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Multi-Childcare Center Owner & Special Needs Advocate, Patrice McDonald, Teaches Us How to Engage Our Children At Home

Patrice McDonald specializes in working with children with special needs. During these times were schools are closed and children have to stay home Patrice can provide ways to keep your child engaged and active at home.

World Children’s Day – Houston

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

World Children’s Day is an annual global moment ‘for children, by children’ — to advocate and raise funds and awareness on the most pressing issues facing children. The world will come together on November 20 to help build a world where every child is in school, safe from harm and can fulfill their potential.

HISD board approves administration’s request to restore COVID-related paid leave for staff

The Houston Independent School District Board of Education voted unanimously 9-0 Thursday to approve HISD administration’s request to extend paid leave to employees who are required to quarantine due to a COVID-19 diagnosis or close contact with an infected individual.

Thanks to His New Lungs, a Pennsylvania Pharmacist is Back in the Pharmacy and Able to Celebrate National Pharmacists Day 2022

Each year, January 12th is designated as National Pharmacists Day. Transplant families throughout the nation rely on the expertise and guidance of their trusted pharmacists. One pharmacist in Pennsylvania is an incredible resource to transplant families now that he is on the other side of his life-saving double lung transplant.

Commissioner Goodell Statement on Detroit Lions

Martha Ford has led the Lions with skill and grace for the past six seasons. I have appreciated her business insights, her love of the game, her deep commitment to the NFL, and her personal kindness.

Houston Mayor Turner Endorsed by Fort Bend Elected Officials

Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George, Fort Bend Democratic Party Chair Cynthia Ginyard and other elected officials from the county will be announcing their endorsement of Houston Mayor Turner for re-election on November 5th.

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Rice 360˚ Neonatal Technology Meets Development Grand Challenge

NEST 360˚ jaundice diagnostic device wins grant for continued development

NEST 360˚, a Rice University-affiliated international team working to end preventable newborn deaths in Africa, got a boost when one of its life-saving neonatal technologies won funding support.

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This hospital chaplain has counseled thousands of dying patients. Here’s what he’s learned

Joon Park still thinks about his patients long after they’re gone.

Jamaica's high court ruled a school was legally right in banning a child with dreadlocks

A school that said a student couldn't attend classes if she didn't cut her dreadlocks did not infringe on the child's constitutional rights, the Supreme Court of Jamaica ruled Friday.

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Kids in Immigration Court: A Maze with Life and Death Consequences

"Your honor, meet the respondent," immigration attorney Lenni Benson said as she introduced the crying toddler in her arms to the judge that would be hearing the child's case. Benson remembers the incident well. The child was at court with her grandmother, and Benson tried to comfort the crying girl to help the court. "The judge was so frazzled by the crying and said, 'Can someone please take this kid out of my court?'" at which point Benson informed the judge that the child was actually one of her cases.

China's economy needs workers but its three-child policy may not fix the problem

China's decision to allow people to have more children is a dramatic attempt to head off a worsening labor shortage that could weigh on the country's economic rise.

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Michigan teachers quitting at record rate

Michigan teachers say they are worn down and under paid.

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Comey Friend: No Memos Given to Me Were Marked Classified

The Columbia University Law School professor and confidant of former FBI Director James Comey refuted a charge by President Donald Trump and his advocates in the media Monday: that Comey shared classified information with journalists.

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Cornel West Announced as PVAMU's Fall Commencement Speaker

The well-known American philosopher, political activist and social critic will address more than 600 graduates during Prairie View A&M University’s ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 10.

Prairie View A&M University announced today that Cornel West would serve as speaker for its 27th Fall Commencement Convocation on Saturday, Dec. 10. West will address over 643 students and their families, friends and loved ones.

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Who's who in the House of Windsor: Queen Elizabeth II's line of succession

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. She was 96.

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Sickle cell scientist fights for a cure for herself and others

Lakiea Bailey has tried to hide the pain and breathlessness she feels from her disease for most of her life. As a child, she missed weeks out of every school year because of sickle cell -- a painful, genetic disease that's believed to impact 100,000 Americans.

Texas Grid Manager, Electricity Transmission Company Hit with Lawsuit for Ignoring Warnings About Grid, Electricity Infrastructure Weaknesses

Suit claims ERCOT, AEP responsible for property damage, business interruptions

Texas’ electricity grid manager ERCOT and electricity transmission company American Electric Power Company (AEP) consciously ignored repeated warnings about weaknesses in the state’s power infrastructure and bear responsibility for property damage and business interruptions from recent catastrophic winter weather power outages, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.

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Governors Gone Bad: Alabama's Bentley Latest On a Long List

The "Luv Guv" and former church deacon Robert Bentley isn't the first US governor to resign amid allegations or findings of ethics violations and other infractions.

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Cardinal Bernard Law, Symbol of Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Dead at 86

Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Boston archbishop who resigned in disgrace during the church sex abuse scandal, has died, the Vatican has confirmed.