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Houston Texans Founder, Senior Chairman & CEO Robert C. McNair Passes Away
Houston Texans Founder, Senior Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. McNair passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife, Janice, sons, Cal and Cary, daughters, Ruth and Melissa, 15 grandchildren (10 granddaughters, five grandsons) and two great grandsons.
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6 Steps to Safer Winter Driving
The winter season is typically one of the busiest times of the year for travelers. While millions prepare to hit the road to visit family and see sights they may never have seen before, there’s one essential travel tip that cannot be overlooked: the proper tires.
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High school e-cigarette use has jumped nearly 80%. Now, the FDA wants new regulations
Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new measures against flavored nicotine products that have propelled the rise, the agency announced Thursday.
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Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new …
Published on November 15, 2018
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Bernie Sanders unveils Stop Walmart Act
Fresh off a campaign to get Amazon to raise its minimum wage, Senator Bernie Sanders is now shining his progressive spotlight on Walmart.
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Kim Porter, mother of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' children, dies at 47
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Selecting a Plan During Medicare Open Enrollment
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Turbulent mix of rain, snow and ice hits the eastern half of the US
A strong storm that hit the eastern half of the country Thursday morning is expected to make its way into the Northeast, spreading heavy rain and flooding along the East Coast and snow and ice inland. Flooding may and icy conditions will continue across the South, where five people have been killed recently in weather-related incidents.
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'Widows' Plots Crime Thriller with More Valleys Than Peaks
"Widows" is a wildly uneven crime caper, one with more valleys than peaks. Juggling too many threads, the film delivers strong and twisty moments -- and a feminist hook -- but largely squanders its impressive array of talent, headed by Viola Davis.
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"Your Way, Mighway and the Highway Thanksgiving Deal" Lets RV Travelers Score Two Free Nights at Beautiful Campgrounds while Avoiding Stressful Holiday Air Travel
Mighway--RV Rental Marketplace Partners with Thousand Trails/Encore RV Resorts to Offer Fun, Stress-Free Thanksgiving Travel
Already dreading the idea of overbooked flights and high holiday hotel rates when visiting relatives this Thanksgiving season?
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Amazon's next challenge: Finding all those workers
When Amazon arrives in the northern Virginia suburb of Crystal City, eventually bringing 25,000 jobs as part of its vaunted headquarters expansion, the tech behemoth will quickly become one of the region's biggest employers.
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Beyond the Rhetoric: From a Digital Desert to an Entrepreneurial Hub
The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) has launched a prototype project that, if successful, will transform minority, low-income and rural communities from forgotten places into entrepreneurial hubs of economic innovation. Our goal is to create communities with access to 5G technology, integrated into low-income housing, job training and access to telemedicine and social services. It will all be done with private sector resources.
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Texas firefighters head to California again to help fight deadly wildfires
Some 200 firefighters in 50 engines from 47 Texas fire departments in 23 counties will head to California to help fight three major wildfires that have taken at least 29 lives, destroyed more than 6,700 structures and prompted evacuations for about 250,000 Californians.
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Five-minute neck scan can spot dementia 10 years earlier, say scientists
A five-minute neck scan could predict a person's risk of developing dementia a full decade before symptoms emerge, researchers have said.
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Georgia police officer killed in the line of duty honored -- by jail inmates
Georgia police officer Antwan Toney was honored in many ways after he was killed in the line of duty last month.
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California wildfires kill 31 people, with more devastation to come
The most destructive wildfire in California history is nowhere near done with its catastrophic rampage.
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“Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land” by Leah Penniman, foreword by Karen Washington
Your hands are filthy. Dirt lines every crease and covers much of your knuckles. It’s beneath your fingernails, all the way up to your wrists, soiling the edges of your sweatshirt and down your front. Yes, your hands are filthy but once you’ve read “Farming While Black” by Leah Penniman, your smile will be wide.
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Houston Native Signs with Harlem Globetrotters
The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, who are preparing to enter their 93rd season of entertaining fans around the world, today unveiled their 10-player rookie class for the 2019 Fan Powered World Tour, which is now underway and will travel to more than 250 markets throughout North America.
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Predominantly black neighborhoods feel the pain of expensive city parking tickets
An Englewood driver booted five times this week alone has racked up nearly $8,000 in parking ticket debt with the City of Chicago, and he says he can’t pay the tab.
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Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus was set to retire soon. He was killed in the Thousand Oaks attack
Sgt. Ron Helus had been set to retire in the next year from the Ventura County, California Sheriff's Office when, responding late Wednesday to a call of a shooting, he walked into the Borderline Bar & Grill.
