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Cardi B and Houston’s Megan Thee Stallion Announce New Song and “Twerktacious’ Video That Shatters Internet
Megan Thee Stallion is back. Cardi B is back. They’re together and the music industry is about to blow up. Monday night, the two hot girls announced that they would be embark- ing on a smash new single called “Wap” together. The song is actually the first single for Cardi’s new album, whatever or whenever that may be.
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Mayor Turner Announces Citations Will be Issued to People Not Wearing Face Masks
Mayor Turner discusses the decision to enforce the state's mandatory mask order by instructing Houston Police to issue $250 fine
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that he has directed the Houston Police Department to issue warnings and citations to anyone not wearing a face mask or face covering required by the state's mandatory mask order. Police will not ticket those who are not wearing a mask if they meet the exemption criteria. The citation carries a $250 fine.
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The Vote Is the Centerpiece of Democracy
August 6 is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War -- the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments -- were the "second founding" of democracy in America, the Voting Rights Act, which after nearly a century of segregation gave legal effect to the 15th Amendment that outlawed discrimination in the right to vote, should be considered the "third founding."
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America’s Problem: Protecting Students in Schools
School administrators across the nation are grappling with questions about one of the toughest decisions they have had to make in their educational careers, “How can they safety educate students amid a global pandemic?” Beyond student safety, they also have to consider the safety of faculty and staff.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Published on August 6, 2020
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Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a London-based think tank, say they have found pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accounts spamming the replies of …
Published on August 6, 2020
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A propaganda battle is playing out in the replies to Trump's tweets
very time President Donald Trump tweets, thousands of Twitter users reply. There are all shades of comments, from effusive praise to disdain and, of course, some garden variety trolling. The replies can be a good place for users to try to get the attention of the President, who has been known to retweet many who mention him, as well as the attention of his tens of millions of followers.
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New York attorney general files lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she will attempt to dissolve the National Rifle Association, accusing its senior leadership of violating laws governing non-profit groups, using millions from the organization's reserves for personal use and tax fraud.
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Tennessee Supreme Court vacates ruling that would have allowed all registered voters in the state to vote absentee in 2020
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed all eligible voters to vote via absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Twitter to label government and state media officials
Twitter is introducing new labels to better identify accounts belonging to government officials and senior staff of state-backed media, the social media platform announced on Thursday.
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Why 2020 is the year of the SPACs (And what the heck is a SPAC?)
Lordstown Motors is the latest high-profile company that plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. These types of so-called blank check or reverse merger deals used to be an object of scorn on Wall Street. Now they're all the rage.
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US can get coronavirus levels 'way down' by Election Day in November, Fauci says
The United States has what it takes to get Covid-19 case levels down to more manageable levels by Election Day in November if it uses masks and other "fundamental tenets of infection control" -- but it needs to get serious now, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Thursday.
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The body of a patient, who died during an intubation procedure, is prepared by Flor Trevino, 39, a nurse, to be transported to a morgue, …
Published on August 6, 2020
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Instagram's algorithm blocked negative coverage of Trump, but not Biden
A bug in Instagram's algorithm systemically shielded Donald Trump from negative hashtags without doing the same for rival Joe Biden, the company confirmed.
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13-year-old driving on grandmother’s lap says he tried to brake before hitting 5 people
The 13-year-old boy who crashed into five people Tuesday night while driving on his grandmother’s lap said his grandmother was giving him driving lessons at the time.
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192 dogs rescued from home in Butts County, GA
More than 190 dogs, the majority of them Chihuahuas, were rescued from a Butts County home on Friday, July 31. Butts County Animal Control and volunteers from Butts Mutts went to the home, where the owners surrendered the dogs and helped catch and calm the dogs down.
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New Toys
Watson is excited about the new offensive weapons the Texans acquired in the off-season
This hasn’t been the typical off-season for Texans franchise quarterback Deshaun Watson. In the midst of dealing with a global pandemic caused by COVID-19 and pending contract negotiations, he learned his number one wideout for the last three years, DeAndre Hopkins, was traded to the Arizona Cardinals after a workout.
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The Roof Is On Fire
Arizona uses a torrid fourth inning to defeat Houston 14-7
What was setting up to be a beautiful comeback story for Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1) quickly turned into a horror movie like the Nightmare on Elm. St. series with the bats of the Diamondbacks playing the role of fictional boogey man Freddy Kruger.
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Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans
Published on August 6, 2020
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Four New Murals Call Houston’s East End Home
The East End District welcomes four new murals to the neighborhood, making this historic area one of Houston's top art attractions. The murals were created in collaboration with local businesses, art curators Up Art Studio, and the East End Houston Cultural District. With this new addition, more than 50 mural sites decorate the walls and sidewalks of this 16-square-mile area just east of BBVA Stadium in Downtown Houston.
