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Trump Risks Potential Backlash From Evangelicals with 'tone-deaf' Bible Photo-op
As he brandished an unopened Bible in front of the boarded-up St. John's Episcopal Church across the street from the White House Monday evening, President Donald Trump delivered an unspoken message to white evangelical Christians: Remember, I'm on your side.
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Anthony Hamilton Provides 10 Vocal Tips With Grammy.com
This past week, singers from various genres and backgrounds gathered to learn more about caring for, resting and protecting their instrument at this vocal health clinic presented by MusiCares and the Recording Academy's Washington D.C. Chapter.
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Dr. Thomas F. Freeman Receives Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Award
U.S. Congress Recognizes 98-Year Old Thomas F. Freeman
Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, iconic TSU professor and Debate Team head coach emeritus, received the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) highest honor on September 23 in Washington DC.
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Officials Consider Another Mexican-American Studies Textbook
The Texas State Board of Education is hearing public testimony on advocate and professor Tony Diaz’s book “The Mexican American Studies Toolkit,” one of two ethnic studies textbook proposals submitted in response to the board’s request last November.
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Lung Cancer One of Many Reasons Not to Smoke
About 189,910 new cancer cases were expected to be diagnosed among Blacks in 2016. One of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the black community is lung cancer. Black men, in particular, make up for 15% of those cases and black women make up for 11%.
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Amazon’s Ring shutters popular police video-sharing program
Amazon’s Ring will no longer let police and other government agencies request doorbell camera footage from within the company’s Neighbors app, in what privacy advocates are hailing as a long-awaited victory for civil liberties.
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Saudi Arabia Moves to Indict Some 'radical' Twitter Users
Saudi Arabia has said it will indict a group of "radical" Twitter users charged with "harming the public order," according to a statement on its state news agency website on Sunday.
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CAIR-Houston Joins Houston Justice in Call for Criminal Justice Reform
The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announces support and partnership with Houston Justice in their police accountability efforts. CAIR-Houston demands the following immediate changes to the HPD:
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Girl in ‘very critical condition’ after being shot at birthday party
polis Police are investigating after a child was shot in the head during a birthday party in Minneapolis’s Jordan neighborhood Saturday night.
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Cops: 17-yo hoops player killed during grad party
A 17-year-old basketball player at Wakefield High School was shot and killed at a graduation party Saturday morning.
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CDC's independent vaccine advisers will meet to discuss Covid-19 boosters for kids
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet Thursday to discuss updates on Covid-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness for children ages 5-11 years, CDC guidance on boosters for that age group and the framework for that booster dose.
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5 Ways to Support Teachers this Fall Article Formatted Half Page 5 Ways to Support Teachers this Fall
Throughout the pandemic, teachers have gone above and beyond for their students, becoming not just educators, but also counselors, role models and friends to their students by supporting their overall well-being.
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38,300 Shoebox Gifts Collected by the Greater Houston Area
Volunteers from the greater Houston area are celebrating the collection of 38,300 gift-filled shoeboxes that will remind children around the world they are loved and not forgotten.
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Houston Child Molester Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison Without Parole
A Houston child molester was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting four girls, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
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Trusted Tech Experts Coming to Houston’s Historically Under-Resourced Neighborhoods to Help Shrink the Digital Divide
Trusted tech experts, or digital navigators, will soon be dispatched to help shrink the digital divide in four of Houston’s historically under-resourced neighborhoods: Acres Homes, Kashmere Gardens, Magnolia Park-Manchester and Sunnyside. Their mission will be to give free one-on-one support to hundreds who want to get online and make the most it.
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Comcast Texas partnered with the City of Houston, SERJobs to launch a $150,000 digital navigators pilot program that will serve hundreds of residents in Acres Homes, Kashmere Gardens, Magnolia Park-Ma
On Friday, November 18, Comcast announced that trusted tech experts, or digital navigators, will soon be dispatched to help shrink the digital divide in four of Houston’s historically under-resourced neighborhoods: Acres Homes, Kashmere Gardens, Magnolia Park-Manchester and Sunnyside. Their mission will be to give free one-on-one support to hundreds who want to get online and make the most it. The digital navigators pilot program is a partnership between Comcast Texas, the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities and SERJobs.
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Three Georgia Political Leaders Endorse Mike Bloomberg for President
Three prominent Georgia political leaders today announced their support of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. Endorsing Bloomberg today are Georgia State Representative Derrick Jackson, Georgia State Representative William Boddie, and former Camilla, Georgia Mayor Rufus Davis, who all cite Mike’s record of taking on tough fights and winning as a reason for their endorsement.
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Texas African American Leaders Endorse Democratic Judicial Candidates
Justice is On the Ballot as African American Democrats Call for Fair Courts
Prominent African American leaders from Texas' two largest counties today announce their endorsement of Democrats running for statewide courts, and also emphasize the need to vote down ballot in regional and local court races. Democrats have fielded a full slate of statewide judicial candidates for the first time in more than a decade.
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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule To Implement The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The NPRM was posted by the Federal Register for public inspection today and will be published for public comment in the Federal Register Aug. 11. Members of the public wishing to comment on the NPRM will have 60 days from the date of publication to do so through www.regulations.gov.
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Social Response: UH Graduate College of Social Work Launches Mask Drive
When a crisis hits Houston, Holly Davies looks for opportunities to volunteer on the front lines. During the devastating “Tax Day” and “Memorial Day” floods in 2016, and Hurricane Harvey the following year, she managed thousands of volunteers from around the world to provide food, shelter and financial assistance to victims. But with her energy so focused on helping others, Davies acknowledged it was easy to overlook her own needs.
