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Trump defends policy of separating migrant families at the border during fiery immigration exchange
At a time when the two presidential candidates are battling over Latino voters, President Donald Trump defended his administration's decision to separate parents from their children at the border and had no explanation for how long it would take to reunite families.
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The City of Houston Announces Recommendations for Reopening Sanctuaries and Faith-Based Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Mayor's Health Equity Response (H.E.R.) Task Force announced guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as sanctuaries and faith-based organizations reopen their doors for religious services.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner Announces New Initiative To Combat Crime
Overall, Violent Crime Is Up 11% In Houston, Texas
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a COVID-19 Related Crime Reduction Program to increase overtime for the Houston Police Department through the end of December 2020. The City will use $4.1 millions of CARES Act funding for the overtime program.
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New On Netflix
We still get to enjoy the stellar work of the late actor Chadwick Boseman who tragically died this year after a fight with colon cancer. In his final role he stars with Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film directed by directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson is based on the play by August Wilson from 1982. Denzel Washington, p.g.a, Todd Black, p.g.a, and Danny Wolf produced the play set in Chicago.
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Houston Health Department Encourages Alternatives to Traditional Trick-or-Treating and Halloween Gatherings During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Houston Health Department encourages people to forgo traditional trick-or-treating and Halloween gatherings this year in favor of safer alternatives. Going door-to-door and attending traditional Halloween events are high-risk activities for spreading COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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Why Ice Cube's Political Logic Is So Dangerous
Ice Cube, the legendary Generation X rapper and hip hop icon, last week said he's open to working with the Trump administration on implementing his "Contract with Black America." That is a huge mistake which hurts the entire African American community.
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Pandemic hasn't broken the employer health insurance system
Over 55 million Americans have filed for unemployment since COVID-19 struck. But for the most part, they haven't lost their health insurance. An astounding 98 percent of workers who had employer-sponsored health benefits before the pandemic are still enrolled in workplace plans, according to a July report.
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Texas African American Leaders Endorse Democratic Judicial Candidates
Justice is On the Ballot as African American Democrats Call for Fair Courts
Prominent African American leaders from Texas' two largest counties today announce their endorsement of Democrats running for statewide courts, and also emphasize the need to vote down ballot in regional and local court races. Democrats have fielded a full slate of statewide judicial candidates for the first time in more than a decade.
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North Carolina is the center of the political universe as the state's demographics shift dramatically
Donald Trump has a math problem in North Carolina.
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NAACP Condemns Misrepresentation by Amy Coney Barrett on Racial Justice Ruling, Calls for Judiciary Committee to Pursue
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, issued the following statement today on the misleading testimony of Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her nomination to the Supreme Court:
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Biden says if elected he will form bipartisan commission to recommend changes to Supreme Court
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if he is elected, he will form a bipartisan commission to recommend changes to the Supreme Court.
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Second court rules against excluding undocumented immigrants from census count
A second federal court is blocking the Trump administration from removing undocumented immigrants from the 2020 census count use
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Senate Judiciary Committee advances Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite Democratic boycott
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, setting up a final vote for confirmation on Monday.
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From Tough Loss To Tough Test
Texans face a very upset Green Bay team on Sunday
This past Sunday the Houston Texans had victory ripped right out of their hands as they lost to an AFC South divisional foe and undefeated team in the Tennessee Titans by a score of 42-36 in overtime in Nashville. Houston is now 1-1 under interim head coach Romeo Crennel after the Texans fired former head coach and general manager, Bill O’ Brien.
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Published on October 21, 2020
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Houston police officer killed in apartment complex shooting
A Texas police officer was shot and killed and another was injured Tuesday at an apartment complex, authorities said.
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo at the south Houston apartment complex where two officers were shot Tuesday. Credit: Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle/AP
Published on October 20, 2020
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Trump closes his campaign by insulting Fauci for telling the truth
President Donald Trump's election endgame argument, far from bristling with new solutions to a pandemic that has killed 220,000 Americans, on Monday devolved into a campaign of insults against Dr. Anthony Fauci -- for telling the truth about the disease.
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CNN Poll of Polls averages show Biden advantage in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin two weeks from Election Day
CNN Poll of Polls averages across 10 key battleground states suggest tight races heading into the final two weeks of the campaign in seven states and former Vice President Joe Biden ahead in the averages of the other three, all of which President Donald Trump won in 2016.
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Debate commission to mute candidates during their opponent's initial responses to prevent interruptions
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will have their microphones muted during portions of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday night, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Monday in a decision that angered the President.
