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Houston and Sugar Land Mayors Unite to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations

Mayor Sylvester Turner and Sugar Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman will be joined by Fort Bend County Judge KP George, Congressman Al Green and other invited elected officials and community leaders to encourage members of the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and help the Greater Houston area achieve herd immunity.

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Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee Secures $900,000 Settlement from ITC Due to an Explosion at Its Deer Park Facility

Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee settled a lawsuit with Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) for $900,000 in connection with the 2019 Deer Park fire. Two years ago, a fire erupted at ITC’s bulk liquid terminal when a tank containing a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture caught fire, eventually spreading to additional tanks. The fire created a plume over the entirety of the City of Houston before the fire was extinguished days later. The fire made national news and closed local schools and businesses.

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Mostyn Law to Award $5,000 On Mother's Day to a Deserving Houston Mom

The “5K for Mother’s Day Giveaway” Now Underway with Majic 102.1

Mostyn Law and 1-800-TruckWreck will honor one Houston-area mother with a $5,000 cash gift through an online contest, staged in conjunction with Majic 102.1 (KMJQ-FM/Houston). Houston-area residents are being asked to nominate moms who have exhibited strength, commitment and love for their family throughout the ups and downs experienced in the last year and to describe how this money would positively impact these moms and their families.

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How to practice socialization after thriving in isolation

As the vaccination rate rises and COVID-19 restrictions begin to decrease, everyday activities are slowly becoming normal. But for those who have thrived during isolation, the idea of participating in social activities again may be daunting.

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Houston Health Department urges action as fetal deaths linked to congenital syphilis surge in Houston-area

The Houston Health Department urges expectant mothers to act now as fetal deaths linked to congenital syphilis surge in the Houston-area.

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Bonuses for Teacher Appreciation Week being award to all 4,000 Harmony Public Schools active employees

In appreciation of their extraordinary work in educating the students of Harmony Public Schools while serving their communities during one of the most challenging years for educators ever, Harmony Public Schools will award a $250 bonus to nearly 4,000 employees in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week.

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Wall Street's losses on Archegos just topped $10 billion

Losses caused by the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos have topped $10 billion. Swiss bank UBS revealed on Tuesday that it lost $774 million from last month's implosion of Archegos Capital Management, a bigger hit than many analysts expected. The announcement came as Japan's Nomura said it would book losses of $2.9 billion from Archegos, a sharp increase from its initial estimate of $2 billion.

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Arizona GOP representative struggles to justify state bill that would purge early voting list

An Arizona Republican lawmaker on Friday defended a GOP-sponsored bill that would change the mail-in voting process by arguing that state lawmakers need to "correct problems" regardless of whether there was actual fraud in the 2020 election.

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Nearly 70 million Americans have criminal records. We must give them a second chance

An enduring belief in the American dream has powered decades of innovation, inspired generations of entrepreneurs and driven the economic growth of our nation.

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Elon Musk on Mars: 'You might not come back alive'

There may not be a bigger promoter of the idea that humanity should go to Mars than Elon Musk. But Musk is once again in the news for admitting, though not for the first time, the truth about his dream: "A bunch of people probably will die" in the process.

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Murkowski challenger wrote in support of 'ex-gay' organization and posts on evils of 'addictive' witchcraft and 'Twilight'

Kelly Tshibaka, a Republican Senate candidate seeking to challenge Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022, once wrote in support of an "ex-gay" Christian organization that promoted discredited "conversion therapy" and said that homosexuality was caused by "sexual molestation during childhood."

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Health officials link 11 non-viral hepatitis cases linked to water products

After working with federal partners, the health district has identified 11 probable cases of acute non-viral hepatitis linked to the consumption of “Real Water” brand alkaline water in Clark County.

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DC Police department hit by ransomware attack

The Washington Metropolitan Police Department has been the subject of a ransomware attack, according to a source familiar with the incident.

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First Black woman to be North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice announces Senate bid

Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, launched her 2022 Senate campaign on Tuesday, seeking to break another barrier as the state's first Black senator.

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'Don't use my skin for your diversity': Labor union blasts newsrooms for underpaying women and people of color

"I remember the punched-in-the-gut feeling I had the moment I learned that a young male reporter with just a few years of experience had nearly the exact same salary that I had, despite my two decades as a working journalist."

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Rockets Guard John Wall Ruled Out For The Remainder Of The Season With Injury

Bad news has plagued the Houston Rockets this season and on Monday they were hit by the injury bug once again as veteran point guard John Wall will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 NBA season with a right hamstring strain. Rockets General Manager Rafael Stone made the announcement after an MRI that was performed by Dr. Steve Flores of Memorial Hermann revealed the injury

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Biden and top officials set for nationwide travel blitz after prime-time address

President Joe Biden's joint address to Congress may stand as the prime-time marker of his first 100 days in office, but it will also serve as the launch point for an all-out administration-wide blitz to highlight accomplishments -- and the ambitious legislative push ahead.

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Inside Biden's make-or-break first 100 days battling the Covid pandemic

For the last 100 days, President Joe Biden and his top advisers have mounted an urgent, wartime effort to get millions of coronavirus vaccines into the arms of Americans in order to beat back a pandemic that has upended the world for the better part of year.

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A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine and could fire them if they don't comply

A hospital system in Houston is requiring all of its employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, making it one of the first major hospital systems in the US to mandate vaccination among employees and move to fire them if they don't comply.

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