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Body camera video shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed 20-year-old Black man
Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in his bed.
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Texas Southern University to Establish New Criminal Justice Research Center
Texas Southern University continues to be a leader in the progression towards criminal justice reform. The historically black college and university recently announced the establishment of the Center for Justice Research or CJR. The center is the latest in an initiative designed to produce innovative solutions to criminal justice reform and address challenges in America’s criminal justice system.
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Fact check: Interrupted by shooting, Trump continues to spin false narrative around mail-in voting and coronavirus
President Donald Trump turned his Monday news conference into a dishonesty spree, blitzing reporters with rapid-fire false claims on a variety of his favorite topics -- the coronavirus pandemic, mail-in voting, China, Democrats generally and President Barack Obama in particular.
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Empower Cocktails Launches Ladies-Focused Spirits Line
The Empower Cosmopolitan Martini beverage launches to wet the whistle of spirits-savvy women
The distilled drink industry is booming, with one report citing the global alcoholic beverages sector is poised to reach a whopping $1,684 billion by 2025. In this day and age, it’s a curiosity that this category doesn’t put a more intensive focus on targeting women. In fact, the consumer spending power of women is getting more than its fair share of attention, including a recent Forbes.com story highlighting how this demographics’ escalating economic power and prowess is helping reshape markets.
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Annual Houston Humanitarian Awards to Honor Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, 10 Houstonians at Black-Tie Gala Sunday
Presented by Houston Random Acts of Kindness Day, The LemonTree Foundation and Royal Sonesta Houston-
The Annual Houston Humanitarian Awards will be honoring some big names and even bigger hearts, including award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, actor, producer, and philanthropist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, this Sunday, July 24, 2022, at the Royal Sonesta Houston!
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Trump Has No Coherent Plan to Make Health Care Affordable
What is this year's midterm election about? President Trump wants it to be about him, stumping the country saying that he's on the ballot. Or that it's about immigrants, or Justice Brett Kavanaugh, or tax cuts, or about hurricanes, droughts and catastrophic climate change, or about an economy featuring low unemployment and stagnant wages. In fact, what is notable about the election amid all the mudslinging and name-calling is that voters are making it increasingly about health care.
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5 Things for Friday, June 2: Paris Climate Agreement, Philippines Attack, National Spelling Bee
The latest jobs report comes out this morning. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Letters to Santa reveal kids' pandemic fears
Jonah wants nothing from Santa this year except for a cure for coronavirus.
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What happened at this year's Woodstock of Capitalism
Thousands of Warren Buffett acolytes descended on Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday for Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, otherwise known as the Woodstock of Capitalism.
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In 5 years of #MeToo, here's what's changed -- and what hasn't
Five years ago, a single hashtag sent waves across the world: #MeToo. News of sexual harassment and assault allegations against ubiquitous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein had just broken. In its wake, countless people came forward with stories of sexual abuse -- accusing high-profile men from former president George H. W. Bush to actor Kevin Spacey of various kinds of sexual harassment.
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NubianPoets.com Launches 2018 National Poetry Month Contest — This Year’s Theme is “Black Love”
April is National Poetry Month and NubianPoets.com is proud to have Latorial Faison who has been featured along with Iyanla Vazant, Danny Glover, and Dr. Cornel West in the 2003 NAACP Image Award winning book Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from the Black community as this year’s contest judge.
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Colorado mother sentenced to prison for 16 years for 2017 death of 'Make-A-Wish' daughter
A Colorado woman accused of profiting off the fake illnesses of her 7-year-old daughter before the girl's death in 2017 has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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'Logan': Another R-rated Superhero Hit for Fox
Explosions, bullets, evil scientists, and even a R-rating cannot stop Wolverine.
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Paris Texas Apparel Co. Expands and Relocates to New Storefront in Tanglewood Area
Housed in the Woodway Collection shopping center, the store will more than double in size
Locally owned and operated store Paris Texas Apparel Co. is moving to an expanded new storefront at 1341 S Voss Road, which is slated to open to the public on March 23, 2018. At more than 2,700 square feet, the new location is more than double the size of the original brick-and-mortar location in Memorial.
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Why Aren't The Williams Sisters at the US Open
Tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams both announced Wednesday that they are withdrawing from the upcoming U.S. Open due to injuries. Serena said she has a torn hamstring, and Venus said she's suffering from a leg injury.
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UH’s Living the Vision Luncheon
Photography by Vicky Pink - Annually the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work …
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2nd Annual City of Houston Champions of Diversity Awards
Photography by Vicky Pink On Tuesday, October 28, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand …
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At Penn State, Critics Claim, There's No Handle On Hazing
From the outside, Penn State's fraternities are a captivating sight. Regal 19th-century mansions line a street aptly nicknamed "Frat Row," just south of a picturesque campus nestled in a valley.
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Only 1% of US wineries are Black-owned. These entrepreneurs want to change that
As hotel staff lowered the shades, signaling the beginning of the “Black on Black” dinner, guests seated in Aspen’s historic Hotel Jerome seemed to take a collective breath — preparing for a joyful and emotional four-hour celebration of the wine industry’s most influential Black leaders.
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FBISD Disparate Discipline Practices Towards African-American Students Must Stop
It has been more than half a century since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and told the world that he had a dream; a dream that "children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." While society has made definite progress in turning Dr. King's dream into a reality, injustices against children still exist in our cities and communities. In K-12 schools--places where they should be safe--African-American youth are subjected to biased school discipline practices that are harming their prospects of success.
