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Mayor Turner's Statement On HUD Finding That The GLO Discriminates Against Communities Of Color
Mayor Sylvester Turner today agreed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's finding that the state's General Land Office (GLO) discriminated against communities of color when denying flood mitigation funding to Houston and Harris County.
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A 9-year-old South African child diagnosed with HIV when he was 1 month old has been in HIV remission for 8 1/2 years -- without …
Published on July 24, 2017
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Khloe Kardashian on raising a biracial child: "You're only setting them up I think for failure if you don't talk about race." Mandatory Credit: Stefanie …
Published on July 21, 2021
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Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg stands and faces the audience as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the …
Published on February 1, 2024
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5 things for August 7: Rick Gates, Infowars, Iran, child abuse case, wildfires
Jonesing for a last-minute summer getaway? Here are some of the best places to visit in August, plus everything else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Black Activists Push for School Choice at Supreme Court
Project 21 Decries Blaine Amendments as Bigoted for Denying Families Best Educational Options
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today about whether parents should be empowered with the ability to use government-assisted scholarships to enroll their children in religious schools. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network have joined a legal brief advising the justices that current laws blocking parents from doing so prevent them from making the best choices for their children's education.
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Houston Style Magazine Honors Mothers Who Serve the Community - Angelee Moody Rhyne
You can adopt a child, a pet, and even a highway. Angelee Moody Rhyne decided to adopt a park. One day she had a meeting with someone at the Marian Park to discuss plans for a Back-to- School. In her mind the park would be an ideal location since at one point she frequented the park regularly. However, that was many years ago. She had no idea the state that she would find the park in today. She was just applauded at how the park had gone down.
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Virtual school option offered for Beaumont students by Harmony Public Schools
Harmony Public Schools will offer a full virtual learning option to Beaumont students in kindergarten through Grade 12 when the 2022-23 school year begins in August.
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Trump Vows GOP Will Continue Efforts to Repeal Obamacare
President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday morning that Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act are not finished, even after the demise of the Graham-Cassidy health care bill.
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CAIR-Houston to Join Black Lives Matter ‘Justice 4 George Floyd’ March
Muslim civil rights group calls for release of detained protesters, law enforcement transparency
Later today, the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join Black Lives Matter: Houston for its "Justice 4 George Floyd" march to City Hall. March begins at 3 p.m. at Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney Street.
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Biden was 'expressing solidarity' when he said 'we're going to free Iran,' White House says
President Joe Biden was "expressing solidarity" with protesters when he said at a campaign event late Thursday that "we're going to free Iran," a White House spokesman clarified on Friday.
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Qatar is the ally we need to counter Putin's growing influence
Russia's reprehensible invasion of Ukraine has made one thing clear: The global order is changing. An axis of repressive, authoritarian world powers -- all with ties to Vladimir Putin -- is growing bolder and more confident, and wants to see America's influence decline.
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TSU Aviation Program Reaching New Heights with Approval of Training Facility at Houston Spaceport
Houston City Council approves agreement allowing Houston Airports to develop a 2-acre site into an aeronautical hub to be used by Texas Southern University
Houston Airports continues to invest in aviation by supporting the next generation of aeronautical professionals with an innovative learning environment.
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Witnesses are urged to come forward after shooters left 3 dead and 11 wounded in a Philadelphia crowd
A night of revelry on Philadelphia's South Street turned chaotic Saturday as gunmen opened fire into a crowd, leaving three people dead and 11 wounded in one of at least 10 weekend mass shootings across the United States.
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Invisible rogue planets without stars? NASA's new space telescope could find hundreds of them
NASA is on the hunt for rogue planets. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's upcoming observatory expected to launch in the mid-2020s, could reveal a multitude of rogue planets that don't orbit stars in our Milky Way galaxy, according to new research.
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Marijuana smoke harms lungs in tobacco smokers, study finds
Smoking weed while being a tobacco smoker may increase damage to the respiratory system, a new study found.
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Will the Royal Wedding boost the UK economy?
It's a favorite tabloid newspaper headline: The Royal Wedding will bring a HUGE boost to the economy. Parts of the British press have been confidently suggesting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's nuptials on Saturday will benefit the country's economy to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds.
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10 killed in shooting at Texas' Santa Fe High School, official says
Ten people were killed and several others injured in a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe, a law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity.
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Title: Before we visit the goddess Author(s): Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956- ISBN/ISSN: 1476792003 9781476792002 Personal Author: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956- Edition: First Simon & Schuster …
Published on November 7, 2017
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Congressman Al Green Pays Homage to Merchant Mariners of World War II in Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, the 117th Congress of the United States is holding a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to honor the Merchant Mariners of World War II (WWII). Congressman Al Green, who will be in attendance, released the following statement:
