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Astros Baseball Returns to Minute Maid Park for Home Opener on Monday, April 2

Opening Homestand to feature unveiling of 2017 World Championship Pennant, World Championship Ring Ceremony and special giveaways during Championship Weekend

Everything You Need to Know About Vegan Fashion

When we hear or see the word ‘veganism,’ we mostly think about diet. But did you know that veganism refers to a much broader concept? It involves living in a way that avoids exploiting and ill-treating animals – not just for food but also for clothing and beauty products.

The US still isn't getting Covid-19 data right

As the Omicron wave recedes in the United States, public health officials are faced with a new round of decision-making on the best way for the country to move forward.

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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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Police Kill Gunman Trying to Steal Helicopter at Oregon Airport

Police in Oregon fatally shot a man who attempted to steal a helicopter from a private air hangar at an airport near Portland, authorities said Monday.

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Tiger Woods, Arrested On Suspicion of DUI, Blames Prescriptions

Golfer Tiger Woods, arrested on Memorial Day in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, said alcohol was not involved and he had "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications."

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Spirit Airlines Cancels Flight, Passenger Brawl Breaks Out

Screams and commotion took over Fort Lauderdale's airport Monday as travelers clashed with Spirit Airlines employees and police.

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Sen. Miles Starts Session Making Major Legislative Impact

Boris Miles, with the winter sun piercing the Texas Capitol, was cheered on by half a dozen bus loads of supporters that traveled to Austin Tuesday, January 10th when he was sworn-in to succeed Rodney Ellis as Houston and south Texas' only African American State Senator. Miles raised his right hand to represent SD 13 in the upper chamber.

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10 Things to Know About Legal Pot

Recreational marijuana -- the kind you smoke without a doctor's note -- wasn't legal anywhere in the United States five years ago.

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11-year-old Kills Himself After Texting Prank

An 11-year-old boy who died last week of injuries suffered in a March suicide attempt will be laid to rest Tuesday.

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'Day Without a Woman' Strike Puts Some Parents in Bind Amid School Closures

Organizers say it was intended in the same spirit of "love and liberation" that inspired women's marches worldwide.

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Storm Chasers Killed in Crash While Tracking Tornado

The three storm chasers pursued the raging tornadoes for years. When others fled, they drove closer to the spinning winds.

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How U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston Landed in the Middle of Impeachment

The chosen seven strode across the U.S. Capitol rotunda before the eyes of history and a live television audience. It was late in the afternoon on Wednesday, January 15. On their way to the Senate to formally deliver impeachment charges against Donald Trump, six of the impeachment managers appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked in pairs. The seventh followed by herself.

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Amy Cooper made second 911 call about Black birdwatcher in Central Park, prosecutors say

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office filed a misdemeanor charge Wednesday against the White woman who called police on a Black man birdwatching in Central Park in May and revealed that she had made a second 911 call about the encounter.

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Collaborative for Children No Show Luncheon Raises Nearly $200,000

Funds support early learning resources for Houston’s most vulnerable young children

Collaborative for Children raised nearly $200,000 with its virtual No Show Luncheon hosted October 14. Collaborative for Children CEO Dr. Melanie Johnson was joined by the event’s presenting sponsor Steve Kean, of The Kean Family Foundation, sharing the agency’s strategic vision for the future.

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Coronavirus model projects more than 317,000 US Covid-19 deaths by December

A well-known coronavirus model previously cited by the White House forecasts more than 317,000 US deaths from Covid-19 by December.

Cullen Trust Gift Aids UH Students Struggling with Food Insecurity Amid Pandemic

The University of Houston has received a $100,000 gift from the Cullen Trust for Higher Education to aid University students and members of the community who are in immediate need of food assistance. The gift supports efforts at UH and the Houston Food Bank to raise awareness on the growing issue of food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Progressive Women Score Big Wins in Southern Primaries

Progressive women dominated a slate of Democratic primaries Tuesday, winning races in Kentucky and Texas and giving Georgia the first black woman to ever be nominated for governor by a major political party.

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Rosario Dawson Promotes NAACP's Solar Equity Initiative

Calls on the public to pledge to bring solar into their communities.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the country’s foremost civil rights organization, extends our deep gratitude to Rosario Dawson for her support and promotion of our Solar Equity Initiative and Go Solar in Your Community pledge.

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The Forgotten Issue - Police Violence Against Black Men (and Women)

A photo of Colin Kaepernick tweeted out by Jennifer Lee Chan on August 26, 2016 launched a public debate. Kaepernick stated his action (sitting, which led to kneeling, during the anthem) was due to the oppression of people of color and ongoing issues with police brutality.