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ParkHouston’s New Online Training Fights Disabled Parking Abuse
The City of Houston is pleased to announce a new online course for residents interested in volunteering to help prevent the abuse of parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities. Through its public parking management team, ParkHouston, the City will offer virtual training modules to allow Houstonians 24-hour access to complete the Volunteer Parking Enforcement certification at their convenience. Until now, this training was only offered in person or through fixed-schedule online courses.
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Land Your Dream Job With Murphy-Goode Winery
One-on-One With Lindsay Perry
Lindsay Perry jumps into the wine industry, working for Murphy-Goode after winning their "Really Good Job" contest.
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The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen
Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother's cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions -- especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that could easily spill into the evening hours.
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Retailers just sounded an alarm on inflation. It's worth heeding
Shares of retailers were pummeled on Wednesday as investors dug through the latest earnings results from Target and Walmart, which were flush with signs that the economy is entering a period of deep uncertainty.
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White House working towards first presidential meeting with Saudi Arabia, which Biden had vowed to make a 'pariah'
President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, could meet for the first time as soon as next month, multiple sources told CNN. A meeting would come after months of diplomatic heavy lifting and represent a turnabout for a US president who once declared Saudi Arabia a "pariah" with "no redeeming social value."
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Trump taints Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary with fresh fraud lies
New election. Same lies. Ex-President Donald Trump is injecting his democracy-damaging fraud claims into a new election cycle, urging his friend Mehmet Oz to simply declare he won a too-close-to-call race for the Republican Senate nomination in Pennsylvania -- a key state in Trump's desperate bid to steal the 2020 election.
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Officials: Charges filed against shooters connected to Water Street mass shooting
New criminal charges have been filed against three men connected to a mass shooting on Water Street Friday, May 13. The charges are the first to allege people fired guns at the crowd.
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CDC and Massachusetts health officials investigating monkeypox case
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collaborating with Massachusetts health officials on an investigation into a case of monkeypox, the agency said Wednesday in a statement.
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PureCycle Process Expected to Use Less Energy, Lower Carbon Emissions than New Plastic Production
Company Releases Inaugural ESG Report with Preliminary LCA Data
Today, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT) released its inaugural Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report including third party preliminary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data that shows the company's purification process for recycling polypropylene (designated as No. 5 plastic) waste uses less energy and has lower carbon emissions than new plastic production.
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Road to the Bee' special premieres May 26 on ION, Bounce in advance of Scripps National Spelling Bee
"Road to the Bee" – a new, exclusive, one-hour original special documenting what it is like to prepare for and compete in the iconic Scripps National Spelling Bee – will premiere at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, May 26 on ION and Bounce.
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LeVar Burton to Host Scripps National Spelling Bee - May 26 On ION & Bounce
“Road to the Bee” – a new, exclusive, one-hour original special documenting what it is like to prepare for and compete in the iconic Scripps National Spelling Bee – will premiere at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, May 26 on ION and Bounce.
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Congressman Al Green Pays Homage to Merchant Mariners of World War II in Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, the 117th Congress of the United States is holding a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to honor the Merchant Mariners of World War II (WWII). Congressman Al Green, who will be in attendance, released the following statement:
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Congress is finally waking up to UFOs
UFOs are finally having a moment. In Congress that is. On Tuesday, for the first time in more than 50 years, a congressional hearing is being held to address UFOs -- or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) as they are now known.
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More than 1 million people have died of Covid-19 in the US
More than one million people have now died of Covid-19 in the US since the pandemic's start, according to Tuesday data from Johns Hopkins University -- a reminder the pandemic is not over even as much of the country pushes to move away from Covid-19 measures.
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Traffic deaths rise to highest level in 16 years, NHTSA estimates
Traffic deaths in the United States continue to spike, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated Tuesday that there were 42,915 such fatalities in 2021. That would be the most traffic deaths in 16 years, NHTSA said.
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Traffic deaths in the United States continue to spike, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated May 17 that there were 42,915 such fatalities …
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Travis Scott will return to the stage for first major public performance since Astroworld tragedy
Travis Scott is scheduled to perform at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, marking his first major public performance since a crowd surge killed ten people and injured thousands at his Astroworld Festival in Houston last November.
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Travis Scott, here in September of 2021, will perform at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, marking his first major public performance since a crowd …
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are married
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are married, for real this time.
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Roman Lopez’s stepmother Lindsay Piper pleads no contest in death of 11-year-old
One of the parents accused of killing 11-year-old Roman Lopez in Placerville has changed her plea to no contest and will face sentencing in July, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office.
