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Sonia R. White Enterprises, LLC will host its 1st President's Awards Honoring Students and Young Adults in Houston,TX
The President’s Awards Celebrates Young Changemakers with huge honors from the President of the United States, & Shines Spotlight on honorees including, Victory Brinker, Tyla-Simone Crayton, Khloe Joi
Sonia R. White Enterprises, LLC has announced that its 2022 awards event will host its inaugural year, this summer, highlighting the most influential young trailblazers whose talents include a 9-year-old opera singer and NBCs America’s Got Talent Finalist, a 17-year old consumer goods rising star who secured a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank and a 9-Year old whose mission is to help strengthen ties between the community and law enforcement, with books as the currency to help uneasy children during police encounters, just to name a few.
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Mother arrested in DeKalb County cold case 23 years after son’s death
The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office said 45-year-old Teresa Ann Bailey Black, has been charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of cruelty to children, aggravated assault, and concealing the death of another.
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Chris Hollins Breaks $1.1 Million in Mayoral Campaign Fundraising with Extraordinary Number of Individual Contributions
“The Hollins for Mayor campaign received 2,408 individual contributions from nearly 1,700 individual donors"
Today, the Hollins for Mayor campaign released information about a record-breaking fundraising period, which concluded June 30. Driven in part by grassroots email and text-banking efforts, Hollins’s campaign announced a total amount raised of over $1.1 million in less than five months since Hollins announced his candidacy.
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Queen of Yum is bringing the "Watermelon & Red Birds" Cookbook to Life!
As we are still enjoying the high spirits of the nation's first Juneteenth, Chef Vicky V, Queen of Yum, is keeping the spirits going with her Cookbook Brunch in partnership with Kindred Stories. This month she is featuring the recipes from "Watermelon and Red Birds" cookbook by Nicole A. Taylor. "Watermelon and Red Birds" cookbook is an ode to Juneteenth that showcases traditional Juneteenth foods with a 21st-century vibe. The cookbook includes recipes like Beef Ribs with Fermented Harissa Sauce and Roasted Nectarine Sundae. Chef Vicky V will bring these mouth-watering recipes to the table for us to enjoy.
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A truly massive interest rate hike is now on the table
Central banks have made clear that after a sluggish start, they're serious about putting a lid on inflation. Now, as prices soar even faster than expected, they're weighing increasingly drastic options.
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Amazon's Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners' consent 11 times so far this year
Amazon's smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone, according to a letter Amazon (AMZN) sent to Congress earlier this month.
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Biden stops short of saying he will raise Khashoggi murder in Saudi Arabia
President Joe Biden on Thursday stopped short of committing to raise the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, instead saying he "always" brings up human rights and that his views on the murder have been made "absolutely" clear.
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President Joe Biden, pictured with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on July 14, stopped short of committing to raise the 2018 murder of …
Published on July 14, 2022
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Here are the highlights from Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk
It's not every day that a major corporate lawsuit features a poop emoji, but then again it's not every day that one of the world's most influential social media platforms sues the world's richest man to make him buy it.
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Twitter filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk that aims to force the Tesla CEO to follow through with his $44 billion deal to buy the …
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Nick Cannon says he'll never have another love like Mariah Carey
Nick Cannon has nothing but love for his ex-wife Mariah Carey. In a new interview, Cannon describes their marriage as a "fairytale."
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A man was charged in the rape of a 10-year-old who traveled to Indiana for an abortion
A Columbus man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl who then had to travel to Indiana seeking an abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to court proceedings CNN obtained through affiliate WBNS.
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How Abu Dhabi became the world's hottest cycling city
Cycling vacations usually conjure up images of pedaling across the French countryside, a baguette lashed to the handlebars, or perhaps a breezy ride along the flat and friendly bike paths that weave their way through cities like Copenhagen or Amsterdam.
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Disney's new cruise ship setting sail on maiden voyage
Disney's newest cruise ship is setting sail on its maiden voyage Thursday from Port Canaveral, Florida, to the Bahamas.
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Twin Peaks Crowns Amanda Medrano as Miss Twin Peaks 2022
Nelly puts on a show at Texas Live! as Miss I-10 & Kirkwood takes first place
Twin Peaks Restaurant held its annual Miss Twin Peaks International Contest at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas where Amanda Medrano from Twin Peaks I-10 & Kirkwood, located at 11335 Katy Freeway in Houston, was crowned the 2022 winner!
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Sticker Mule Launches Stimulus, the Happy Social Network
Innovative Platform Replaces Traditional Advertising with Giveaways While Requiring User Verification
Sticker Mule today announced that it launched a new social network called Stimulus. Stimulus is a happy social network where giveaways replace advertising, creativity flourishes, and all users are verified to eliminate bot spam, fraud, and abuse. Unlike other networks that are funded by wealth-seeking investors or political partisans, Stimulus is privately funded so it is free to focus on making the social media experience happier.
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It's the Final Countdown! Comicpalooza 2022 Comes to the GRB This Weekend
The pop-culture festival will launch into nonstop entertainment featuring captivating panels, special attractions, can’t miss celebrity guests, and more!
With less than a week away, the countdown to Comicpalooza is officially on! The pop-culture spectacle makes its anticipated return to the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB) this weekend Friday, July 15 – Sunday, July 17.
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Famed Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Returns "Home" to Atlanta for Grand Finale Sept. 22-24
Conference with Eponymous Play and Movie Concludes After 25 Years
Global Christian leader, entrepreneur and film producer, Bishop T.D. Jakes will return to Atlanta, the home city for many years of the fan-favorite international gathering, for the conclusion of the Women, Thou Art Loosed! The Grand Finale conference at the Georgia World Congress Center Sept. 22 - Sept. 24, and will host thousands of women from around the world.
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During African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month 10-Year-Old Texas Boy Makes Appeal for More Blood Stem Cell and Marrow Donors
MJ Dixon is battling leukemia and has been searching for a match for the past year
July is African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month, and Be The Match is working to raise awareness of a health disparity on the national blood stem cell and marrow registry that affects Black and African American patients in need of life-saving cell therapies. Patients battling blood cancers such as leukemia or blood diseases like sickle cell disease are most likely to find a matching donor in someone who shares their heritage or ethnicity. The odds of finding a match are dependent on a patient's ethnicity, with Black and African American patients least likely to find a matching donor. Black patients find matching donors 29% of the time compared to a 79% chance for white patients.
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Heathrow asks airlines to stop selling summer tickets as it limits daily passengers to 100,000
Heathrow Airport is asking airlines to stop selling any more tickets for travel this summer, as it announces a cap on passengers allowed to fly from the airport.
