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Users are split over Black Twitter's chances to survive under Elon Musk

Black Twitter is mourning the possible end of the influential community they found on Twitter more than a decade ago, but users are split between finding a new app or staying put.

Federal court denies 19-year-old's request to witness her father's execution by the state of Missouri

A federal court has denied a 19-year-old's request to let her witness her father's execution on Tuesday, when the state of Missouri is scheduled to put him to death for the 2005 murder of police sergeant William McEntee.

Buffalo grocery store mass shooter pleads guilty to murder and terrorism charges

The man accused of killing 10 people and injuring more than a dozen at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty Monday to state charges of murder, domestic terrorism, and attempted murder as a hate crime.

Boil Water Notice for the City of Houston

A boil water notice has been issued for the City of Houston’s Main Water System (TX1010013). Earlier today, the water pressure dropped below the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s required minimum of 20 PSI during a power outage at the East Water Purification Plant on Sunday, November 27, at 10:30 am.

Flu season hits Houston area earlier than usual

More than 3 percent of reported doctors visits in Harris County during the first week of November were related to the flu or other respiratory viral infections, compared to 1.7 percent in early October, according to the Houston Health Department.

Harris County DA Kim Ogg launches 2022 election investigation, asks Texas Rangers to assist

Ogg reportedly asked state authorities for assistance in an email Monday, the same day the governor called for an investigation and the Harris County Republican Party sued the county’s elections administrator.

HCC Signs 3-Year Agreement with City of Houston to Provide Firefighters with EMS Training

Houston Community College Chancellor Cesar Maldonado, Ph.D., and City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner met at HCC’s Northeast College today to sign a three-year agreement for HCC to train Houston firefighters in emergency medical services.

Racial gerrymandering and the GOP House win

There is a bitter fruit from the 2022 congressional elections: the bare majority Republicans won in the House of Representatives is the direct result of racial gerrymandering. A new Jim Crow is back, empowered - as was the original Jim Crow - by partisan right-wing justices on the Supreme Court. Americans voted for democracy in 2022, even as the Supreme Court voted to undermine it.

Children's health leaders call for emergency response as respiratory viruses continue to spread across the US

Seasonal flu activity is "elevated across the country," with "high" or "very high" respiratory virus activity in more than half of US states, according to an update published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Texas state legislative maps

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a challenge to Texas state legislative maps that critics say intentionally dilute minority voting power and result in an illegal racial gerrymander.

Dispute over free-ranging pigs leads to shooting, prison sentence for one man

An argument over free-ranging pigs in one Western North Carolina town led to a shooting and now a minimum 23-year prison sentence for one man.

Attorney General’s office receives third round of funding to clear backlog of sexual assault kits

New action is underway in the effort to end a backlog of sexual assault test kits in Missouri. New funding will help clear the backlog, which sexual assault victim advocates say is a major step forward as some kits have sat in evidence rooms across the state for years.

Katie Hobbs will win Arizona governor's race, CNN projects, defeating Trump favorite Kari Lake

Democrat Katie Hobbs will win Arizona's governor's race, CNN projects, defeating one of the most prominent defenders of former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election.

At least 1 dead, 16 injured after car drives through Massachusetts Apple store

At least one person is dead and 16 people are injured after a car drove through an Apple store in Hingham, Massachusetts, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said in a news conference Monday.

Democrats and Republicans invest millions to turn out beleaguered Georgia voters ahead of key Senate runoff

In Georgia's key Senate runoff, a clichéd political adage could actually prove true: It may all come down to who turns out. Top Democrats and Republicans alike acknowledge the uniqueness of Georgia's December 6 Senate runoff has put an increased focus on the ability of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker to turn out voters who may be tired of participating in yet another election, causing campaigns, committees and outside groups to spend millions solely on get out the vote efforts.

Democrat concedes to GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert in tight Colorado House race

Democrat Adam Frisch announced Friday that he had called GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and conceded the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.

Crime Stoppers of Houston Slams One Out of the Park at their Annual Gala – Over $1,355,000 Raised for Crime Solving and Prevention Programs

A Historic Evening ‘On the Field’ Honors Houston Leaders, Remembers Crime Victims and Calls for Community to Unite to Fight Crime

Crime Stoppers of Houston’s ‘Leading the Way to a Safer Houston’ Annual Gala, chaired by Sheridan and John Eddie Williams, was held on November 13, 2022 on the field at Minute Maid Park and raised a record-setting over $1,355,000 for crime prevention programs and critically-needed victim services.

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