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Cricket Wireless Now Available in U.S. Military Exchanges
Cricket Wireless services can now be found in 122 military exchanges in U.S. based military bases. This includes 83 Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) stores, 14 Marine Corps Exchanges (MCX) and 26 Navy Exchanges (NEXCOM).
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Houston School Districts Buck Trends In Hiring of Black Teachers
Houston Chronicle reports Houston ISD and a majority of Houston-area districts are bucking national trends when it comes to the hiring of African-American teachers. About 36.2 percent of teachers in Houston ISD are black, compared with about 7 percent nationwide and 10 percent in Texas.
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Essence Ventures Announces Acquisition of Essence Communications from Time Inc.
Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American owned company focused on merging content, community and commerce, today announced its acquisition of multi-platform media company Essence Communications Inc. from Time Inc.
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Tilman Fertitta Is Looking for a Few Good Houstonians — 600 of Them
Rockets owner and Houston hospitality magnate Tillman Fertitta is hiring: The hotelier’s new luxury property in Uptown, The Post Oak, will soon reportedly employ 600 people to work in various capacities, from catering events and front desk managers to directors of business travel and housekeeping – even an engineering coordinator.
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How Pixar Made CoCo the Biggest His in Mexico’s History
It’s official: Coco is the biggest blockbuster in Mexican history. Pixar’s story of Miguel, a small-town kid who longs to become a famous artist in spite of his family’s curious aversion to all things musical, has now earned more than a billion pesos—over $50 million—at the Mexican box office, well more than previous record-holder The Avengers.
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Federal Appeals Judges Question Challenge to Revised Texas Voter ID Law
In Texas’ bid to keep its voter identification law intact, it was its legal foes — lawyers representing voting and civil rights groups and individual voters of color — who faced a tougher line of questioning Tuesday before a federal appellate court.
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HCC Trustee Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison
Former Houston Community College board member Chris Oliver will serve 70 months in federal prison, U.S. District Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore decided. Contractors allegedly paid Oliver a total of more than $250,000 influence contract awards between 2009 and 2016. Oliver plead guilty to accepting a $12,000 bribe from an HCC contractor, a bribe for which the Federal Bureau of Investigation provided funding.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Obama Rule That Will Help 200,000 Low Income Families in 2018
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Obama rule to be executed starting this January. This is great news to low-income families because they will have more chances for better housing in a more affluent neighborhood. The rule was intended to separate regions of concentrated poverty in two dozen metro regions.
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Kamala Harris, Cory Booker Appointed to Senate Judiciary Committee
Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) were appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is only the second time in the 201-year history of the committee that anyone black has served on it, and the first time there have been two black people on the committee at once. Mark this down on your calendars.
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Trump Administration Ended Protected Status for 250,000 Salvadorans
President Donald Trump's administration is significantly scaling back the number of immigrants granted what's known as Temporary Protected Status, which allows them to live and work legally in the US.
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Comcast May Make Another Bid for 21st Century Fox (Report)
Comcast is considering pursuing 21st Century Fox yet again, according to a report published Sunday night by the Wall Street Journal. Comcast’s initial bid was rejected by Fox, which instead struck a deal with Disney in December — a $52.4 billion, all-stock deal to acquire 20th Century Fox movie and TV studio, international pay TV properties, and other entertainment and sports assets from Rupert Murdoch’s empire.
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Efforts Post Harvey Exceed $12 Billion But Black Businesses Still Rebounding
It has been six months since Hurricane Harvey hit and devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands of Houston-area residents. But new information shows that survivors—including African American families—have received more than $12 billion to help them recover from the catastrophic storm in August.
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Bacardi to Acquire Patrón Tequila In $5.1 Billion Deal
Global spirits giant Bacardi Limited will acquire Patrón Spirits International AG, maker of the popular Patrón tequila, at an enterprise value of $5.1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018. It will enable Bacardi to add an additional brand-name liquor to a roster that already includes Grey Goose vodka, Dewar’s Scotch whiskey and a fleet of eponymous rums.
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John Leguizamo Says He's Willing to Give Up Acting to Run for Office
John Leguizamo, creator of the Broadway show Latin History for Morons, has never shied away from using his immense platform to voice his opinions, especially to criticize the policies and actions of President Donald Trump. Now, the actor reveals his willingness to sacrifice his life’s passions — acting and writing — to stand up for his beliefs by launching a political campaign.
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EPA Approves 'Killer' Mosquitoes to Combat Disease
The federal government has approved a new bio-engineered "assassin mosquito" that could help diminish the wild mosquito populations that carry infectious diseases like Zika, Dengue fever and yellow fever by targeting reproduction, according to a recent report in the science journal Nature.
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Garcia and Walle Enter Race After Green’s Retirement to Be First Hispanic in Congress
The race to replace Congressman Gene Green has already begun. Green has represented Texas’ majority Hispanic 29thdistrict for nearly a quarter century. State Senator Sylvia Garcia is making her second run for the Democratic nomination. She ran in the district’s first primary in 1992.
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Dedication Ceremony to Celebrate the Late Congressman John R. Lewis
On Saturday, August 27 at 9 a.m. on Gardner-Bassett Road, Troy, Alabama, the John R. Lewis Legacy Institute will host a dedication ceremony for a marker that will be placed at the birthplace of "The Boy from Troy," the late Congressman John R. Lewis.
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Mariah Carey is doing limited engagement holiday shows
All we want for Christmas is you, Mariah Carey.
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Chris Rock To Reboot ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ As Animated Show For Paramount+ And Comedy Central
With all that’s been going on with veteran comedic actor Chris Rock following Slapgate, it’s almost easy to forget that he’s still in fact a working actor.
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Black Trump supporter also gets longest sentence thus far in Jan. 6 criminal investigation
The Grio is reporting that a Black man who was one of only four residents of the District of Columbia arrested for taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection has received one of the longest sentences thus far for his role.
