Apple services including App Store, Apple Music and iCloud hit by brief outage
A number of Apple services were hit by a short-lived outage for some users on Monday afternoon.
Spring equinox 2022: At last! The first day of spring
Few of us will ever have a way with words as Emily Dickinson, the Belle of Amherst, did:
Alcohol-related deaths in the US spiked more than 25% in the first year of the pandemic, study shows
The number of deaths in the US involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Young people need us to see them as they are, and adults are off the mark, a study say
There is more we can do to make our kids feel seen, accepted and secure -- and it starts with adding more terms for gender identity and sexual orientation to the official forms we give them, according to a new …
Woman's sitting room in ruins after car smashes into house; neighbors say it was a race gone wrong
The front of a house in Norwood Park had been left wrecked and unstable Friday night, a night after a driver lost control and slammed into the home.
OB-GYN fired after reporting allegation of sexual assault by colleague speaks out
An OB-GYN doctor is speaking out for the first time after she reported an allegation of sexual assault by one of her male colleagues and was later fired.
SpaceX will now launch satellites for top space broadband competitor, OneWeb
SpaceX has a new deal to launch internet-beaming satellites for its chief competitor in the satellite business — British company OneWeb.
Match launches new dating app for single parents
Match on Monday rolled out a new service called Stir that aims to remove some of the barriers around dating as a single parent.
Ruling in Doe v. Mayorkas Ensures Individuals Seeking Asylum and Forced into MPP Can Continue Their Fight for Access to Counsel
This week, Judge Dana Sabraw rejected the Biden Administration’s attempts to indefinitely stay or dismiss Doe v. Mayorkas, a case challenging the government’s practice of denying access to counsel to people fleeing persecution who are forced to undergo nonrefoulement interviews …
First Sculpture of a Latina in the City of Houston Coming to the Center for Pursuit's New Campus
The Zenteno Sculpture Project, depicting Houston singer and songwriter Norma Zenteno, will be placed on the new campus of The Center for Pursuit, 4400 Harrisburg Blvd., in East End Houston. A formal presentation of the sculpture by Houston-based artist and …
Joint Statement by Congressman Al Green (TX-09), Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
“The people have suffered long enough. The people of Texas in general, and Harris County more specifically, have suffered long enough. It has been more than four years since Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and Harris County.
Rustika Café and Bakery Welcomes New Multi-Unit Manager
Rustika Café and Bakery announced today that the company has hired Latonya Prophet as its new multi-unit manager.
The V.O. Burton Foundation Inc Gives Back To Where It Began
Phyllis Burton is the CEO and Founder of the V.O. Burton Foundation Inc. This nonprofit organization was created in honor of her late father Varn O. Burton. He managed over seven apartment complexes in the Trinity Gardens community. During his …
Free Cone Day at DQ Restaurants in Texas On March 21
It’s back! Free Cone Day* will return on Monday, March 21 at participating DQ restaurants in Texas celebrating the arrival of spring. Each fan will receive a free small cone with a limit of one per fan while supplies last.
African-Americans Contribute to Virtual Library To Promote Literacy
NBA player Jason Thompson, "Rebel Girls" editor/author Lilly Workneh, "Black Panther" book author Jesse J. Holland and New Orleans Saint Malcolm Jenkins, are among several celebrity guest readers that narrated their favorite children's stories for a virtual online library created …
