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Comcast Business Launches Webinar Series to Support Businesses of All Sizes

Comcast and industry experts explore critical topics facing today’s business community

As individuals and organizations around the world respond to and work to respond to the pandemic, it is important for businesses to stay connected to information. The top priority of any business should be protecting the health of customers and employees, while continuing to provide the best service possible.

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NAACP Announces Open Voting for 49th NAACP Image Awards

Voting open to public for the first time in Image Awards history

For the first time in its award show history, voting for the 49th NAACP Image Awards will be open to the public. Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite nominees in 36 different categories across film, television, and music.For the first time in its award show history, voting for the 49th NAACP Image Awards will be open to the public. Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite nominees in 36 different categories across film, television, and music.

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How an 8-year-old Autistic Boy Inspired #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe

Black Panther, the biggest, Blackest movie of the year, just dropped this weekend, and it’s been brekaing records and inspiring fans worldwide.

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Verda Byrd Becomes An Advocate For Transracial Adoption Through 70 Years Of Blackness

After sharing her shocking story publicly, Verda Byrd, a white woman who found out she was black at the age of 70 years creates a multi-award winning documentary.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George Hosts Women’s History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will host an inaugural Women’s History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion on Monday, March 21. The event will be held at the Fort Bend Museum, 410 S 5th St, Richmond, TX 77469 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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“Someone’s going to end up dead”: New Evidence Emerges in Travis Scott Astroworld Tragedy

A new Houston police report details how the rapper perceived what was happening and what he told investigators. It also contains police interviews with concert promoters, security personnel and other

They looked like rag dolls, Reece Wheeler thought. One by one, the Astroworld Festival coordinator watched from the command center as unconscious Travis Scott fans were crowd-surfed out of the mosh pit and dumped into the sea of bodies raging before one of the biggest rappers in the last decade performed. The concert hadn’t even begun.

Houston Community College Partners with Texas Injection Molding LLC for $183,879 Job-Training Grant

Texas Injection Molding LLC has partnered with Houston Community College to provide job training using a $183,879 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast area.

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SuperMENtors Making a Difference

Four men from the community recently gave an hour out of their day to read “How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?” to students at the Fifth Ward Head Start Center.

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Cyntoia Brown Released After 15 Years In Prison For Murder

Cyntoia Brown, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16, has been released from a Nashville prison, Tennessee officials announced.

UH Law Center Professor Says Law Enforcement Officers Should Face Criminal Penalties for 'Police Bystanderism'

While the U.S. Department of Justice recently updated its policy requiring federal officers to intervene if colleagues are using excessive force, Zachary D. Kaufman, an associate professor of law and political science and co-director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center, argues that this “necessary, overdue initiative... doesn’t go far enough.”

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BTS' "Yet To Come" Reborn as Hyundai Version for the Goal of the Century World Cup Campaign

-Remake of BTS’ hit song “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment),” to be revealed for ‘Goal of the Century’ World Cup Campaign song in Hyundai Version to connect people for a better future -Company’s vision of Smart Mobility Solution Provider to be featured in the official music video -Company to launch TikTok challenge to further engage with fans on the company’s global campaign -One-minute preview of music video along with the campaign message is now available

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Book Chronicles The African American Dating Experience…And Explains Why Most Women Are Single

“The Price” now available for purchase

Antwuan Jackson, recently released his very first self-published ebook, “The Price.” The ebook is a fictional memoir of sorts about the dating world and relationships, based on Jackson’s own personal experiences in the dating scene in Dallas and in Houston, where he previously lived. It is now available for purchase through Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.

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Remembering Carolyn C. Parker-Scantlebury

Devoted Mother& Grandmother, Faithful Friend and Dedicated Community Servant

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever”, Psalm 23:6.

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OpenStax partner schools expected to save students $9.1M on textbooks

Students at nine U.S. colleges and universities that partnered with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax last summer are expected to save $9.1 million on textbooks and other course material costs in the upcoming academic year.

West Texas A&M Develops Antiviral Protection for Doors

Copper-based foil adhesive will be tested for effectiveness against COVID-19

Biological warfare technology born at West Texas A&M University to protect soldiers from anthrax has been readapted and deployed across campus to protect door handles from viruses and bacteria.

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America Bids Farewell to Command Master Chief

The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) bid farewell to their Command Master Chief (CMC) Kenneth Robertson, while the ship was moored in Dubai Nov. 25.

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Jimmy The Jeweler’s Valentine’s Day Engagement Ring Giveaway

First Responders Looking to Get Engaged on Valentine’s Day Could Score a Free $10,000 Custom Diamond Engagement Ring this Week from Jimmy The Jeweler

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Emmett Till’s cousin reveals truths about the landmark case in civil rights history

Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. shares book filled with never-before-seen findings in the Till case

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HISTORY: Rosa Parks House in Berlin Returns Home to America

In a backyard in Berlin, a ramshackle house that was once a haven for the civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is preparing for its third life — back in the United States. It had almost been lost to history, falling into blight, abuse and foreclosure, in Detroit. But in 2016, the American artist Ryan Mendoza shipped the dismantled facade in two containers to his home in Germany. There, it was restored as an art exhibit in his garden in the Wedding neighborhood.

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Austin Ice Cream Festival announces 'Best of ATX Frozen Treat' contest judges, samplers and festival partners

The 12th Annual Austin Ice Cream Festival returns to Fiesta Gardens Saturday, June 23 for a bigger than ever year; tickets are now on sale for both the daytime event and After Dark party featuring Lee

The 12th Annual Austin Ice Cream Festival has announced the celebrity judges for the "Best of ATX Frozen Treats" contest that will take place during the daytime portion of the festival on Saturday, June 23 at Fiesta Gardens along Lady Bird Lake. The judges include Chet Gardner (Host of The Daytripper on PBS), Dawn Weston (Associate Editor of Edible Austin), Simon Madera (Owner of Taco Flats and La Holly), Suzanna Choffel (local musician and former contestant on The Voice), W. A. Brenner (food writer for The Austin Chronicle), Rachel Holtin (@Austinfoodstagram) and two surprise judges from Austin Food Adventures. Shayda Torabi (www.withshayda.com) will emcee the event.