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Air travel system is 'very brittle,' Buttigieg says. DOT wants to hear traveler complaints
Air traffic disruptions have plagued summer travelers, and this past weekend was no exception.
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Election Day deals: Donuts, pizza and cheap rides
It's Election Day in America, and some companies are offering deals and freebies to mark the occasion, while others are giving employees time off to vote.
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John Aniston, 'Days of Our Lives' actor and Jennifer Aniston's father, dead at 89
John Aniston, a veteran actor known for his work on the daytime drama "Days of Our Lives," has died, his daughter, actress Jennifer Aniston, shared on Monday.
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Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity and Wells Fargo Announce First Round of Open for Business Grant Recipients
219 diverse Houston-area small businesses and non-profits to receive a combined $5 million
The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity in partnership with Wells Fargo announced today the first round of Open for Business Grant recipients - 219 diverse Houston-area small businesses and non-profits will receive a combined $5 million ranging between $10,000 and $65,000. The Fund’s Open For Business Grant program was established with a $20 million donation from Wells Fargo announced in February of this year and provides local small business owners with new ways to grow and own more of their businesses. The $5 million announced today marks the first phase of the program.
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Texas Education Agency to Take Control of HISD in June
HISD takeover has happened. TEA confirms it will appoint a board of managers and a superintendent.
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Celebrities who focused on their fitness during the pandemic
If you have packed on some pandemic pounds this story will either make you feel hopeful or lousy. While many of us were testing a lot of homemade banana bread and furniture durability (also known as eating comfort food and being a couch potato), some stars were actually going in the other direction.
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Jury is deadlocked in murder trial of Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to the dying
Jurors in Ohio said Monday they are at an impasse and cannot reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of William Husel, the doctor accused of overprescribing the powerful opioid fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths.
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This landlocked country has been named Europe's best for bathing
The quality of Europe's bathing waters has improved dramatically in recent decades, and a new report released this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that almost 85% of its bathing sites now rank as "excellent."
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AARP Texas Urges Consumers To Prepare For High Electricity Costs This Summer
As temperatures rise and Texans rely heavily on air conditioning in their homes, AARP Texas seeks to educate consumers, including older Texans, on how to protect themselves against the rising costs of electricity and other utility expenses.
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All-Black women's World War II unit to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal
An all-Black Women's Army Corps unit that sorted millions of pieces of mail in unheated warehouses during World War II will finally be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal decades after the fact.
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2022 "iHeartRadio Music Awards” To Feature Special Appearances from Olivia Rodrigo Silk Sonic, Lil Nas X, Billy Porter, The Kid Laroi, David Guetta, Avril Lavigne, Shaun White and More
With Already Announced Performances from Host LL COOL J, Icon Award Recipient Jennifer Lopez, Megan Thee Stallion, Jason Aldean, John Legend, Charlie Puth and Måneskin The Two-Hour Event Hosted by LL COOL J Airs This Tuesday, March 22 LIVE on FOX at 8:00 PM ET/PT
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Hometown Hero Bun B Will Serve as the 35th Annual Art Car Parade Grand Marshal
Fresh off his H-town Takeover, Bun B Will Lend Some Formidable Star Power to the 35th Annual Art Car Parade When 250 Mobile Masterpieces Come Roaring Back into Downtown Houston on April 9
The 35th Annual Houston Art Car Parade Weekend presented by Team Gillman (April 7-10) announced Bun B as the grand marshal of the 2022 parade, slated to roll through downtown on Saturday, April 9. Bun B follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Cheech Marin, Dan Aykroyd, J.J. Watt, The Art Guys, Annise Parker, Kinky Friedman, Lynn Wyatt and George Clinton, to name a few.
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Announcing Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Inspired by the legacy of the Late Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, Foundation Launches With an Initial $1.25 Million in Grants to Cultural Organizations
Today, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts) is pleased to mark its debut in the landscape of arts philanthropy with the announcement of its inaugural grantmaking cycle. The new foundation is supported by a bequest from the late Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, and expects to award grants totaling more than $17 million annually.
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Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court
Did you ever wonder whether elections really matter? Well, the Trump Supreme Court majority has answered that question for good.
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Kiss those juicy post-holiday clearance sales goodbye
If you're the kind of shopper who holds out for the bigger and better year-end deals after Christmas, you could be out of luck this season. Come January, those ridiculously-deep clearance sales might be much harder to find.
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SPLC Pledges $100 Million in Voter Engagement Programs in the Deep South through 2032
SPLC’s commitment represents a historic pledge of resources to amplify multi-racial, inclusive democracy initiatives
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced a $100 million reinvestment from its endowment to its Vote Your Voice program over the next decade – increasing its commitment by more than three-fold from the $30 million pledged initially in 2020 – for non-partisan voter outreach, democracy advocacy and civic engagement efforts across the Deep South. Through a collaborative partnership with the 70-year-old Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the SPLC’s Vote Your Voice program supports organizations working in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Lipstick is Back! Now You Can Buy One For a Domestic Violence Survivor
July 29th is National Lipstick Day and as we transition back to a mask-less society experts expect lipstick sales to surge. Find Your Fabulosity, a 501c3 non-profit organization founded by Sheryl Kurland (below, left) collects lipstick donations and donated them to victims of domestic violence via women's shelters, nationwide, as a means of lifting the womens' spirits and bringing them back into their feminine power.
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Joe Biden said two Democratic senators vote with Republicans more than their own party. Is he right?
President Joe Biden told a crowd in Tulsa on Tuesday that it wasn't exactly his fault that Congress wasn't passing more of his agenda.
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Inside the exquisite linguistic ceasefire between the US and France
Benjamin Franklin would have been proud. An exquisite linguistic ceasefire between the US and France was crafted this week in the finest tradition of the founding father and diplomat.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® Doubles Its Goal With Record-Setting $2.1 Million Raised in Support of HBCUs
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is proud to announce that the sorority set a new record and raised more than $2.1 million in one day to benefit our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Alpha Kappa Alpha’s annual HBCU Impact Day on September 20 far exceeded the goal, as the country’s first Black sorority received online donations and checks from local AKA chapters, private donors, and corporate matching dollars from across the globe.
