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Comcast Offers Thousands Of Grants, Equipment, Marketing And Tech Resources To Small Businesses Hardest Hit By COVID

lack-Owned Small Businesses, Those Impacted Most by the Pandemic, are the First Eligible Applicants for Comcast RISE Resources and Grants Up To $10,000

Comcast Corporation today launched Comcast RISE, an initiative created to help strengthen and empower small businesses hard hit by COVID-19. The Comcast RISE program will help thousands of small businesses over the next three years. The multi-faceted program offers grants, mar- keting and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants.

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Be Fearless and Fierce in the Face of Breast Cancer

Angela Wright shares her story as a breast cancer survivor

We all know that life can throw some twists and turns then there are a few times life throws a curve that almost takes our breath away.

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Angela Rye To Host New Video Series: THE MAIN THING, Exclusively On Tidal

This week, Angela Rye is partnering with TIDAL for an exclusive new series, “The Main Thing,” where the multi-hyphenate attorney, political commentator and activist will sit down with guests for intimate and honest conversations. The first episode fea- tures Snoop Dogg, who will become a first-time voter.

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Mayor Turner Kicks Off the First Day of Early Voting with the Mayor's Early Vote College Challenge and Releases Public Service Announcement Encouraging all Houstonians to Vote

Mayor Turner kicked off the first day of early voting with students from the University of Houston (UH) and Texas Southern University (TSU).

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Texans Dance Their Way to Their First Victory of the Year After Defeating the Jags

The attendance on Sunday wasn’t the usual 70,000-plus screaming fans that normally fill the stands at the Texans home games at NRG Stadium, but none of the 12,413 fans that were in attendance didn’t leave until the team cleared the field cheering them all the way to the tunnel. The hometown team finally gave the fans something to cheer about after they won their first game of the 2020 NFL season defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars by a score of 30-14.

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Trump Complicit in Whitmer Kidnap Plot

Political rhetoric can incite. Incendiary posturing can trigger those who carry matches. We've now seen this play out dramatically in Michigan. Last week, six men, members of a right-wing militia group calling themselves the Wolverine Watchmen, were arrested and charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan before the November elections. Seven others were charged under Michigan's anti-terrorism law for allegedly seeking to recruit an army of 200 to storm the Michigan Capitol and ignite a "civil war."

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Don’t Be Discouraged – Vote

For months now we have heard how this would not be an ordinary election. Beyond the candidates and the issues, the hot topic has been how we would vote and be safe at the same time. All across the nation, there have been court hearings, lawsuits, protests, and marches with people interpreting laws to favor their side to either take away or add more voting restrictions all to discourage minorities from voting.

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Collaborative for Children No Show Luncheon Raises Nearly $200,000

Funds support early learning resources for Houston’s most vulnerable young children

Collaborative for Children raised nearly $200,000 with its virtual No Show Luncheon hosted October 14. Collaborative for Children CEO Dr. Melanie Johnson was joined by the event’s presenting sponsor Steve Kean, of The Kean Family Foundation, sharing the agency’s strategic vision for the future.

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Pelosi defends rejecting White House's stimulus proposal: Americans' 'needs are not addressed in the President's proposal'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday slammed the White House's most recent stimulus proposal as ignoring key economic issues wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, defending her decision to turn down what she described as a political stunt that would fail to help the public.

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Nancy Pelosi's ridiculously over-the-top response to questions about the coronavirus stimulus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't used to being questioned about her strategic decisions. And boy did it show in a hugely contentious interview with Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday, when the CNN anchor simply pressed Pelosi on her approach to a coronavirus stimulus package deal.

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The US is seeing a resurgence of Covid-19 cases. Small household gatherings are helping drive it, CDC chief says

Small gatherings are becoming a growing source of Covid-19 spread, a leading health expert said, as cases and hospitalizations are on the rise nationwide.

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Elizabeth Warren slams Disney for laying off thousands of workers after awarding fat executive pay packages

Senator Elizabeth Warren slammed Disney over decisions she says prioritized shareholders and CEO pay packages over the well-being of its workers.

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Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo flies to Italy after testing positive for coronavirus

Cristiano Ronaldo is returning to Turin, Italy, aboard a private air ambulance, after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.

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People with blood type O may have lower risk of Covid-19 infection and severe illness, two new studies suggest

People with blood type O may be less vulnerable to Covid-19 and have a reduced likelihood of getting severely ill, according to two studies published Wednesday. Experts say more research is needed.

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They Can’t Keep Getting Away

Astros drop second close game to Tampa to fall behind 2-0 in the 2020 ALCS

The Houston Astros find themselves in a very bad situation going into Tuesday’s Game 3 of the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays. Although this is a seven-game series, this is a “Must Win” game for Houston as they trail in the series 2-0.

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Biden says he's 'not a fan' of court-packing and that he doesn't want to make the election about the issue

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that he's "not a fan" of court-packing, providing his clearest position on an issue he has sought to avoid discussing following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Trump mocks virus as he launches potential superspreader sprint to win reelection

Donald Trump on Monday launched a three-week quest to save his presidency, behaving as though the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans was already a memory in front of a packed-in crowd -- even amid chilling new warnings about the resurgent virus.

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This rare 'peacock' star system in our galaxy is doomed to explode

A rare star system has been found in our Milky Way galaxy, but it's doomed to end in a massive explosion.

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Volunteers rescue native prairie plants from future high school site

Earth movers will tear out a reconstructed prairie from the site of the planned new Cedar Falls High School when work begins next spring.