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TOP’s 2018 Community Champions Awards
Photography by Vicky Pink - Texas Organizing Project and Texas Organizing Project Education Fund welcomed …
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Romance Novel Opens A Dialogue of Compassion
How do you choose who to love?
Today Inertia Justice, a new author, published the first book of her trilogy book series – sure to open dialogue, and get the world talking – it is a fictional account of one ladies’ journey to self – definition.
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It was a Jolly-filled Night at Joy to the World!
The Bayou City Performing Arts presented Joy to the World, a holiday concerto commemorating 40 fabulous seasons. It was a special night featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston and the Bayou City Women’s Chorus held on National Worlds Aids Day. It celebrated inclusivity, diversity, and the spirit of Christmas while reflecting on the worldwide AIDS crisis and how we still have much too accomplished with awareness and prevention.
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Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston
Published on December 5, 2018
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The Health Museum to Host its Annual Teddy Bear Check-Up Event on Saturday December 8
On Saturday, December 8, 2018, The Health Museum will host the only Teddy Bear Hospital in the local region as part of its “A Beary Healthy Holiday” event. For one special morning, children of all ages are invited to join Santa Claus and his merry troop of medical volunteers – along with their favorite stuffed animals or toys – for the annual Teddy Bear Check-Up event at The Health Museum.
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Texas Southern University offers first-ever Winter mini-mester courses
Students interested earning semester credit hours by taking a three-week “mini” semester in December and January have a new option at Texas Southern University (TSU). The university will offer classes in a variety of subjects that will allow students to accelerate their pathway toward graduation.
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Wells Fargo to Host Holiday Mobile Pop-Up Food Bank at Discovery Green
Wells Fargo and Feeding America are joining together to fight hunger this holiday season. Wells Fargo is hosting a holiday mobile pop-up food bank at Discovery Green as part of its second annual Holiday Food Bank Program. Community members can stop by the pop-up to donate non-perishable food items that will benefit the Houston Food Bank.
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How to read between the lines of Mueller's blacked-out memo on Michael Flynn
Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a two-part sentencing memo for Michael Flynn on Tuesday night. The memo is heavily redacted, leaving much to the imagination, but it confirms that Flynn provided Mueller with valuable inside information on multiple ongoing criminal investigations, including Mueller's core investigation of whether Russian officials colluded with members of the campaign of President Donald Trump.
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George H.W. Bush will journey to his final resting place on a train whose engine is named for him
George H.W. Bush's journey to his final resting place will be aboard a train whose engine was specifically built to honor his life.
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Trump promised to rescue the coal industry. But he can't
The Trump administration attempted a daring rescue of the coal country, but the pro-coal agenda is failing to jump-start a renaissance — and analysts don't see one on the horizon.
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Nation says goodbye to Bush: 'To us, he was close to perfect'
The hilltop cathedral in Washington filled Wednesday with recollections of George H.W. Bush as a modest but mighty president, a man whose characteristic humility was belied one final time with all the pageantry of a state funeral.
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90 held in anti-Mafia raids across Europe
Ninety people have been arrested in a series of operations targeting suspected 'Ndrangheta members across Europe and in Suriname, South America, officials said Wednesday.
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Rival sides in Yemen's war to hold first direct talks in years
Officials from Yemen's internationally-recognized government are set to hold direct talks with Houthi rebels in Sweden on Thursday in the most significant step to end the country's conflict in more than two years.
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Former Secret Service agent: Why we loved Bush 41 (aka Timberwolf)
Just before midnight on Friday evening, I received the news from a current US Secret Service agent. His message said, "We lost Timberwolf -- a part of us is gone."
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Cardi B announces breakup with Offset
Cardi B says she and her husband Offset have broken up. The 25-year-old rapper posted a 42-second video on her Instagram account early Wednesday morning announcing the split.
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Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum meets with Obama amid 2020 speculation
Andrew Gillum met with former President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, amid ongoing speculation that the former Democratic nominee for Florida governor might be considering a potential 2020 presidential bid.
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Nation says goodbye to Bush
The hilltop cathedral in Washington filled on Wednesday with recollections of George H.W. Bush as a modest but mighty president, a man whose characteristic humility was belied one final time with all the pageantry of a state funeral.
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Study: Baby boomers mixing meds while driving
Getting older sometimes means you have to take more pills than you used to, but they could be putting you at risk on the road and you don't even know it.
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With new member Trump, uneasy presidents club to convene at Bush funeral
In the cavernous sanctuary of the National Cathedral on Wednesday, President Donald Trump came face-to-face for the first time with his four living predecessors, an encounter occasioned only by a loss to the most exclusive club in American politics -- indeed, in the world.
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Adam Lambert to front Queen again on tour
Queen will still rock you, with Adam Lambert singing lead. The legendary band announced Monday they will hit the road for a 23-stop North American Rhapsody tour.
