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“No Trafficking Zones have expanded across Texas! The fight to protect children and students f
Today, September 1, 2023, all students in Texas colleges and children in shelters, treatment centers, group homes and on all college campuses are safer. That’s due to two new Texas laws, HB 3553 and 3554. Thanks to anti-trafficking leader Jacquelyn Aluotto, founder of NTZ Inc, The Survivor Leaders who fought for this, Representative Shawn Thierry who sponsored the bills, Senator John Whitmire who carried the bills in the Texas Senate, all bipartisan supporters who voted “Yes!” Ultimately, Governor Abbott believed and signed the bills into law.
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Ray J's 'Emerald City' EP w/ Brandy, K. Michelle, Truth & Knotch Available Now
New EP Features Collaborations with Brandy, K. Michelle, Truth & Knotch
Triple-threat entertainer, tech-entrepreneur Ray J Norwood’s new EP titled, Emerald City is available now on all major digital retail and steaming services. The EP features collaborations with Brandy, K. Michelle, Knotch and Truth!
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Former police officer charged in 2020 death of sergeant hit, killed during police chase
Nearly two years later, a former police officer who allegedly struck and killed a Moline Acres officer with his squad car during a pursuit has been charged, the St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s office announced.
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After Years of Not Waiting for the Facts, Trump Blames Charlottesville Vagueness On Just That
President Donald Trump, a man who has quickly and bluntly called out terrorist attacks for years and slammed his opponents for being too sheepish in the face of terror, said Tuesday that he gave a vague statement about violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday because he wanted to wait for the facts.
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GONZO247 to Create Live Mural at the Closing of “The Art of Awareness: A Community’s Self-Portrait of Immunization Health” Art Exhibit
Winners of the People’s Choice Award will also be announced
GONZO will headline the closing of “The Art of Awareness: A Community’s Self-Portrait of Immunization Health” art exhibit, curated by The Immunization Partnership. Known for painting walls to break down barriers, he will create a live mural based on attendees’ response to "What got you through it (the COVID-19 pandemic)?" and "What do you value more in your life, now that we are on this side of the pandemic?"
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4 Lessons the NFL Could Learn from ABC
Following Roseanne Barr’s obscenely offensive comments about former Obama Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, ABC took immediate and decisive action to demonstrate that her words describing an accomplished Black woman as an ape did not reflect the networks values. The network’s cancellation of its highest rate show - a move that prioritized integrity and a commitment to decency over money, ratings, and even political expediency - surprised many. The NFL, as it faces continual media and public scrutiny, could stand to take a knee and learn a lesson from ABC.
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Obama takes on hate and Trump takes on Obama
It is a strange fact of unfolding American history that the country's first black President should be followed in office by a President who has openly said racist things.
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R.I.P. Della Reese, 86, Singer and ‘Touched by an Angel’ Star
Della Reese, the husky-voiced singer and actress who spent almost a decade playing a down-to-earth heavenly messenger on the CBS series “Touched by an Angel” and became an ordained minister in real life, died on Sunday night at her home in Encino, Calif. She was 86.
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Simplify Security this Back-to-School Season
The beginning of a new school year offers plenty of excitement each fall, but it can also be a stressful time for parents and students alike.
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Hollywood sounds off on Bill Cosby and #MeToo
As Bill Cosby faced a retrial for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004, there was a question as to whether the #MeToo and Time's Up movements against sexual abuse would factor into his case.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Lives Matter organizer
The Supreme Court wiped away a lower court opinion related to Black Lives Matter protests that critics argued would chill the speech rights of demonstrators and dismantle civil rights era precedent that safeguards the First Amendments' right to protest.
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Russia needs cars, so it's rebooting this Soviet-era brand
After Renault announced its departure this week from the Russian auto market amid the country's war with Ukraine, Moscow's mayor announced its factory will be used to restart the defunct Soviet-era Moskvich car brand.
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Superstar Jay-Z is the first billionaire rapper, says Forbes
Jay-Z once rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." Turns out he was right.
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Richard Harrison, best known to viewers of the History Channel reality series "Pawn Stars" as "The Old Man," died Monday morning after a long battle …
Published on June 26, 2018
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What Mark Zuckerberg has to fear in testifying before Congress
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is about to join a short list of chief executives from Silicon Valley who have stepped into the Capitol Hill hot seat -- with mixed success.
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Jurors begin deliberations in trial of ex-school resource officer who stayed outside during Parkland shooting
Jurors began deliberations Monday in the trial of a former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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5 Things for Friday, January 27, 2017: Border Wall, March for Life, Gambia
Happy Friday. THIS was one heck of a week in politics. So let's look forward to fun stuff this weekend, like Venus and Serena duking it out in Australia. Now, let's Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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International Philanthropist & Disabilities Advocate Lisa A. Thomas Featured in Photo Memoir By Celebrity Photographer Bruce Bell
Bell Releases “In Search of the Authentic Lisa A. Thomas” Photo Book
World renown philanthropist Lisa A. Thomas is the featured subject of celebrity photojournalist Bruce Bell’s new photographic timeline, In Search of the Authentic Lisa A. Thomas. Bruce Bell of Bruce Bell Media (BBM) has been in the photography business since 2002. His work is a favorite in the Houston African community.
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Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are set to complete takeover of Welsh soccer team
The gang has bought a soccer club. You may have never heard of Wrexham AFC, but you might do soon. Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney moved a step closer to becoming investors in the Welsh soccer team -- one of the world's oldest professional soccer clubs and currently playing in English soccer's fifth tier -- after their takeover bid was overwhelmingly approved by the club's board.
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A person surveys the damage from the roof of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois after a severe storm toppled the church steeple on the campus …
Published on August 11, 2020
