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Cruise ship gets approval to set sail from the US in June
Celebrity Edge is poised to be the first major cruise ship to sail from the United States in over a year as Covid-19 restrictions continue to ease in the country.
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Three Charged with Election Fraud for the 2020 Democratic Primary
Election news is making headlines once again but this time the news is not coming from Washington but from right in our own backyard.
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Naked Wines Launches Opportunity Fund for Latinos in Wine
The new grant program will help support this underrepresented community via $80,000 in grants
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Starbucks is reopening in Shanghai
Starbucks is reopening in Shanghai, a sign of hope as the city slowly emerges from its strict Covid restrictions.
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Trump's actual goal is to ban TikTok, ByteDance CEO says
The Trump administration wants to ban TikTok, the CEO of the popular app's parent company wrote in a memo to employees Tuesday.
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Walmart invests in GM's self-driving car company, Cruise
Walmart is investing in GM's self-driving vehicle company, Cruise, as it works to build out its delivery network.
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BET Networks Launches Exclusive Beauty-Focused Tutorials in Partnership with Beautycon to Bring Viewers the Latest in Make-Up Trends for the African American Consumer
BET Networks reimagines the make-up tutorial format with stunning visual and shareable videos dedicated to the African American beauty enthusiast. Today, BET Digital joins forces with Beautycon to launch original short-form beauty-focused content. Featuring Black models and influencers of varying hair textures and skin tones, BET x Beautycon videos will showcase all of the latest trends and experimental makeup looks of the season. Watch the first videos of a series of must-share original content, now on BET.com/Style.
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Houston Mom Launching New Version of Special Needs Teddy Bear That Helps Special Needs and Nonverbal Children Communicate
Dr. Tameka Maiden, a single mom, pharmacist and former teacher from Houston, Texas, is launching a new version of her special Teddy Bear that helps autistic and nonverbal children better communicate with others.
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Cell store employees outsmart alleged thieves out of $30k of phones
Two robbery suspects were arrested after their victim's quick thinking led police straight to them.
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H-E-B Holiday Hiring – Nearly 1,000 Opening Across Greater Houston Area
In anticipation of the holidays, H-E-B, one of the nation’s leading independent food retailers and the largest private employer in Texas, is hiring nearly 1,000 people for in-store positions across the greater Houston area. The openings range from hourly to full-time management positions. Eligible employees receive benefits, employee discounts, paid time off, 401K and Partner Stock Plans, scholarship opportunities and more.
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Houston-Based Boutique Tutoring Firm Tutorville Launches Charitable Foundation Bridging the Education Gap for Kids in Cancer Treatment
TutorVille, a Houston-based boutique tutoring firm and concierge education service, today announced the official launch of TutorVille Foundation. The 501c3 non-profit was conceived by TutorVille CEO and President Jess Rogers, along with Mark Kuebler, to help bridge the education and financial gap for children and adolescents battling cancer. TutorVille Foundation is the first and only organization of its kind that supports students from kindergarten to college age with 100% of their education needs met before, during and after their treatment. The goal is to serve 15 families in the initial year.
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Biden turns to Camp David diplomacy for first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea
President Joe Biden is using the presidential retreat at Camp David to help with a diplomatic mission – hosting the first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea, two countries that are putting aside a fraught history in the face of shared security challenges.
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Béla Wellness Drinks Launch in LifeCafe
Life Time will be Béla's first national customer
Béla, the Atlanta-based wellness beverage brand, announced today that it will soon be available at LifeCafe fast casual restaurants in Life Time's athletic resort destinations nationwide. Béla will implement a multi-faceted marketing campaign through 2019 to support the launch at Life Time, the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand.
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U.S. Department of Education Answers President Biden’s Call to Action to Spur Academic Recovery
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of actions to support students' academic recovery and to ensure recovery efforts are meeting student, parent, and family needs. These actions will help meet President Biden’s call for more schools to invest in strategies to accelerate academic recovery using American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds and to galvanize more Americans to serve their communities by becoming tutors and mentors to help address the impact of missed instruction on our nation’s students.
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Inflation was still hot in January, but some prices are cooling off
Inflation surged in January by the most in three months, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday.
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Last year’s home sales lowest since 1995
The residential real estate market tumbled in 2023, as soaring interest rates steadily slowed sales activity — but home prices still hit a record high.
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John Wood, former January 6 committee investigator, launches independent Senate bid in Missouri
John Wood, a former senior investigator for the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, launched on Wednesday a Senate campaign in Missouri as an independent, calling for a "commonsense alternative" to the field of Republican and Democratic candidates.
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Dick's Sporting Goods No Longer Selling Assault-style Rifles
Dick's Sporting Goods took a major stance against gun violence today. Chairman and CEO Edward W. Stack penned a letter expressing their sadness about the school shooting in Parkland. He continued, with a bit of regret, told of how Dick's sold a gun (although not the gun used in the school shooting) to the Parkland shooter. In effort to protect kids and join the voice of the nation to do something to stop gun violence Stack issue an announcement about the future of rifle sells at Dick's.
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Biden is caught in a storm between Russia and its US prisoners
President Joe Biden is in a tightening vise between increasingly fretful families of Americans imprisoned in Russia and Vladimir Putin -- a leader who has few scruples about using civilians to grind out his political goals.
