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Second-generation COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial starts at Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine investigators are recruiting volunteers for a multicenter Phase 1 clinical trial to examine the safety, tolerability and immune response for different doses of a two-part, investigational COVID-19 vaccine regimen.
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Sonia R. White Enterprises, LLC will host its 1st President's Awards Honoring Students and Young Adults in Houston,TX
The President’s Awards Celebrates Young Changemakers with huge honors from the President of the United States, & Shines Spotlight on honorees including, Victory Brinker, Tyla-Simone Crayton, Khloe Joi
Sonia R. White Enterprises, LLC has announced that its 2022 awards event will host its inaugural year, this summer, highlighting the most influential young trailblazers whose talents include a 9-year-old opera singer and NBCs America’s Got Talent Finalist, a 17-year old consumer goods rising star who secured a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank and a 9-Year old whose mission is to help strengthen ties between the community and law enforcement, with books as the currency to help uneasy children during police encounters, just to name a few.
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NAACP and CRL: Student Debt Weighs Heaviest on Black America
From its founding in 1909 to today, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has endured as a vital advocacy organization dedicated to freedom and justice for all. From July 20-24, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization’s annual convention met for the 110th time in Detroit’s Cobo Hall.
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Desmond Tutu, Anti-apartheid Leader and Voice of justice, Dead at 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has died. He was 90.
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The Boss Awards 2016 with Chef Ja'Nel Witt
On behalf of Universal Pictures, Houston Style Magazine attended THE BOSS AWARDS and Red Carpet Premiere of THE BOSS starring Melissa McCarthy. On this night, we honored the many contributions of DJ SupaStar, Maggie Noel and Karissa Lindsay to Houston community. Hosted by Devi Dev of 93.7 The Beat Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Red Carpet at Sundance Cinemas 510 Texas Street Houston, TX 77002
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Over 109,000 people died from measles in 2017 — needlessly
A child was hospitalized in Brooklyn in the largest measles outbreak in New York state in decades. A 17-year-old died outside Paris, France. At least 12 children suffered the same fate in Brazil.
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Lecrae - Grammy Award Winning Artist Gives Houston Style Magazine a Shout Out!
Rebecca Briscoe got a chance to sit down with Grammy Award Recording Winning Artist, Lecrae after his energetic, LIVE performance at Brazos Hall in Austin, TX during SXSW! Thursdays (3/14/13) line up at the BET Music Matters concert presented by Yahoo Music and ASCAP included Bridget Kelly, BJ Chicago The Kid, Chrisette Michelle, TI, Kendrick Lamar, and Joey Bada$$ to name a few!
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Baltimore Police Commissioner Fired After Record Number of Homicides in 2017
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fired Police Commissioner Kevin Davis after a surge of homicide rate and a lot more controversies during his term. He was replaced by previous deputy police commissioner Darryl DeSousa.
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Video of the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, is expected to be difficult to watch but it may also be hard to avoid. Family members …
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Betty White's best 'Golden Girls' lines and moments
Betty White wasn't supposed to play Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls," but we are so grateful that she did.
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Honda and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Join Together to Combat the Pandemic
Funds from canceled Honda Campus All-Star Challenge program redirected to support HBCU communities
At the end of March, nearly 250 students and coaches from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were set to travel to California to compete for the national championship title in the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America's premier academic competition for HBCUs. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Honda made the difficult decision to cancel the HCASC National Championship Tournament for 2020, reallocating funds from the program to partner with HBCUs and support their local communities.
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5 Things for September 18: UN, St. Louis, Hurricane Maria, Emmys
Happy Monday morning. It may get really awkward at the UN this week. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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'Neighbours' actors allege racism and homophobia on set of beloved Australian soap
Australia's longest-running soap, "Neighbours," is embroiled in a racism scandal after an Aboriginal actress said she was abused by cast and crew members, heard the N-word multiple times and confronted an actor over a "monkey" epithet while working on the show.
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Beyoncé & Jay Z Announce New Program Offering $1 Million in College Scholarships
Beyoncé and husband Jay Z may be raking in the dollars with their highly acclaimed On The Run II tour, but they are pouring those dollars back into communities all over the country, too.
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Tornado Deaths Over Weekend Exceed 2016 Toll
The Southeast picked up the pieces on Monday after deadly tornadoes tore through the region, killing more people in one weekend than in all of last year.
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Texas Man Shielding Sun for Elderly Woman Sparks Several Acts of Kindness
For the past month or so, Louis Jordan, 35, has been going to pick up his mother almost every afternoon at her job in downtown Houston at the city's Solid Waste Management department after working a full day himself at UPS. As he waits for his mother, Vernette Botts, Jordan also began noticing an elderly woman, "Miss Michelle," waiting for the METRO Lift, a free paratransit service, to pick her up and take her home.
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8-Year Old Girl Dies in US Customs and Border Protection custody
An 8-year-old girl died while in US Customs and Border Protection custody in Harlingen, Texas, the agency said Wednesday.
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What happens between now and Inauguration Day
Americans who went to the polls on Election Day don't actually select the President directly. They were technically voting for 538 electors who, according to the system laid out by the Constitution, will meet in their respective states and vote for President and Vice President once the popular vote totals are completely counted and certified.
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Widow of Pulse nightclub gunman goes on trial
Nearly two years after her husband slaughtered 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, testimony will begin in the federal terrorism trial of Noor Salman. The 31-year-old is charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and obstruction of justice for allegedly misleading law enforcement agents investigating the June 12, 2016 massacre. It was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
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Cavazos, the Army’s First Hispanic Four-Star General, Dies in San Antonio at 88
Gen. Richard Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general in the U.S. Army and one of its most highly decorated veterans, died Sunday in San Antonio after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 88.
