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New Sharon Begley-STAT Science Reporting Fellowship Aims to Increase Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Next Generation of Science Journalists
STAT, MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program Launch the Fellowship with Support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
STAT, the nation's leading health, science, and medicine publication, and the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced today the launch of the Sharon Begley-STAT Science Reporting Fellowship, with the goal of diversifying the ranks of science and health journalists and fostering better coverage of science that is relevant to all people. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will provide $225,000 to support the first two years of the program, named in honor of Sharon Begley, an award-winning science writer for STAT, who died in January 2021 at 64, from complications of lung cancer.
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Vaccinated Americans are celebrating the 1st big holiday safely without masks. But for some, returning to normal is not so easy
For the first time in over a year, millions of Americans are gathering for a major holiday without masks or physical distancing -- safely.
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Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the United States
Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the United States on Sunday.
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Read: President Biden's proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre
President Joe Biden released a proclamation for a day of remembrance for the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, calling on the American people "to reflect on the deep roots of racial terror in our Nation and recommit to the work of rooting out systemic racism across our country."
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Las Vegas police release new image of boy found dead on trail
Police have released a new digitally enhanced photo of the boy whose body was found by a hiker on a trail near Las Vegas on Friday morning.
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Largest Innovation Maker Hub in Texas Launches in East End Houston
A new era of US manufacturing is born
East End Houston is on its way to becoming the manufacturing epicenter for the entire country, opening the new East End Maker Hub (EEMH) on June 3, 2021. The 300,000 sq ft. innovation manufacturing facility has a goal to create 1,000 new companies in the next five years and prepare Houston’s 21st-century advanced manufacturing workforce to fill thousands of high paying advanced manufacturing jobs most available to non-degreed adults of all ages.
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Houston Texans, NFL Foundation And LISC Award $450,000 To Renovate And Resurface Jcak Yates High School Athletic Field
“The Houston Texans are proud to work with our partners to support the renovation of the Jack Yates High School Athletic Field,” said Texans Chairman and CEO Cal McNair.
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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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Dozens of dogs touched down in the Portland area on Wednesday. They made their way from Texas, hoping to start a new life here in the Pacific Northwest with their forever families.
Critical race theory is just that -- a theory -- but the term has been weaponized, with its most extreme critics alleging that merely studying the theory is racist.
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Houston Celebrates Africa with a Series of Events in Observance of Africa Day 2021
The City of Houston will mark its 4th annual Houston Africa Day celebration on May 27 by hosting the African Union Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze, and 13 Ambassadors from African nations to Houston.
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Springtime Travel to the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa, and Casino
Just in time for spring - Southwest Airlines offers direct flights from Houston to Reno/Tahoe for your next vacation at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort and Casino
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Why Biden is not diving into Middle East peace brokering
Another tragic Middle East conflict is offering fresh insight into Joe Biden's sometimes ruthless calculations about the purpose of his presidency and his view of America's global role.
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Bank of America will raise its minimum wage to $25 by 2025
Bank of America said Tuesday that it will raise the hourly minimum wage of its US employees to $25 by 2025.
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Ethiopian soldiers armed with guns and grenades raid hospital featured in CNN report
Ethiopian soldiers armed with machine guns, sniper rifles and grenades raided a hospital in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region earlier this week in retribution, doctors say, for a CNN investigation that revealed Ethiopian and Eritrean troops were blocking humanitarian aid to patients there.
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Flooding leads to rescues in Louisiana and Texas, with more rain on the way
Water rescues were underway Tuesday morning in Louisiana's capital region after torrential rain that started a day earlier caused dangerous flash flooding in parts of that state and southeastern Texas.
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Here's the truth: Raising the capital gains tax won't hurt the economy
The Biden administration recently released plans to increase the top capital gains tax rate for people earning over a million dollars a year to help pay for his American Families Plan. That plan is already under heavy fire from critics who claim it will spur them to curb their investments and destroy jobs. But the truth is, raising the capital gains tax rate won't hurt the economy or cut investments at all.
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Gifts arriving for church-goer whose feel-good story went viral
It seemed like a feel-good story had run its course. Then surprises started arriving in the mail. La Verne Ford Wimberly, an 82-year-old retired Tulsa Public Schools administrator, gained global recognition and acclaim in March because she was at the center of a story-gone-viral: She dressed in her Sunday best for a year’s worth of Metropolitan Baptist Church services even though she was watching services from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Man dies on Mt. Everest; colleagues raising money to bring body back home
Family and friends are mourning the death of a Glastonbury man who died while climbing Mt. Everest.
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Why Biden hasn't thrown himself publicly into a mediation effort in the Middle East
It's an emerging and potentially defining feature of Joe Biden's presidency. The new White House is training relentless attention on issues that Biden believes got him elected. But it also appears wary of spilling political capital in other crises that could deflect attention from his main ambitions or where deeper involvement may not deliver a decisive payoff.
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AT&T to spin off and combine WarnerMedia with Discovery in deal that would create streaming giant
The streaming TV race is about to get even more competitive. On Monday morning AT&T and Discovery, Inc. announced a deal under which AT&T's WarnerMedia will be spun off and combined with Discovery in a new standalone media company.
