consideration of this critical appropriations vehicle.”

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“The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.” by Jason Sokol

One minute. That’s all it can take to change history. Sixty seconds, as long as an average TV commercial or two, a few blinks of your eyes and nothing is ever the same. And things can keep changing, as you’ll see in the new book “The Heavens Might Crack” by Jason Sokol.

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Gwen Stefani: Just A Girl About to Take Over Las Vegas

Gwen Stefani spent her childhood and adolescence in Anaheim, California, a suburban girl living just a stone’s throw from Disneyland. It was her older brother, Eric, who founded No Doubt, the hybrid ska/punk/rock band that would help Stefani make her way into the musical limelight with their 1995 breakout album, Tragic Kingdom. The band’s unique sound coupled with Stefani’s platinum blonde hair, red lips, and punk rock fashion sensibility, brought the singer to Rockstar status in the 1990s.

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Houston Food Bank Wants to Feed More Hungry Kids During Summer

Summer is a time of increased food demand, as kids who receive free or reduced meals at school during the school year no longer have access to those meals. For this reason, Houston Food Bank has a Summer Feeding Program, and in order to feed more hungry children has opened additional feeding sites across the city where kids can get hot nutritious meals during the summer.

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Maker of Jack Daniel's worried about impact of trade war

(CNN Money) -- The maker of Jack Daniel's says tariffs are making it difficult to plan for the future. The company, Brown-Forman, reported strong revenue and profit growth for the fiscal year that ended in April, and expects to report more gains ahead.

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Voter Turnout in Sacramento, San Joaquin Counties Mostly by Mail

This Election Day, Sacramento and Nevada are two of five counties in the state testing a new method for turning in ballots through the mail or a drop boxes.

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Voters appear to back recall of judge who gave Stanford swimmer 6 months for sex assault

Voters in California appeared to hand down a sentence of their own to recall controversial Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.