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Santa Clara County may deploy 'water cops' to catch water wasters

As residents across the state are being asked to conserve water, numbers just released Tuesday show people in California are using even more water than previous years – approximately 19% more water in March of this year, compared to March 2020.

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Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russian court

Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court near Moscow, her lawyers confirmed to CNN on Thursday.

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How much screen time is too much? The signs you're addicted to your phone

It is indisputable that many of us spend much of our lives in front of our screens -- especially our phones.

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The Mama Foundation for The Arts Partners with Whole Foods Market to Bring New York Mama’s ‘One Sauce’

This summer, The Mama Foundation for The Arts and Whole Foods Market collaborate to bring a bit of spice to the palates of New Yorkers at the highly anticipated Harlem store located at 100 West 125th Street on July 21 at 9 a.m. Whole Foods Market (through their partnership with Harlem Park to Park, a social enterprise representing more than 100 neighborhood entrepreneurs) tapped The Mama Foundation as a community stake-holder that produces not only a valuable service to the neighborhood and high-quality Harlem-made goods that celebrate the rich culture of 125th Street. The Mama Foundation will be debuting their “Mama’s One Sauce” to world.

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Love is In the Air at Duck Donuts®

Love It While It Lasts, Valentine’s Day Assortment Available February 9-18

Duck Donuts, known for serving Warm, Delicious and Made-to-Order!® donuts is helping customers celebrate the season of love with a Valentine’s Day assortment guaranteed to win over your sweetheart’s admiration. Available for a limited time only, the irresistible assortment features donuts including warm vanilla icing topped with Valentine’s Day sprinkles, fruity strawberry icing and powdered sugar and decadent chocolate icing with Oreo crumbles and hot fudge drizzle.

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Kroger Helps Refill Flooded Closets with Massive Donation of New Apparel

Kroger donates 112,873 items of new clothing, shoes and other items to the Houston Food Bank valued at $2.5M from stores across the country

Thousands of people lost their entire wardrobe when Hurricane Harvey flooded southeast Texas. A donation of brand-new clothing and shoes from Kroger with a retail value of $2.5 million will help families refill their closets. It’s estimated that as many as 100,000 homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged by the flooding in late August, representing a tremendous loss of property and personal possessions.

Kahawa 1893: The First Black Woman-Owned Coffee Brand in Trader Joe’s

Brand takes consumer connection to farmer to next level with QR code on packaging that allows buyer to send a tip to the farmer's e-wallet

Kahawa 1893 coffee has made history as the first Black woman-owned coffee brand to be sold at Trader Joe’s. Earlier this month, Kahawa 1893 debuted on shelves in all 200 Trader Joe's stores in California. The brand’s momentous rollout will be followed by expansion into other regions across the nation.

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More questions for President Donald Trump

Over the past 72 hours, reporters from a number of outlets -- including CNN -- have turned up new information on the Trump team's alleged conversations with Russians known to US intelligence.

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White House: Trump Paid $38 Million in Income Tax in 2005

President Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on income of more than $150 million in 2005, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.

'Unbelievable': Community in shock after gunman opens fire outside of church

The Ames community is in shock after a gunman opened fire outside of Cornerstone Church.

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Russian hackers allegedly target Ukraine's biggest private energy firm

Russian hackers carried out a "cyberattack" on Ukraine's biggest private energy conglomerate in retaliation for its owner's opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine, the firm said Friday.

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Biden hosting Italian prime minister he once viewed with skeptical eye

President Joe Biden on Thursday will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House, months after expressing skepticism as her far-right government took hold.

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Trump's big lie about 2020 results suffers legal and political blows in key swing states

It was a bad week for the Big Lie -- former President Donald Trump and his allies' false claims that widespread fraud is to blame for his 2020 election loss.

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Voting is Underway for the 2018 Home Depot Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program

For the ninth consecutive year, The Home Depot is continuing to give back to our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and today announced that voting has begun for the 2018 Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant Program. Since 2010, the program has awarded more than 1.8 million dollars in grant money to our nation’s HBCUs to make sustainable improvements.

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21 ways to live luxe if you win the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot

Listen, we all have fantasies of living like the one percent. Envision a future in which you forget how to cut a cucumber and grocery store trips become foreign, you staff a full-time chef, you never have to do another load of laundry yourself and you have a driver.

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Central Houston Launches Learn Central Website

Central Houston announces the launch of Learn Central, an online portal developed to help parents evaluate the K-12 education options available in the central city. The interactive website is now live at www.learncentralhouston.org.

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NAACP Launches Campaign, Power to the People: Fueling the Revolution for Energy Justice

Campaign focuses on NAACP units, branches, and state conferences’ leadership to bring energy democracy to their communities.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the country’s foremost civil rights organization, and the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program launched an online campaign Monday to highlight the leadership of the NAACP units, branches, and state conferences across the country who are creating energy democracy in their communities.

ASCAP Launches HBCU Internship Program

Leading PRO will seek to empower the next generation of Black leaders with real-world music industry experience

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, today announced the launch of a new paid internship program for students enrolled in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. This summer, the PRO will offer five HBCU students the opportunity to join ASCAP’s team to gain real-world experience in the music industry.

OneUnited Bank, Largest Black Owned Bank, Launches SBA Paycheck Protection Program

$30 Billion of 2nd Round of PPP Allocated to Community Lenders

OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank in the country, is proud to announce the launch of its Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). OneUnited Bank, a Preferred SBA 7(a) lender, is offering PPP loans to its existing and new customers on a nationwide basis through its state-of-the-art online and mobile banking platform. OneUnited has unique access to $30 billion of stimulus funding that was allocated to Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) as part of the second round of PPP.