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A Celebration of Club Music...Beyonce' Renaissance

Unique, strong, and sexy—that’s how Beyoncé wants you to feel while listening to RENAISSANCE. Crafted during the grips of the pandemic, her seventh solo album is a celebration of freedom and a complete immersion into house and dance that serves as the perfect sound bed for themes of liberation, release, self-assuredness, and unfiltered confidence across its 16 tracks. RENAISSANCE is playful and energetic in a way that captures that Friday-night, just-got-paid, anything-can-happen feeling, underscored by reiterated appeals to unyoke yourself from the weight of others’ expectations and revel in the totality of who you are.

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Predatory lenders are making money off rising gas and food prices

In the last few months, Yumekia Jones, a legal assistant at the Mississippi Center for Justice's Indianola office, has fielded an unusually high number of calls — a roughly 400% spike — from people in dire need of immediate financial assistance.

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Family Of 11-Year-Old Boy Attacked By Police At State Fair Believe His Civil Rights Were Violated

Police brutality has become a thing that many Black and Brown people have sadly come to expect will happen, or at the very least prepare for it just in case.

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Mayor Sylvester Turner To Host Inaugural Houston-Africa Energy Summit With African Heads Of State, African Ministers, Corporate CEOs, And Business Leaders

The Two-Day Summit Will Take Place September 22-23 In Houston, TX

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will host the City’s first-ever Houston-Africa Energy Summit featuring African Heads of State, African Ministers, Houston-based energy CEOs, and business leaders from the African continent and the Greater Houston Area.

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Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Street Olympics Board Members to Host Final Event Featuring 1,200 Youth Athletes Competing in Street Games like Hula Hoop, Jump Rope and Foot Races

Games Help Improve Youth’s Confidence, Self-esteem and Leadership Abilities

Youth athletes from 55 agencies participating in the Harris County Street Olympics Summer Games will vie for medals on Friday, August 5 at the Final Event, which features exciting competition in so-called street games hosted by the nonprofit organization and Commissioner Rodney Ellis.

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Congressman Al Green Joins Houston Area Officials for Grand Opening of Light Rail Lofts Veteran Housing

“As a sitting member of the Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, I am acutely aware of the homelessness crisis afflicting the United States, especially as it relates to our Veterans. Far too many Veterans do not have access to the kind of quality, affordable housing they have earned and undoubtedly deserve as a result of their qualified military service. After all they sacrifice in the name of protecting our freedoms and liberties, ensuring they have a place to call home is the least a grateful nation can do.”

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Hundreds of Students in the West Houston Area to Benefit From a Back-to-School Program

Free backpacks, school supplies, and COVID Vaccines to be provided FREE of charge

Back-to-school shopping can be a significant financial burden on families, and with unique economic challenges this year, it is a vital need for many families in the community. HOPE Clinic will host and invite you to participate in our Back to School “Sobre Ruedas”, this event is scheduled to take place on August 13 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Raindrop Foundation 9301 W Bellfort Ave, Houston, TX 77031 is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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Chrissy Teigen announces she and John Legend are expecting another baby

Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen announced Wednesday that she and her husband, musician John Legend, are expecting a baby.

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Updated Covid-19 boosters are expected in September. Will it be too late?

This fall, Americans could get boosted with a mRNA Covid-19 vaccine unlike any that's come before.

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Police arrest woman facing 111 counts, accused of charging thousands to victims’ accounts

On Wednesday, the Lawrence Police Department announced the arrest of a local woman accused of taking advantage of coworkers, acquaintances and a neighbor by stealing their personal identifying information and fraudulently charging thousands of dollars to the victims’ accounts.

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US waited to order the preparation of bulk stocks of monkeypox vaccine, in part out of concern that they would lose shelf life

The US Department of Health and Human Services waited more than three weeks after the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the US to order bulk stocks of the monkeypox vaccine that the government owns and stores in Denmark be bottled and sent to the US for distribution -- in part out of concern that once those vaccines were taken out of bulk storage, they would lose years of shelf life.

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Dreams are the best show in town. Here's why you should write them down

It has been my dream for years to host "Saturday Night Live." Literally. I've repeatedly had that dream, going back decades.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling

American women's basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of deliberately smuggling drugs into Russia and sentenced to nine years of jail time Thursday in a case that has raised concerns she is being used as a political pawn in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Transportation Department proposes new rules to make it easier for airline consumers to get refunds

The US Department of Transportation has proposed changes to allow airline passengers to seek refunds under circumstances including major delays and Covid-19.

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White House says Russia planning to falsify evidence to frame Ukrainian forces for prison attack

US officials believe Russia is preparing to falsify evidence to blame Ukrainian forces for last week's deadly blast at the Olenivka prison ahead of visits to the site by outside parties.

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Jurors in Parkland gunman's trial to visit mass shooting site Thursday on what would have been victim Joaquin Oliver's 22nd birthday

Jurors in the sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter's trial are expected to visit the scene of the massacre Thursday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's 1200 building, which has been sealed since the attack in February 2018.

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These cities are better at enduring extreme heat. Here's what they're doing different

Blistering heat has returned to western Europe, as some countries like France enter into their third wave of the summer with temperatures expected to reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius), while more than 80% of the US population will experience temperatures over 90 degrees (32C) within the next week, including in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Around 100 million Americans have been under heat alerts for eight of the past 16 days.

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Joe and Jill's long summer

This summer has not been an easy one for President Joe Biden, and no one feels that more than Jill Biden.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner apologizes to Russian court ahead of verdict in drug-smuggling trial

The detained WNBA star Brittney Griner apologized and asked for leniency in an emotional speech to a Russian courtroom Thursday at the close of her drug-smuggling trial and ahead of an expected verdict.

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Bee Busy Wellness Center Hosts The 7th Annual Hygiene for Hope

In celebration of National Health Center Week, Bee Busy Wellness Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center with locations serving Greater Houston’s Southwest and Southeast Communities, will host its 7th Annual Hygiene for Hope, Free BackPack Giveaway and Community Health Fair for school aged youth on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 8785 West Bellfort Ave, Houston, TX 77031 and 1300 Bay Area Blvd, STE 200, Houston, TX 77058.