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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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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.
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Biden Transition Team Announces Coronavirus Advisers, Including Whistleblower Rick Bright
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.
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Kamala Harris: Visualizing a Future Never Once Imagined
Barriers are meant to block someone or something from occurring. Just as they are meant to deter, barriers also can serve as motivation for someone to do what has never be done before. For years women have encounter roadblocks in the climb up the political ladder. Despite what was in their way they kept pressing forward, pushing the mark, never losing their focus. Never underestimate a woman who has ever been doubted. She will just smile in your face and say ‘Watch me work.’
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Lack of transition coordination and Pentagon chaos could leave US vulnerable to national security threats
President Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat to President-elect Joe Biden and grant him access to the presidential daily briefings, or any other classified materials, has serious national security implications that could hinder the incoming administration's ability to tackle threats on day one.
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Appeals court upholds Harvard's affirmative action policy
A Boston-based US appeals court has rejected a challenge to Harvard's affirmative action policy brought by a group representing Asian Americans who claimed the school discriminated against them as it favored Black and Hispanic applicants.
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Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski contracts coronavirus
Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, has tested positive for the coronavirus, he confirmed to CNN on Thursday.
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'Dejected' Trump continues to waffle over waging baseless election fight
How much longer President Donald Trump continues waging battle over an election he lost remained in question Thursday as more of his advisers voiced doubt his gambit to contest the results would succeed. One person who spoke to him called him "dejected" over the ordeal.
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Senior Republican senators say Biden should have access to classified briefings
A growing number of GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings, the latest indication that Republicans acknowledge the President-elect is likely on his way to the White House despite President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the results.
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As Trump wrestles with defeat, pardons loom for allies -- and himself
President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden, but once Trump moves to the acceptance stage of his defeat, the urgent business of presidential pardons is likely to surge to the top of his checklist before leaving office.
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Former police officer involved in fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor accused of sexual assault, according to lawsuit
Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit.
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Texas becomes the first US state with more than 1 million Covid-19 infections
Texas has now surpassed one million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University -- becoming the first US state to record such a staggering number of cases.
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Choosing the best mask to protect you and others, according to new CDC guidelines
It's official -- wearing a mask not only protects others from your expelled respiratory droplets, it protects you as well, according to new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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TIRR Memorial Hermann, City of Houston, METRO partner to provide free flu shots
TIRR Memorial Hermann, the City of Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities and the Metropolitan Transit Authority are partnering to provide free flu shots for METROLift riders and current or former patients of TIRR Memorial Hermann. The group is hoping to reach people with disabilities who may benefit from convenient access or need transportation assistance to get a flu shot.
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The scientists who developed the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are a Turkish-German power couple
Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases, and spent years pioneering personalized immunotherapy treatments for cancer.
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How to listen to Trump voters
We re-learned that lesson last week when swing states like Florida and Wisconsin performed far better in pre-election surveys for Joe Biden than with actual voters on Election Day. Trump won Florida despite polls putting Biden in the lead there and the President narrowly lost Wisconsin, where pollsters had predicted a much larger margin for Biden.
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Two Nashville HBCUs announce joint accelerated pre-med, dental program
Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College are working together in an effort to foster more Black physicians and dentists in underserved communities.
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Jared Kushner has approached Donald Trump to concede and Melania Trump advised the President to accept the loss
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the election, two sources told CNN Saturday.
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What happens between now and Inauguration Day
Americans who went to the polls on Election Day don't actually select the President directly. They were technically voting for 538 electors who, according to the system laid out by the Constitution, will meet in their respective states and vote for President and Vice President once the popular vote totals are completely counted and certified.
