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The Ensemble Theatre celebrates its 45th Anniversary Season with “Single Black Female”
The Ensemble Theatre continues its 45th Anniversary Season with the production of Single Black Female by Lisa B. Thompson. The Theatre welcomes back who was last seen in The Lawsons: A Civil Rights Love Story.
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Holocaust Museum Houston Offers Free Admission on First and Third Sundays, Starting on Labor Day Weekend
For families on a budget, Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) will host ExxonMobil Free Family Sundays the first and third Sundays September through November starting Labor Day weekend’s Sunday, September 3. HMH will be open to the public Labor Day, Monday, September 4 with free admission for active duty servicemembers and their families through the Blue Star Museums program. Admission is always free for ages 18 and under.
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Women are just as corrupt as men in Mexican politics
Women are just as corrupt as men in Mexican municipal politics, according to a new study from Rice University.
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Navalny’s former chief of staff Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania
Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, who is the former chief of staff of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, was attacked Tuesday outside his house in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh.
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Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Family After Split with Brad Pitt
A new project about family and loss has led Angelina Jolie to talk about her own.
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FEATURE: ‘Girls Trip’ Star Tiffany Haddish’s Remarkable Rise
When comedian Tiffany Haddish was 9, her stepfather tampered with the brakes on her mother’s car, hoping to kill his partner and her four children. Rather than going out with her mom that day, Haddish asked to stay home and look after her younger siblings—sparing her from the horrific accident that left her mother mentally impaired. As the oldest child, Haddish did what she could to help for three years, from tying her mother’s shoes to paying bills, but eventually Haddish and her siblings were placed in foster care.
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Drake confirms fatherhood on new album
Sure, Drake has Michael Jackson and Jay-Z on his new album, but the real scoop is his baby references.
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Amber Alert: A 13-year-old girl is abducted outside her North Carolina home
Police have issued an Amber Alert after a 13-year-old girl was abducted outside her home in Lumberton, North Carolina, on Monday morning.
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A 4-year-old took a loaded gun to his South Texas school. Now his father faces charges, police say
A 4-year-old took a loaded handgun Wednesday to his South Texas elementary school, and his father has been arrested after the incident prompted a lockdown, officials said.
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Updates that may affect your tax season
It is officially tax season, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which declared that this year’s tax season started on Monday, January 23. It’s that special time of year when people collect their documents to either rush over to their tax preparer or enter in themselves so that they can receive those nice tax refund checks.
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Prince Edward, Archie and Lilibet granted new royal titles
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had their first child, Archie, he wasn't granted a royal title. It's not clear whether one was offered by Queen Elizabeth II and refused, or not offered at all. But it raised eyebrows.
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A man accused of beating his girlfriend and threatening to kill her was jailed after an Amazon Echo, a voice-activated speaker device, called 911, authorities …
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Claire Diaz-Ortiz, an early Twitter employee and author of the book Twitter For Good, now wonders if we're witnessing "Twitter for bad."
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Federal authorities are investigating after an air traffic controller on an overnight shift at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas repeatedly gave incoherent directions and …
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Factors like loss of control, changes in food availability and health anxiety might have contributed to the growth, a study author said. Mandatory Credit: Adobe …
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The inside of the JET tokamak, which conducted major nuclear fusion experiments in the UK. Mandatory Credit: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority via CNN Newsource
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The system used in the study to identify similarities among fingerprints could be useful in crime scene analysis, the authors said. Mandatory Credit: Gabe Guo/Columbia …
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Congress grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for nearly 10 hours. What's next?
Three hours into Mark Zuckerberg's second day of hearings on Capitol Hill, a Republican lawmaker offered "a little bit of advice" to the Facebook CEO: Be careful, or we might just have to regulate you.
