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FEMA grants $24 million for debris removal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $24 million to these three applicants for debris removal following Hurricane Harvey.
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Ava DuVernay’s Array to Open Independent Movie Theater, Offer Grants for Film Festivals
According to Tambay Obenson‘s article on indiewire.com, filmmaker Ava DuVernay‘s distribution company ARRAY is building a state-of-the-art, 50-set movie theater, which will be able to screen independent movies as well as be available for rental.
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Wall Street's Addiction to Crime
Last week, as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) convened a House Financial Services Committee hearing, featuring the CEOs of Wall Street's biggest banks, the financial watchdog group released a stunning report on their criminal records: Wall Street's Six Biggest Bailed-Out Banks: Their RAP Sheets and Their Ongoing Crime Spree.
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Michigan measles outbreak linked to outbreak in New York
Michigan health officials confirmed the measles outbreak in Oakland County is linked to the ongoing outbreak in New York.
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Rapper Boosie BadAzz Faces Drug And Gun Charges
Louisiana rapper Boosie BadAzz is facing multiple charges after police in Newnan, Georgia, said they found a gun, marijuana and more than $20,000 in his car during a traffic stop.
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Hispanic Homeownership Rate at 47.1 Percent
The nation’s Hispanic population recorded a net gain of 362,000 homeowners last year, resulting in an increased Hispanic homeownership rate from 46.2 percent in 2017 to 47.1 percent in 2018, according to a study from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP).
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Seven Indicted in Fort Valley State University Student Prostitution Ring Scandal
A year-long investigation into a prostitution ring at Fort Valley State University came to a head this week when the former executive assistant to the President was indicted for her role in the scandal. Alecia Jeanetta Johnson was charged with six counts of prostitution and three counts of pimping and two counts of solicitation of sodomy on Friday, Fox 4 Atlanta reports.
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Arab Spring failed to deliver on hopes, Baker Institute survey finds
The Arab Spring protests of 2010-12 failed to deliver what many in the Middle East and North Africa region hoped they would, according to a new survey and paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. However, the study's authors found marked variation across the region's nations in how respondents view the protests and uprisings.
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2 makers of popular baby products just avoided recalls, even as federal officials acknowledge safety problems
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, for the second time in recent months, has sided with manufacturers of baby products that have caused death or injury to infants.
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Travel misery and hundreds of car crashes as a spring storm hits parts of the US
A major spring storm unloaded heavy snow and blizzard conditions from the Dakotas to Minnesota, and is expected to make travel a nightmare for the 1.6 million people in its path as it makes its way toward Canada.
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Elizabeth Warren unveils a plan to tax big corporations
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new tax on big corporations, bolstering the Massachusetts Democratic senator's progressive campaign against the powerful and wealthy ahead of the 2020 election.
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Fact-checking Gillibrand's claim NRA 'is largely funded' by gun makers
During her CNN town hall Tuesday night, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York addressed a question on gun control and her personal shift from receiving an A-rating by the National Rifle Association during her time as a member of the House of Representatives to the F-rating she maintains as a senator.
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American Diabetes Association Announces Risk Test Campaign in Partnership with Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis
Precinct One Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and members of the medical profession on Wednesday, April 3 announced a campaign to inform people about a 60-second online “Know Your Risk” test for type 2 diabetes.
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The anti-Facebook: Inside Pinterest's slow and quiet rise
For most of its early history, the digital scrapbooking service had grown unimaginably fast. Millions flocked to it in 2011 and 2012, despite minimal coverage in the tech press. Pinterest grew so quickly that its small team of engineers raced to keep the site up and running, fixing outages on street corners, at coffee shops and, in at least one case, on a paddle boat.
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Ultrafast, air-breathing rocket engine moves a step closer
Fans of supersonic flight have been yearning for a new way to break the sound barrier ever since Concorde stopped flying in 2003.
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AboutThatCar.com: 2020 Kia Telluride
Kia may have hit on the right product at the right time with its all-new 2020 Telluride, a midsize but large three rowed crossover.
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Experience the Power of Bayou Classic
Tickets on Sale for the 46th Annual Bayou Classic - Announcement of this year's theme
Tickets for the 46th Annual Bayou Classic go on sale today, Monday, April 8, 2019.
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Houston Parks Board's Fifth Annual Bayou Greenway Day Attracts Thousands of People to Mason Park
Mayor Sylvester Turner and city VIPs celebrated Bayou Greenways 2020
Houston Parks Board’s fifth annual Bayou Greenway Day was its most successful to date, garnering its highest community member attendance and its broadest participation of community and city event partners. Presented by Noble Energy, approximately 6,000 adults, teens, and children took part in the free festival at Mason Park along Brays Bayou Greenway.
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Gamma Sigma Philo Affiliate Turns 70
Many years ago, alumnae chapters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, realized the importance of the prestige, good will, and the cooperation of women who for various reasons were not members of any Greek-letter organization.
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R. Kelly's first post-jail performance was 28 seconds long
R. Kelly has given his first performance since getting out of jail and reportedly it was brief.
