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From $600 to Six Figures, Award-Winning Lash Stylist And CEO Mysti Brown Plans To Host Other Beauty Bosses To Success

On March 30, 2019, Award-Winning Lash Stylist Mysti Brown will host emerging beauty entrepreneur's with a highly lucrative skill in a $445 billion industry.

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Comcast Recognizes Hispanic Community Volunteers

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Comcast will recognize eight community volunteers as part of our sixth annual Hispanic Hero Awards.

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Mayer Scores Golden Parachute As Yahoo Names New Verizon Deal

Yahoo named its post-Verizon deal executive team, with board member Thomas McInerney serving as CEO and Alexi Wellman filling the chief financial officer position.

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H-E-B Accepting Nominations for the 2019 Excellence in Education Awards

Nominations can be submitted online through Oct. 22, 2018

H-E-B is now accepting nominations for educators to apply for the 2019 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards. Each year, these awards highlight a variety of educators who go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of their students and communities.

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Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir announces 2022-2023 season “A Heart for the Choral Art”

Season subscriptions now on sale for 28th season

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Robert Simpson, announces its new 2022-2023 season, “A Heart for the Choral Art,” with season subscriptions now on sale to the public at houstonchamberchoir.org. Single tickets for all concerts go on sale on Aug. 5.

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Todd Clever: Former US rugby captain turns to WWE

Two years ago, while he was still captain of the USA national team, rugby star Todd Clever was approached by World Wrestling Entertainment to see if he would like to try his hand in the ring.

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Bolt, Obama and Gangnam Style: What (and whom) has Merkel outlasted?

On Wednesday, Angela Merkel will begin a historic fourth term as Chancellor of Germany, making her one of the longest-serving leaders in modern German history.

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OPINION: Why I’m Here For the Badass Black Women of San Diego Comic-Con 2018

As GBN’s resident biracial, millennial nerd, I place a lot of importance on diversity at Comic Con and in the entertainment industry.

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Dowling Street Becomes Emancipation Avenue

The Houston City Council voted to change the name of Dowling Street to Emancipation Avenue.

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5 Things for Friday, August 4: Russia Probe, Trump, Gun Sales, Harvard Diversity

There's A LOT going on, so let's get straight to what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Huawei still has a shot at the world's hottest mobile market

Huawei has been shut out of some major 5G markets because of security concerns. But it may still have a shot in India.

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Republicans keep control of Senate in 2018 midterms, CNN projects

CNN projects that Republicans will keep control of the Senate, a result that was not unexpected but still never assured in this unpredictable political environment until voters had their say. The outcome represents a significant victory for the GOP and President Donald Trump.

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Houston Texans Rookie Floyd Allen Talks About Being Homeless

Back in 2018, I decided that I was going to see what it would be like to live out of my car. For two days in a row (One documented on social media through Facebook Live) I lived as if I had nowhere to go. Let me say that those were the hardest two days I have ever been through in my life and I have lived in the Middle East (Afghanistan) for a year in the mountains.

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Astros Sweep The Best Team In The American League To Regain Top Spot

Before the game on Sunday, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker did not want to talk about the possibility of sweeping the Chicago White Sox in a four-game home series. He was proud of the way his team had been playing the previous three-games and just wanted them to stay consistent in what they had been doing.

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Teen Hurt After Dropping From Ride at Six Flags

A 14-year-old girl was injured when she dropped from a ride Saturday night at a Six Flags amusement park in upstate New York, the sheriff's office said. The girl was not seriously injured and was in stable condition Sunday morning at the Albany Medical Center, the Warren County Sheriff's Office said.

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The Peace Corps will commemorate its 62nd anniversary with a week-long celebration, Peace Corps Week

Over 1,000 Peace Corps Volunteers “Connect with the World” Through International Service in 51 Countries

The Peace Corps will commemorate its 62nd anniversary with a week-long celebration, Peace Corps Week, from February 26 to March 4. This year’s theme — Connect with the World — honors the importance of international service to foster connections and contribute to meaningful change in communities around the globe.

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Trump pointed to European nations in his call to reopen schools. These charts show US is nowhere near them

President Donald Trump says schools in the United States should reopen, pointing to countries where kids are back in classrooms without causing major new coronavirus outbreaks. But most of the countries he mentioned waited until after their infection rates fell before reopening schools. In the US, the rates are still growing rapidly.

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Alex Murdaugh's defense begins to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial

Alex Murdaugh's defense began to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial on Thursday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021.

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Moms' use of 'snus' tobacco linked to higher blood pressure in kids

Children whose mothers used snus — a type of powdered, smokeless tobacco popular in Sweden — during pregnancy had higher blood pressure by age 6 than children whose mothers did not use it, new research says.