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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 17. Mandatory Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN that the US is attempting to strengthen “lines of communication” with China to avoid conflict between the two superpowers.
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Russian hackers breached key Microsoft systems
Russian state-backed hackers gained access to some of Microsoft’s core software systems in a hack first disclosed in January, the company said Friday, revealing a more extensive and serious intrusion into Microsoft’s systems than previously known.
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Lexus ES 300h is Tops in Fuel Efficiency
One of the routine tasks of being a vehicle owner is the trip to the ever popular gas station. Whether your frequency is daily, weekly or another schedule, it will be significantly less as the owner of the 2017 Lexus ES 300h.
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Trump shouldn't get credit for the economic rebound. Neither should Biden
Presidents typically get too much credit -- or blame -- for the US economy's current performance, while the unseen drivers of the economic cycle get way too little.
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How the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Small Businesses and All of Us!
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will lower prescription drug, health care, and energy costs. It will lower the deficit and no one making under $400,000 per year will pay a penny more in taxes. It will also fight climate change. This is a pretty good deal for most of us dealing with our changing climate patterns: scorching temperatures, escalating damaging storms, new monsoon seasons and all the havoc they cause. If we can slow climate change down, we all win.
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Is anyone buying couches and beds from Wayfair anymore?
Early in the pandemic, people realized they were going to be spending a lot more time at home. So they decided to upgrade.
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Putin says Russia is rerouting trade to China and India
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is rerouting trade to "reliable international partners" such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as the West attempts to sever economic ties.
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Shelter-in-place order lifted for neighborhoods near a burning fishing vessel in Washington
A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for neighborhoods near a burning fishing vessel in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington, officials said.
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Harris heads to rapidly draining Lake Mead to make the case for Biden's climate priorities
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Lake Mead in Nevada on Monday to make the case for Congress to fund "the largest investment in climate resilience in US history" by passing President Joe Biden's sweeping economic agenda, according to a White House official.
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Massachusetts towns are at 'high risk' for a mosquito-borne virus that can cause brain swelling
Health officials are warning that seven towns in southeastern Massachusetts are at "high risk" for a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus known as Eastern equine encephalitis or EEE.
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Two former Trump administration officials seen at federal courthouse where Jan. 6 grand jury meets
Two former Trump administration officials were seen Thursday at the Washington, DC, federal courthouse where the grand jury investigating the January 6 US Capitol attack meets.
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One question Trump keeps asking: When will the January 6 hearings end?
A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge against a bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a man who had gone behind the counter and pushed him.
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Missouri Ranked #1 for Black Homicide Victimization
95 Percent of Black Homicide Victims in Missouri were Killed with Guns
For the fourth year in a row, Missouri has the highest black homicide victimization rate in the nation with a rate of 57.30 per 100,000 — nearly triple the national black homicide victimization rate and 11 times the overall homicide rate nationwide — according to a new analysis by the Violence Policy Center (VPC).
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ISIS now controls just half a square kilometer in Syria, says SDF
ISIS now controls an area of Syria measuring just half a square kilometer, a commander with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday.
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First-of-its-kind Ebola treatment trial underway in Congo as outbreak surpasses 400 cases
The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off the world's first multidrug randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of experimental drugs used to treat Ebola patients, the World Health Organization announced Monday.
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Book Chronicles The African American Dating Experience…And Explains Why Most Women Are Single
“The Price” now available for purchase
Antwuan Jackson, recently released his very first self-published ebook, “The Price.” The ebook is a fictional memoir of sorts about the dating world and relationships, based on Jackson’s own personal experiences in the dating scene in Dallas and in Houston, where he previously lived. It is now available for purchase through Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.
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Fashion’s Best-Kept Secret Finds Another Home in Houston
“Best Place to Buy Prada for Next to Nada”
United Apparel Liquidators (UAL) has quietly taken the fashion world by storm, curating treasure troves of designer apparel, shoes, and accessories for both men and women at steeply discounted prices. UAL was started by Bill & Melody Cohen over 40 years ago. Currently, Melody remains as active chairman in the woman led company.
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The Chevy Blazer EV will be GM's new mass-market electric SUV
General Motors revealed a new electric mid-sized SUV, the Chevrolet Blazer EV, that will go on sale in about a year. Part of GM's push to go all-electric in a little over a decade, the Blazer EV will join an increasingly competitive market for electric SUVs. But its real appeal may be in just how many different ways it can be ordered, showing how car companies can exploit the flexible packaging of electric motors to meet wildly different needs.
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Mayor Annise Parker Welcomes Back Blue Bell Ice Cream
Photography by Vicky Pink - On Monday, August 31, 2015, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Some Trump administration officials resign while others stay to prevent chaos
President Donald Trump's top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability.
