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Texas Southern University, Southwest Airlines Announces Career Pathway Partnership

Texas Southern University (TSU) and Southwest Airlines Co. announced TSU as a university partner – and the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) – in the airline’s First Officer recruitment program: Destination 225°. On a compass, 225° is the southwest directional heading, and the carrier developed Destination 225° to lead aspiring pilots to Southwest Airlines.

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Houston Mother Gives ‘Inside Look’ at Staying Connected to the Internet During the Pandemic

Comcast and the New Affordable Connectivity Program will help millions of people just like her get connected and stay connected to the transformative power of the internet.

A Houston mother is one of the millions of low-income Americans who will now be able to get free, fast and reliable Comcast broadband service, thanks to the new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) — a federally-funded program that gives eligible households a credit of up to $30 per month towards the cost of broadband service.

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Homelessness Declined By More Than 20% During Pandemic

Innovative Houston & Harris County Partnership Leads To Historic Decrease

A joint city of Houston and Harris County program has made significant progress in addressing homelessness during the pandemic. Independent data recently released by the Coalition for the Homeless (.pdf) showed a 21 percent decrease in homelessness from January 2020 to January 2022.

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Chris Paul and Taraji P. Henson appointed to Biden's HBCU advisory board

President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is appointing more than a dozen top education leaders, celebrities and athletes to his board of advisers on historically Black colleges and universities, the White House said.

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Putin's War Crimes Must Be Exposed

The mass graves of civilians murdered and mutilated in Bucha, Ukraine, are stark evidence of the horrors of war - and of war crimes. Putin's invasion of Ukraine - itself a violation of international law - raises a profound challenge to the world. How can a dictator armed with nuclear weapons be held accountable for the crimes of war?

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Astros Win Their 10th Consecutive Opening Day Game While Silencing An Old Foe

The Houston Astros players had their memories jogged in the top of the eighth inning of their 2022 Opening Day game against the Los Angeles Angels when reliever Ryan Tepera took the mound for the Angels with his team trailing 1-0.

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MLS Forms Historic Partnership with Black-Owned Banks

Soccer is not high on the list of sports that African Americans gravitate towards. Whites dominate the sport followed by those with a Latino background. Even though Major League Soccer (MLS) is considered to be the most diverse professional sport, African Americans participation soccer is still extremely low. Just look at the numbers of African Americans in professional sports. In the National Football League, which has the highest number of African American players with nearly 70%., there are only 5 head coaches and 0 majority owned teams.

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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation.

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Why Starbucks stopped rewarding its stockholders

Just three weeks ago, Starbucks announced that it had big plans to lavish its shareholders with new rewards. The company said it was reinstating its stock buyback program, touting a $20 billion commitment over the next three years.

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The job hunt can be exhausting. Here's how to cope

Amid America's Great Resignation, millions of workers continue to leave their jobs.

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Coke's new 'Pixel' flavor first appeared in Fortnite

On Monday Coca-Cola unveiled a new, limited-edition flavor that's supposed to taste like...pixels. Yes, pixels. "Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte makes the intangible taste of the pixel tangible," Oana Vlad, senior director of strategy at Coca-Cola, told CNN Business in an email. "Byte" is the second flavor to emerge from the company's Coca-Cola Creations division focused on digital experiences.

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Tax Day is coming soon. Here's what you need to know about filing your 2021 taxes

Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it's hard to focus on things like filing your taxes.

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Taiwan's 'baby Tesla' of scooters heads to Wall Street

Gogoro, a Taiwanese electric scooter startup that's backed by Al Gore and one of Apple's biggest suppliers, is about to have its day on Wall Street.

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GM, Honda are teaming up to build a $30,000 electric car

Building a cheap car that is also profitable for the manufacturer is shockingly difficult. Because of the high cost of battery components, it becomes even more difficult if that car is electric. But Honda and General Motors, two of the biggest car companies in the world, believe they can crack the code to producing a low-cost EV. And they want to do it together.

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Here are the companies pulling back from Russia

Dozens of the world's biggest companies have abandoned or scaled back their operations in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

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Sean Penn to Sean Hannity: 'When you step into a country of incredible unity, you realize what we've all been missing'

Sean Penn appeared on both Fox News and MSNBC Tuesday night to advocate in support of Ukraine. In February, the actor was in Ukraine shooting a documentary for Vice about the Russian invasion of the country. He has since traveled between Ukraine and Poland.

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US Justice Department unveils charges against Russian oligarch for sanctions violations

The US Justice Department is charging Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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What to know about Axiom Space, the company behind the first all-private mission to the ISS

In a historic first, a crew of four civilians are set to launch to the International Space Station this week as part of an inaugural mission for the commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space.

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Indiana State Police identify the 'I-65 killer' after a 30-year investigation

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, several women were murdered or sexually assaulted in a series of attacks at hotels along the Interstate 65 corridor in Kentucky and Indiana.