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HISD to virtually announce winners of 2020 annual holiday greeting card student art competition
18 finalists selected from 99 student entries
The Houston Independent School District will unveil the winners of the district’s 2020 holiday greeting card student art competition on Monday. This year, 18 students from HISD elementary, middle, and high schools have been named finalists out of a total of 99 student entries. The finalists were chosen by the district’s area superintendents.
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Grammy® Award Winning Houston Chamber Choir announces new, inspirational 2020-2021 virtual season, To Everything a Season
The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Robert Simpson, is proud to announce its new, inspirational 2020-2021 virtual season, To Everything a Season. The Houston Chamber Choir Digital Stage kicks off Nov. 22 and includes five customized and heartfelt concert videos created to remind audiences that even in difficult times like these, beauty and joy can be found throughout the changing seasons of our lives.
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Eateries form 'Save St. Louis Restaurants from Extinction' group
At Colbalt Smoke and Sea in Creve Coeur, owner Bernadette Faasen looks around her dining room and wonders how they will survive a month of empty tables.
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Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective, according to company data
The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate.
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Here's what 'stations' for Elon Musk's The Boring Company look like
The Boring Company's project in Las Vegas was supposed to be the first real demonstration of Elon Musk's vision for re-imagining public transportation in cities. Musk, who has criticized traditional public transit such as subways, contended he could do much better. He tweeted out visions in 2018 of glass pods, picking up relaxed passengers from thousands of stations the size of single parking spaces that blend into cities, and said it would look "a bit" like that. While more images are still to come, so far the rendered reality is turning out wildly differently.
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School warnings about children's weight don't work, study says
The letter or report card is from your child's school, but this grade doesn't have anything to do with school performance or behavior. Instead, it's a measure of your child's body mass index or BMI -- designed to warn you when your child is overweight or obese.
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Warning letters from schools that a child is overweight isn't helping stop the childhood obesity crisis in the US, a new study found. Credit: Getty …
Published on November 16, 2020
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Playing video games may make you happier, study finds
Playing video games may improve your mental health and make you happier, according to a scientific study that used industry data from gaming companies to analyze players' wellbeing.
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Ex-HHS chief Sebelius says Trump administration deserves credit for vaccine progress
Kathleen Sebelius, a former Health and Human Services secretary under President Barack Obama, offered some praise for the Trump administration's vaccine efforts on Monday but said the administration has shirked other critical responsibilities in mitigating the spread of coronavirus.
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This Republican governor is playing politics while Covid-19 burns through her state
South Dakota is, by any measure, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus surge in the United States right now. The state has averaged more than 1,000 cases every day this month, according to The New York Times. Deaths from Covid-19 have surged 74% in just the last two weeks. Forbes just called South Dakota one of the 10 riskiest states in the country to visit.
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More women than men struggle to fall asleep in both Europe and the US, study finds
If tossing and turning in bed most nights was a contest on crummy sleep, women win.
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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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Mom faces judge in connection with daughter's death
A mother in Plymouth accused of killing one of her children and hurting another faced a judge for the first time on Monday.
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Cynthia Bailey - Hill of The Real Housewives of Atlanta talks about supporting black owned businesses, business throughout COVID19, newly elected Vice President Kamala Harris and more with reporter, Reggie Dominique of StyleMagazine.com.
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COMCAST Military Employee – Leriqua Jackson A on The Front Lines Of The COVID-19 Fight
As our country recognizes Veterans Day and continues to celebrate National Veterans and Military Families Month this November, Comcast NBCUniversal is recognizing those who swore an oath to defend our nation. So far, nearly 50,000 National Guard and reserve service members have been mobilized to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them are more than two dozen Comcast NBCUniversal employees who have been called up to complete thousands of missions such as manning testing and screening centers, delivering food and essential equipment to those in need, and building critical infrastructure.
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Apple Releases M1 Next- GenMac New MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini All Powered By M1, Apple’s New Breakthrough Chip for The Mac
On a momentous day for the Mac, Apple today introduced a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by the revolutionary M1, the first in a family of chips designed by Apple specifically for the Mac. By far the most powerful chip Apple has ever made, M1 transforms the Mac experience. With its industry-leading performance per watt, together with macOS Big Sur, M1 delivers up to 3.5x faster CPU, up to 6x faster GPU, up to 15x faster machine learning (ML) capabilities, and battery life up to 2x longer than before. And with M1 and Big Sur, users get access to the biggest collection of apps ever for Mac. With amazing performance and remarkable new features, the new lineup of M1-powered Macs are an incredible value, and all are available to order today.
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Houston Health Department Encourages ‘Limiting’ Holiday Gatherings & Festivities
The Houston Health Department encourages everyone to limit in-per- son holiday gatherings to household members to slow the spread of COVID-19 and prevent another surge this winter. People who attend a holiday gathering with people who don’t live in their home need to consider avoiding non-household members for 14-days before and after the event.
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The Greatest Gift Alex Trebek Left Us
The answer in the form of a question: Who was a genuinely decent man, a generous philanthropist, an iconic television personality and -- as fellow public savant Neil deGrasse Tysondubbed him -- the "Patron Saint of Geeks?" The clue, which anyone who watched him during his two decades as the most beloved game show host of our generation, is obvious: It's Alex Trebek, whose passing this weekend tore a ragged hole in our pop culture continuum.
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Google News Initiative Ad Transformation Lab to Help Sustain African American and Latino American Newspapers in Digital Advertising
An opportunity to collaborate with the Google News Initiative (GNI) is very much welcomed by newspaper publishers in particular who are coming to grips with both the opportunities and challenges of digital advertising.
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President-Elect Biden’s Transition Team Announces Coronavirus Advisors
President-elect Joe Biden urged Americans to wear a face mask Monday, saying that doing so “is not a political statement” and the best way to save lives before a coronavirus vaccine is widely available.
