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Memorial Park's Land Bridge Tunnel Preview Party on Saturday, February 5

Opportunity for public to explore and celebrate transformational project before tunnels open to traffic

Memorial Park Conservancy along with project partners the City of Houston, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Kinder Foundation and Uptown Houston invite Houstonians for a FREE event celebrating Memorial Park’s transformational Land Bridge and Prairie project. Attendees will enjoy an exclusive opportunity to walk through and explore one of the project’s four tunnels before they open to vehicular traffic.

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Historic floods that killed 4 and displaced hundreds force 74 Nebraska cities to issue emergency declarations

The major flooding that left at least four dead in Nebraska and Iowa over the past week is slowly receding in some areas, but rivers likely will be flooded for days more, and additional rain and melting snow are expected to make flooding worse in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.

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Overstock.com is changing its name. It’s one you may recognize

Overstock.com, one of the biggest names in e-commerce, is ditching its name for something just as recognizable: Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Loving Your Enemies

Sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 November 1957

I am forced to preach under something of a handicap this morning. In fact, I had the doctor before coming to church. And he said that it would be best for me to stay in the bed this morning. And I insisted that I would have to come to preach. So he allowed me to come out with one stipulation, and that is that I would not come in the pulpit until time to preach, and that after, that I would immediately go back home and get in the bed. So I’m going to try to follow his instructions from that point on.

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Moonlight Takes Home Best Male Supporting Actor Trophy at SAG Awards

'Moonlight' star Mahershala Ali gives emotional speech on conversion to Islam and understanding

Last night, the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were given away last night and A24's Moonlight received "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role" for Mahershala Ali out of three nominations.

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Minimum wage hikes may harm child health, says Baker Institute expert

Arkansas and Missouri will increase their minimum wage as a result of midterm election initiatives, and additional ballot measures are in the works in other states for 2020.

U.S. Department of Education Announces Distribution of All American Rescue Plan ESSER Funds and Approval of All 52 State Education Agency Plans

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced that every state education agency (SEA) received approval of their American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan before the end of December 2021. As a result, the Department has distributed all $122 billion of ARP ESSER funds to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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White non-college Americans move away from Trump during shutdown

During the longest government shutdown in US history, President Donald Trump has been losing support among those who may be his strongest supporters -- white Americans who don't have college degrees.

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Simone Biles makes history after title at the US Gymnastics Championships winning a record 8th all-around national

The woman most people consider the greatest gymnast of all time keeps adding to her amazing legacy.

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Former model and young son die in plunge from New York hotel

A 47-year-old former model and her 7-year-old son plunged to their deaths in what the New York Police Department has deemed a murder-suicide. The two were found unconscious after a fall from a New York hotel Friday.

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Trump Unveils New Restrictions On Travel, Business With Cuba

President Donald Trump slammed former President Barack Obama's dealings with the communist regime in Cuba on Friday in Miami, charting his own course of more confrontational relations with the Castro-led government.

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Study finds state legislatures are dominated by White men

State legislatures are majority White and male, and are especially lacking in representation for first- and second-generation immigrants, according to a new report from New American Leaders, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping naturalized citizens or their children run for elected office.

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'Making a Murderer' police officer is suing Netflix and the filmmakers for defamation

A retired Wisconsin police officer involved in the investigation of the murder at the center of the popular Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer" is suing its creators and the streaming service.

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2019 Pro Bowl Presented By Verizon Returns to Orlando

The 2019 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon will return to Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3:00 PM ET, the NFL confirmed today.

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Twin Doctors Celebrate First Anniversary of Spa with Launch of their New Signature Product and Non-Profit Foundation

Houston twin doctors, LaShondria Simpson-Camp, MD, and Shalondria Simpson, PharmD, have plenty to celebrate next week! The accomplished sisters will be celebrating the First Anniversary of their Tru Essence Spa on Thursday, August 8, 2019, just days after National Sisters Day. The doctors are also launching a revolutionary new hair product they have developed and their non-profit foundation!

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Black Heritage Society Presents 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.Original Parade and Festival

The Black Heritage Society in partnership with the City of Houston is having its 44th Annual MLK Original Parade & Festivities. The MLK Holiday festivities is three days which includes the MLK Parade and Festival, Black Heritage Society Recognition and Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, MLK Day of Service, and MLK Gospel Extravaganza.

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B-CU's Aquatic Research Laboratory in the College of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science

On Tuesday, February, 11, 2020 women around the globe celebrated science via social media platforms, laboratories, field and research sites, including at Bethune-Cookman University.

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The pandemic could push an alarming number of women out of the workforce

First the good news: There are more women in senior-level positions across corporate America.

Tristan Walker Named To TIME 100 Next -- TIME'S List Of The Next 100 Most Influential People In The World

TIME named Tristan Walker, founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands (makers of Bevel and Form Beauty), a Procter & Gamble company, to the first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

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Uber will no longer force victims of sexual assault into arbitration

Uber says it is taking steps to help reduce the culture of silence around sexual violence on its platform in the wake of a CNN investigation into sexual assaults and abuse by Uber drivers.