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Moms Who Rock the Mic - Rachelle Renee

The life of DJ and a mother have a lot in common. Both have people that love to scream their name. Both always have places that require their attendance at a successful event. Their schedules would make anyone exhausted. Go is their middle name. Kandi Eastman, Supastar, and Rachelle Renee know this all too well. As some of Houston most well known DJs, they balance being a mother with that of being everyone’s favorite DJ. Allow me to reintroduce DJs who are moms that rock the mic.

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What Doctors Want From Health Care Reform as Latest Congressional Effort Falters

As the latest Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act begins its death rattle, a growing number of physicians worry that any solution Washington proposes will not fix the nation's ailing health care system.

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Born Before 22 Weeks, 'most premature' Baby Is Now Thriving

Courtney Stensrud and her husband call their fun-loving, spunky daughter a miracle. The now 3-year-old girl was born at just 21 weeks and four days after conception. "She may be the most premature known survivor to date," according to a case report about her birth published in the journal Pediatrics last week.

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LOVELL’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT – Do We Really Want To Successfully Address Health Inequities?

Are we really addressing the health disparities/inequities gap in a serious and meaningful way?

Answer this question, given the number of centers focused on health disparities/inequities and the emphasis by major foundations on this topic, why are we not seeing a major reduction in the health disparities/inequities gap? Are we continuing to do just a modification of what we have always done, hoping that we are doing the right thing, when in reality we continue to get what we have always gotten, health disparities/inequities.

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Caitlyn Jenner didn't vote for Trump in 2020 and skipped the election to play golf

Caitlyn Jenner is attempting to defy ideological definition as she runs to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in California's all-but-certain recall election, telling CNN's Dana Bash that she didn't vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election -- and, in fact, didn't bother to vote at all.

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Stimulus checks, unemployment and more: Here's the aid that's coming from Washington -- and what might be coming soon

There's lots of talk of all the federal assistance going to Americans and small businesses in need. But while some is already approved, not all of it is out the door yet -- and some of it is still just at the proposal stage.

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Here's What's In the Second Stimulus Package

Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief bill that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct cash payments. There were several changes made from a proposal put forward nearly two weeks ago by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Direct stimulus checks were brought in at the last minute. Direct aid to states and liability protections for companies were left out.

They met on an airplane to Egypt then fell in love

If everything had gone according to plan, they would probably never have met. But Mafalda Feliciano's original British Airways flight from Brazil was overbooked, so she was bumped on to another -- and then fate played its hand.

Goodwill® Rising Together™ Initiative Announces New Partnerships with Accenture, Bank of America, Comcast Internet Essentials, Lowe's and USAA to Increase Access to Careers for More than One Million P

New partners join initiative catalyzing economic mobility for individuals across North America to access stable, well-paying careers

Goodwill, the leading nonprofit provider of job training and placement services in North America, today announced five new partners — Accenture, Bank of America, Comcast Internet Essentials, Lowe's and USAA — are joining its Rising Together™ initiative, expanding its reach and impact. While the U.S. economy continues to improve, the recovery has not been equitable. Rising Together™ is connecting people, particularly those who traditionally faced barriers to sustainable, well-paying jobs, to ensure they have access to a wide range of resources. These resources include skills training, job placement, transportation and internet access.

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Five secretary of state races to watch, starting Tuesday

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Twitter is vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, whistleblower says

Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.

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Once a 'quintessential pro-life Texan,' she had to flee her home state to get an abortion

Nine years ago, Cade DeSpain messaged a friend about a cute girl he saw on her Facebook feed.

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Biden's trademark political traits tested by war in Ukraine

When President Joe Biden labeled Russia's actions in Ukraine "genocide" this week, the response by his team looked much different than when he declared, also unplanned, that Vladimir Putin shouldn't be in power.

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How protected are we against Covid-19? Scientists search for a test to measure immunity

In 2010, doctors told Ben Sobieck, now 37, that his kidneys were inexplicably failing. Shortly after, he had a kidney transplant and started on the lifelong medications that weaken his immune system to keep his body from rejecting the donor organ. They never figured out what caused Sobieck's kidney failure. But a decade later, he confronted another threat to his health: the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stopping antidepressants may lead to relapse, study finds. Here's what you can do

Over half of people with chronic depression who attempted to stop their antidepressant medication relapsed into depression by the end of a year, compared to those who did not stop medicating, according to a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial released Wednesday.

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Groundbreaking procedure allows heart repairs to grow with children, new study shows

Owen Monroe was 18 days old when he made history, becoming the first person in the world to receive a partial heart transplant.

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Supreme Court’s conservative majority to decide direction of law on race, elections and religious freedom this month

As the Supreme Court races to issue all outstanding opinions by a self-imposed early July deadline, there is little doubt that the conservative majority is prepared to continue the right-ward trajectory on areas concerning affirmative action, election law and LGBTQ rights.

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Migrants are staying on school grounds, in hotels or at police stations in several states – and some residents are furious

In New York City, hundreds of migrants are staying in current or former school gymnasiums.

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Jordan wins over some GOP skeptics ahead of speaker vote

Rep. Jim Jordan won the support of several key skeptics in the Republican conference Monday, bolstering momentum for his bid for speaker ahead of a planned floor vote on Tuesday.

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start nuclear renaissance — US banking on it

Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.