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Mother Gives Birth to Sextuplets in Houston
A woman gave birth to six babies at the Woman's Hospital of Texas the hospital announced in a statement. Two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls were born between 4:50 a.m. and 4:59 a.m., according to the hospital.
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Great Run Comes to an End
Prairie View A&M loses to Fairleigh Dickinson in the first game of the 2019 NCAA tournament
As I stepped on the illustrious campus of Prairie View A&M University in the fall of 1997, I will never forget that sense of pride and family atmosphere I felt run through my body. It was like the spirits of the “Unknown 8” (The first known class of the Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College for Colored Youth who enrolled and began their studies March 11, 1878) was walking with me. Until you have been on the first state supported college in Texas for African Americans and the second oldest public institution of higher education in the state, you won’t know the jubilation of screaming out, “Who Ya Rooting For” at all sporting events.
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Now Is the Time for Citizens of Conscience to Act
Racism is not natural. Babies -- black, brown, white -- explore the world and each other with wonder, not hate. Racism has to be taught. It is learned behavior. To assume that a person is inherently superior or inferior to another based upon race is unnatural and ungodly. Racism is used for political manipulation and economic exploitation. In a land founded on the belief that all men are created equal, slavery could not be justified without a racism that depicted slaves as sub-human.
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A Huge Fire at a Texas Chemical Plant Is Out, 4 Days After It Started
A fire that burned over four days at a petrochemical plant in suburban Houston was finally extinguished Wednesday. "As of 3 a.m. today the firefighting crews on the scene of the ITC Tank Farm Fire are reporting that all tank fires have been extinguished," Intercontinental Terminals Company said in a news release.
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New Music: Houston-Based Hip-Hop Duo Drops Major Heat In Their First Collaborative Single "Kei$ha"
Houston-based hip-hop collective G. M. S. releases "Ke$hia" a track off their forthcoming album. The hit single is available on all major platforms.
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Texas Legends Set the Houston Rodeo Record Strait... By Breaking It
George Strait, Robert Earl Keen, & Lyle Lovett Close Out the Houston Rodeo
George Strait, accompanied by special guests Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett, closed the 2019 Houston Rodeo with a record-breaking set. George Strait, Robert Earl Keen, and Lyle Lovett now hold the NRG Stadium attendance record for concert-only performances. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo confirmed 80,108 fans attended the concert, breaking the previous record from 2013, which was also set by Strait and his openers Martina McBride and Randy Rogers Band, with 80,020 fans.
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2019 East End Vision Luncheon
Photography by Vicky Pink - In partnership with University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public …
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Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker ’78 will be Rice University’s 2019 commencement speaker
Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker ’78 will deliver the 2019 commencement address at Rice University May 11.
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TONIGHT: City Council Member Dave Martin to Host CIP Town Hall Meeting for Clear Lake/Southeast Houston Residents
City Council Member Dave Martin will host a Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Town Hall meeting tonight, March 19, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the Special Events Building at Space Center Houston, 1601 East Nasa Parkway, Houston, Texas, 77058.
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Houston First to Co-host UH March Madness Watch Party at Avenida Houston
Watch No. 11th ranked Houston Cougars ignite the first round of the NCAA tournament in H-town style
Houston First Corporation (HFC) will co-host a watch party for Houstonians to cheer on the American Athletic Conference champions and No. 11 ranked Houston Cougars as they compete in the first round of The Dance. The third seed Cougars enter the Men’s Division I NCAA Tournament with the highest ranking since the glory days of Phi Slama Jama (think 1982-84) and are expected to advance their 31-3 record.
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Pro-Trump group launching ads supporting Meadows, Jordan
Two top congressional allies of Donald Trump will get support from a key group backing the President as the 2020 campaign gets underway.
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40% of people with HIV transmit most new infections in the US, a new analysis says. Here's the plan to stop the spread
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday detailed its new initiative to reduce new human immunodeficiency virus infections in the United States by at least 90% over 10 years.
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Historic floods that killed 4 and displaced hundreds force 74 Nebraska cities to issue emergency declarations
The major flooding that left at least four dead in Nebraska and Iowa over the past week is slowly receding in some areas, but rivers likely will be flooded for days more, and additional rain and melting snow are expected to make flooding worse in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.
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Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan joins board of Fox Corporation
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is joining the board of the newly slimmed-down Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News.
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Trump declared an (unpopular) national emergency -- and lost no public support
CNN's latest poll shows President Donald Trump's approval rating hitting 43% with voters and 42% with all adults. That's not great, but it matches other recent polling that illustrates the President's approval rating is clearly up after crevassing during the government shutdown in January.
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Schools to reopen as Texas chemical plant fire keeps burning. Some health officials are not convinced that it's safe
The fierce fire sending towering black clouds into the air near suburban Houston intensified overnight because of a temporary dip in water pressure, according to the owners of the chemical plant where the blaze is burning
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State Department bars press corps from Pompeo briefing, won't release list of attendees
The State Department on Monday said it would not be distributing a transcript or list of attendees from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held that evening -- a call from which the department's press corps was excluded and only "faith-based media" allowed.
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40% of people with HIV transmit most new infections in the US, a new analysis says. Here's the plan to stop the spread
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday detailed its new initiative to reduce new human immunodeficiency virus infections in the United States by at least 90% over 10 years.
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Bail set at $1M for man, former pimp accused of killing mother of his child
The man accused of killing Noelani Robinson’s mother appeared in court Sunday.
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Things to do in Malibu, L.A.'s best beach town
Driving California's Pacific Coast Highway, or PCH, in and around Los Angeles is a real challenge -- expanding and contracting lanes, speeding sports cars, blinding sunsets, occasional bumper-to-bumper traffic.
