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Bill Cosby's 'Little Bill' Books Targeted for Censorship, Library Group Says
Embattled comedian Bill Cosby's award-winning children's books series has landed on the American Library Association's list of top 10 books targeted for removal from school libraries.
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Rockets Mike D’Antoni Named Western Conference Coach of the Month for February
Today, the NBA announced that Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for February. He has won the award 10 times in his career, including five times since joining Houston in 2016-17.
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TSU's Aerospace Symposium
Photography by Vicky Pink - Texas Southern University's Aviation Science and Technology Department hosted their …
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Rockets Tad Brown Announces Transition from Role as CEO Following End of 2020-21 Season
Houston Rockets Chief Executive Officer Thaddeus “Tad” Brown today announced he will transition from his role at the end of the season. Brown originally joined the Rockets as their Vice President of Corporate Development for the 2002-03 season and was named CEO in October of 2006.
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2016 Audrey H. Lawson Impact Awards Luncheon and Fashion Show
Photography by Vicky Pink - Annually the 2016 Audrey H. Lawson Impact Awards Luncheon and …
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2016 SCORE and SBA Small Business Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
Photography by Vicky Pink - Small businesses were in the spotlight at the 2016 SCORE …
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Harris Health Hires New Chief Diversity Officer to Lead Equity, Inclusion Efforts
Harris Health System has named Jobi Martinez, PhD, its first vice president and chief diversity officer, a position that prioritizes the system’s core value to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion among its employees, patients and services.
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The world marks 2 million coronavirus deaths. The real toll is likely much higher
It's as if 10 of the world's largest commercial jets fell out of the sky, every day for an entire year. The official global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The tragic milestone came just over a year after the first Covid-19 death was reported in Wuhan, China.
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Broadway-Bound and Award-winning Titles Highlight Theatre Under the Stars 2017-18 Season
Building upon the artistic acclaim of the of 2016-17 Season and reaffirming the commitment to bring “more theatre to more people”, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) announced today a dynamic 2017-18 Season; celebrating the prismatic and perennial impact of musical theatre.
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Houston Area Native Serves Aboard USS Antietam while conducting operations in the Philippine Sea
A Baytown, Texas native and 2018 Goose Creek Memorial High School graduate is serving aboard the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-Class-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54).
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Juice WRLD's posthumous album 'Legends Never Die' drops, leaving fans emotional
Late rapper Juice WRLD's hotly anticipated posthumous album "Legends Never Die" dropped Friday, prompting reports from fans that interest in the release caused his Spotify page to temporarily crash.
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Award Winning Hadestown Comes to Houston
Winner of Eight 2019 Tony Awards Including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Musical Theater Album
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Racial Profiling, Police Abuse of Power Unacceptable in Georgia, Delaware, or Any State
On April 20, sheriffs’ deputies in Georgia pulled over a bus transporting the women’s lacrosse team from Delaware State University, a historically Black university, and without probable cause brought in drug-sniffing dogs and hand-searched the women’s personal belongings. The officers were white, and almost all of the female athletes and staff Black. Read a student’s account of what happened here (includes video).
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Stilettos & Champagne Pairs High Heels and Bubbly with Philanthropy
On November 10, 2018, This Woman’s Work, a non-profit 501(c)(3), will hold its annual Stilettos & Champagne Fundraising Reception Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Julia Ideson Library, located at 550 McKinney St, Houston, from 6:30 – 10 p.m.
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TSU LAW WEEK 2017: The Honorable Marc Carter Uplifts 14th Amendment
TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law welcomed back ’16 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial …
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Celebrate 2023 at Dickey’s Barbecue Pit with Kids Eat Free
World’s largest barbecue concept offers family-friendly deal all of January
What better way to ring in 2023 than by bringing the family to the world’s largest barbecue concept Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, where KIDS EAT FREE all January long.
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19 Men and 1 Woman Among Highest-paid Execs Age 40 and Under
Pay inequality between men and women isn't just a problem for your parents' generation.
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Female shooters are rare. YouTube attacker joins short list
As the investigation continues into why a female shooter opened fire at YouTube headquarters, data show that it's rare for women to carry out such shootings -- making Tuesday's incident unusual.
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Francesco Totti visits fan he helped wake from a coma
Former AS Roma star Francesco Totti has paid a visit to a 19-year-old girl he helped wake from a coma, according to Rome's Gemelli hospital.
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Sandra Bland’s Mom Returns to Texas to Urge Police Reforms
The mother of a black woman who died in a jail near Houston following a confrontational traffic stop in 2015 returned to Texas to back a sweeping police reform bill named after her daughter that influential law enforcement groups are fighting. The “Sandra Bland Act” as drafted would revamp racial profiling laws, officer training and other police accountability measures.
