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Man who recorded Jacob Blake's shooting says he's traumatized and cannot sleep

Raysean White had only seen Jacob Blake a couple times since moving to a neighborhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in February.

Startups race to show what alternatives to Uber and Lyft could look like for California drivers

With hundreds of thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers facing uncertain futures in California, two startups hope drivers will take a chance on their alternative approaches to the ride-hail business.

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Opportunity Zone Program has Much Potential

Over the last three decades there has been little significant legislation come out of our congressional small business committees. When the late, great Parren J. Mitchell retired from the House Small Business Committee as Chairperson, it kind of marked the end of great legislation relative to small and minority business procurement and investment. Fortunately, the Honorable Tim Scott, Black Republican senator from South Carolina had a vision and has made it a reality. The Opportunity Zone Program, officially the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is now law and quite active.

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A judge sides with parents and rules their 30-year-old son must move out

A 30-year-old man didn't get the message that it was time to move out of his parents' home, even after they left him five notices and an offer of cash to help find new digs.

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Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award Winner Audra McDonald Will Headline the Theatre Under the Stars Gala in March

Emmy, Grammy, and six-time-Tony-Award-winning Broadway star, Audra McDonald, will headline the Theatre Under The Stars Gala 2020 at The Omni Houston Hotel on Saturday, March 28 at 6:30pm.

Council Connection for Monday, July 6

At their Monday, July 6 Virtual Regular Meeting, Councilmembers authorized the execution of a professional services contract for the design of the Parks Department maintenance facility; authorized the negotiation and execution of a contract for the remodeling of Fire Station No. 3 and No. 4.; approved a resolution finding a public purpose and ratifying certain donations related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) disaster. Here is a rundown of all Council actions at the meeting:

AboutThatCar.com: 2019 Lexus ES 350 Ultra Lux

Let’s face it, the original Lexus ES luxury sedan was designed to not offend anybody. That means from a design standpoint, the luxury sedan didn’t appeal to anybody. But all that has changed.

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White Privilege and the Law: Will the Scales Ever Balance for People of Color?

To be clear: white privilege is severe and pervasive. In almost every facet of American society, there is an invisible infrastructure, which supports the majority. No beef; just facts. White privilege and the law, particularly, was all the buzz on social media last week as news broke that two white men, in separate instances, pled guilty to crimes against teenage girls and will serve no jail-time. Both cases had arguably heinous facts.

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Tariffs on Mexico could cost America 400,000 jobs, a new report says

The Trump administration's expansion of the global trade war to Mexico could have harsh economic consequences for American workers — especially in Texas.

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Breaking: Brooklyn Officer Kim Potter Charged with 2nd Degree Manslaughter

A police officer who authorities say shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter in the case, authorities said Wednesday.

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Store Cashier Who Suspected George Floyd Of Using Fake $20 Bill Says He Feels Guilty

An employee at the Minneapolis corner store who suspected George Floyd gave him a counterfeit $20 bill last May testified in court Wednesday that he felt guilty knowing that their interaction led to Floyd’s death under former police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee.

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First on CNN: Texas DPS trooper arrived on scene of Uvalde school shooting earlier than previously known, body cam shows

Body camera footage released by the city of Uvalde last month shows a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was on the scene outside Robb Elementary School just 2 minutes and 28 seconds after the gunman entered, a timeline earlier than previously known.

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City Of Houston Awarded RAISE Grant Funding For Telephone Road Project

The United States Department of Transportation announced yesterday that the City of Houston will receive $20.96 million in federal funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grant program for the Telephone Road: Main Street Revitalization Project.

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Senate Democrats restart talks to try to help DACA recipients during lame-duck session

Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to try to strike an agreement with Republicans to provide a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Short sellers are starting to bet against America's economy

It's looking awful gloomy out there on Wall Street. Traders are making big bets against retailers as recession fears gain steam. Investors are growing more skeptical of energy stocks following the spike in oil prices, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. And investors are souring on health care as interest rates start to rise.

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Queen Tiye's Kitchen

“The kitchen don’t lie” was a saying I heard often during my childhood. In the 1950s in my part of Virginia, Saturday evenings saw a lot of African American sisters finish washing the dinner dishes and place a hot comb on top of the stove and begin to “do hair,” getting ready for Sunday service.

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FBI finds no classified documents at Biden's Delaware vacation home

The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home on Wednesday and found no documents with classified markings, according to Biden's personal lawyer.

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US/Iraqi governments to start talks on future of US military presence in Iraqi

The US and Iraq are expected to soon begin talks on the future of the US military presence in the country, according to sources familiar with the matter, amid public calls from the Iraqi government for the US to withdraw its troops.

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Man arrested after video post showed severed head of his father

A man accused of decapitating his father – and posting online a video with his severed head amid a politically charged rant – was arrested hours later with a gun at National Guard base, according to officials and court documents.

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Heaviest rain in a decade kills 11 in Beijing as raging torrents wash away roads and cars

Deadly downpours have triggered landslides and floods that swept away cars and destroyed roads in Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri unleashed the heaviest deluge in a decade over parts of northern China.