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Bank of America and BP are backing Prince Charles' new climate effort
Prince Charles is leading a fresh charge to tackle the climate crisis, this time with the support of several major companies including Bank of America and BP.
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Prince Charles, seen here in 2020, is leading a fresh charge to tackle the climate crisis, this time with the support of several major companies …
Published on January 11, 2021
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This cancer doctor wiped out more than $600,000 in medical debt for his former patients
An act of kindness by an Arkansas doctor is helping his former patients face the new year with less debt. Dr. Omar T. Atiq voided more than $650,000 of unpaid medical bills for those once under his care.
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Bowser urges people to avoid DC as National Guard plans to have at least 10,000 troops in city
Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week and to participate virtually following last week's deadly domestic terror attack on the US Capitol.
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Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election
Some of America's biggest companies are suspending donations to Republican Congress members who objected to the Electoral College's votes.
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Small businesses can start applying for new PPP loans on Monday
For millions of small businesses still struggling to make ends meet, today's the first day to apply for a new, potentially forgivable federal loan.
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House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection'
House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in last week's riots at the US Capitol.
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This snake turns its body into a lasso to climb up smooth surfaces
Snake-haters, look away -- and, whatever you do, don't look up.
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Twitter's stock falls after Trump's account is suspended
Shares of Twitter fell Monday after the company announced late Friday that it had permanently banned President Donald Trump from the platform.
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Key arrests from the Capitol riot so far
Twenty federal criminal defendants related to last week's deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol have been rounded up across the country since the insurrection, with the allegations showing the danger of the mob.
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Law enforcement braces for more extremist violence in DC and around the US ahead of Inauguration Day
Calls for new protests in Washington, DC, and states across the country have law enforcement bracing for more possible violence in the coming days after rioters stormed the US Capitol last week leaving five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.
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Lone Star College – Houston North Opens Its Fourth Location
Lone Star College-Houston North is the seventh college within the Lone Star College System. It consists of Fairbanks, Greenspoint, and Victory locations and will now include a fourth location named Fall- brook. The location was built in collaboration with Fallbrook Church
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New Data Reveals Neighborhoods Impacted By Urban Heat Effect
On August 7, 2020, the Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT)—a collaboration be- tween Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), the City of Houston, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) — held a one-day urban heat island mapping effort with the help of 84 community scien- tists, and funding support from Lowe’s and Shell. The effort was part of the 2020 Heat Watch program led by CAPA Strategies and the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration (NOAA), and it resulted in a total of 320 square miles of Houston and Harris County being mapped by local residents.
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America Leads the World in Violence
Gun violence spiked across the country in 2020, the most violent years in decades. 19,000 were killed in shootings, the highest death toll in 20 years (and that does not include gun suicides). Mass shootings -- defined as four or more shot in an incident -- also rose drastically to over 600.
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Chaos at the Capitol
Wednesday, January 6, 2021, will go down as one of the darkest days in American History. A sitting U.S. President incited people for months with lies about how the election was stole from him and was unfair igniting the angry in people to the point that they became craze. That craze became insanity. And they did the unthinkable with the permission of these words:
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Harris County Public Health Announces First Known Case of UK COVID-19
Individual Recovering in Isolation, Epidemiological Investigations are underway to identify,
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Federal law enforcement agencies push for arrests and charges after Wednesday's Capitol riot
The FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies are planning a push to make arrests and bring charges against those who led the insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday, federal law enforcement officials said.
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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
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Some Trump administration officials resign while others stay to prevent chaos
President Donald Trump's top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability.
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Facebook bans Trump from posting for remainder of his term in office
Facebook will ban President Donald Trump's account from posting for at least the remainder of his term in office and perhaps "indefinitely," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post on Thursday.
