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Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University & Spelman College Receive $3M in Grants from Carnegie, Mellon and Rockefeller Foundations to Support Faculty Development

Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M University and Spelman College announced today that they are the recipients of $3 million in grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Rockefeller Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of faculty on their campuses.

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Council Member Dave Martin Hosts Fall Town Hall Meeting For Kingwood Residents

Houston City Council Member Dave Martin will host a town hall meeting on Tuesday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m., at the Kingwood Community Center located at 4102 Rustic Woods Drive.

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Cornyn on Fox: ‘Careful, Deliberate Transition’ Out of Obamacare

‘There is going to be an orderly, careful, deliberate transition to make sure that nobody gets hurt in the process.’

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke about the need to repeal Obamacare and provide the American people with a more affordable alternative during an interview today with Fox News’ Happening Now. Excerpts from the interview are below, and video can be found here.

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Verizon Offers Unlimited Wireless Data - So What's The Catch?

The largest U.S. wireless provider will let customers keep their current plans or opt for an $80 monthly plan, for a single line, with unlimited data, talking and texting. Customers must agree to AutoPay and paper-free billing. Families can also pay $45 per line for four lines (a total of $180).

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White House Denies AP Report

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press.

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HBO Just Announced Miniseries About Trump’s Rise To The White House

Sigh. As a large majority of the country is still trying to shake the nightmare of the Trump administration, which consistently proves that real life is scarier than fiction, HBO has decided to jump in the ring and make us relive the 2016 election all over again.

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Faith Drops ’10 Wife Commandments’ Ahead Of Duets Album With Biggie

Faith Evans is keeping the memory of her husband alive. Though her first husband The Notorious B.I.G., has been gone for twenty! years, she’s continuing his musical legacy with a duets collection, The King And I, using his vocals and hers. She’s just dropped a revised version of his classic joint “Ten Crack Commandments” called “Ten Wife Commandments.”

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Latino Victory Fund Endorses Antonio Delgado for Congress

Latino Victory Fund today endorsed Antonio Delgado in his bid to represent New York’s 19th Congressional District. As an accomplished attorney, Delgado has been a tireless advocate for the working-class values that he learned from his roots as a latchkey kid in Schenectady. If elected, he would be the first Latino to represent the district in its 200-year history.

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Northwestern Professor and Poet Natasha Trethewey Wins the $250,000 Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities

Natasha Trethewey, the Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has been selected to receive the Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities. The award comes with an unrestricted $250,000 prize. Teresa Heinz, chair of the Heinz Family Foundation, stated that Professor Trethewey’s “writing captivates us with its power and its ability to personalize and fearlessly illuminate stories of our past as a people and a nation. We honor her not only for her body of work, but for her contributions as a teacher and mentor dedicated to inspiring the next generation of writers.”

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Next Generation Entertainment Center Now Open in Katy

Katy is now home to a one of a kind entertainment experience at iRACE, a 60,000 square foot facility. iRACE features the only two-level indoor race track in Texas along with high tech virtual reality games, NASCAR simulators, iBLAST, bowling, arcades and Mike’s Garage restaurant.

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Study Shows That Gargling Listerine is Effective in Killing Certain STDs

A study has shown that Listerine Cool Mint and Total Care are effective in killing certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the mouth and throat. Although the study revealed information that came as news to researchers, the manufacturers of Listerine say they have known this since 1879.

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House Passes Jackson Lee Amendment That Helps the Parents of Deceased Children Whose Identities Have Been Stolen

Jackson Lee: “Identity thieves have sunk to disturbing levels of cruelty and heartlessness by praying on deceased children and compounding the anguish of their grieving parents.”

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Congressman Al Green’s Statement on Iran and Impeachment

On Monday, January 6, 2020, Congressman Al Green released the following statement regarding impeachment and the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani:

West Reminds African American Community Cornyn Let TOXNET Disappear

Sen. Royce West on Tuesday reminded African American voters in Texas that U.S. Senator John Cornyn was asleep at the switch while the Trump Administration quietly killed the National Library of Medicine’s TOXNET database--a key tool for minority communities to help understand pollution and environmental hazards around them--late last month.

SBA Clarifies Eligibility of Faith-Based Organizations to Participate in Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Programs

SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza today announced that SBA issued guidance clarifying that all faith-based organizations impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) are eligible to participate in the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, without restrictions based on their religious identity or activities, to the extent they meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the CARES Act that was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Trump, and implemented by the Paycheck Protection Act Interim Final Rule.

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TV One's Original Movie "Down for Whatever" Premiers Sunday, July 22 at 8/7C

TV One's original film and 2017 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) winning screenplay, DOWN FOR WHATEVER, premieres Sunday, July 22nd at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. Written and directed by Tim Folsome, the film stars LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf), Hosea Chanchez (The Game), Bre-Z (Empire) and Imani Hakim (Everybody Hates Chris).

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Lake Charles Featured in Top Under-The-Radar US Travel Destinations List

Lake Charles, Louisiana, is known for its delicious Cajun and Creole flavors complemented by an artistic culture. The Southwest Louisiana city was recently recognized by TheTravel.com in an article listing the top under-the-radar travel destinations in the United States.

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Cold, snowy weather to plunge into southwestern US by Friday

Enough snow for shovels and plows to be needed is forecast for places such as Winslow, Arizona, and Gallup, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Tucumcari, Truth or Consequences and Roswell, New Mexico.

As cold air plunges southward, heavy snow and treacherous travel will threaten the Four Corners region beginning on Thursday night.

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Emancipet to host series of ‘Yappy Hours’

Fun, free events benefit affordable veterinary care

Emancipet, the nonprofit on a mission to make veterinary care affordable and accessible to all pet owners, is hosting a new series of “Yappy Hours” at some of the coolest, dog-friendly places around the city. The events are free, with a portion of the proceeds from alcohol sales benefiting Emancipet. Details below!

PatioGate Pet Resort to Offer On-site Training in Partnership with Karma Dog Training Houston

PatioGate Pet Resort has partnered with Karma Training Dog Houston to offer on-site dog training every Sunday.