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Mexican President won't attend US-hosted Summit of the Americas due to exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he won't be attending the Summit of the Americas, hosted later on this week by the United States, due to the exclusion of several countries in the region.

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6 mistakes that led to the 1972 Watergate burglars being caught

Their mission was to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, bug the room and photograph documents. If everything had gone as planned, no one would have ever known.

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As California's big cities fail to rein in their water use, rural communities are already tapped out

Gary Biggs' family hasn't had water coming out of their private well for over a decade, after a multi-year drought and overpumping by agriculture and industry.

California bees can legally be fish and have the same protections, a court has ruled

A fishy ruling from California: A California court has ruled bees can legally be considered fish under specific circumstances.

Britain's economy is in a bad place. Removing Boris Johnson might help

Investors don't usually like political uncertainty. But in the United Kingdom, a shake-up in government could be exactly what the economy needs.

Supreme Court won't review sanctions against GOP Senate candidate who pointed gun at racial justice protestors

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought to it by a Missouri Republican Senate candidate and his wife, who were seeking review of the professional disciplinary action they faced, as lawyers, for pointing guns at racial justice protestors demonstrating outside their St. Louis home.

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Exotic Pop, Unity National Bank Award $500 CDs to Two HISD Students at Fleming Middle School

Exotic Pop, a Houston, Black-owned beverage company known for their signature sodas and exotic brands, and Unity National Bank, the only African American owned banking institution in Texas, awarded two Houston Independent School District (HISD) middle school students with Certificates of Deposit (CDs) last week at Fleming Middle School!

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says league lost 'hundreds of millions of dollars' due to China fallout, touches on Brittney Griner situation

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver admitted the league had lost "hundreds of millions of dollars" in revenue following a controversial fallout with China in October 2019.

City of Beverly Hills holds inaugural Pride event to kickoff Pride Month

Music blared outside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills as a crowd gathered to celebrate the start of Pride Month.

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Grand jury indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress

A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee's investigation.

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Starbucks is reopening in Shanghai

Starbucks is reopening in Shanghai, a sign of hope as the city slowly emerges from its strict Covid restrictions.

This is an absolutely savage new ad against Herschel Walker

Now that Herschel Walker is officially the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has started to mine the treasure trove of opposition research out there on the former NFL star.

Police revive choking baby at Golden Corral

This past Sunday, Ocala police responded to the Golden Corral on College Road where a six-day-old baby was choking on his mother's milk and started turning purple.

'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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Buffalo 911 dispatcher fired after mishandling call during supermarket shooting

A 911 dispatcher who mishandled a call from a Buffalo supermarket manager during the fatal May shooting was fired on Thursday, the Erie County Department of Personnel confirmed to CNN.

Did you retire during the pandemic, but then decide to head back to work?

The pandemic pushed over 2.6 million more people into retirement than projected, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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Houston’s First Hip-Hop Party Bike Tour Gives Third Ward A Well-Deserved Platform

Everyone loves a good party. Planning is needed to make sure everyone has a great time. The key elements to a successful party are people, drinks, snacks, and music. The right music can set the vibe and put everyone in a party frame of mind. However, nowadays, partygoers want all those things and more to have the ultimate party experience. Johnathan Marks is taking partying to the next level with Trills On Wheels, Houston’s first hip-hop party bike tour.

Propel Center launches three-part Junior Music Executive Accelerator series to inspire HBCU students to become future music industry executives

Propel Center, in commemoration of Black Music Month, joined with five of Propel's institutional partners to successfully launch the first of the three-part C3 Series, an executive music industry pipeline program to promote music entrepreneurship in tech.

713 Motoring Helps At-Risk Youth Get Work

In preparation for their 20-year anniversary, Houston’s leading Automotive Customization Shop– 713 Motoring, partnered with GM Motors and Houston-Based Film/Creative Company IYO Agency, to mentor and provide opportunities within the automotive space for young inner-city males that are experiencing tough times. Through the Automotive Customization Skills Trade Program, the young men learned the ins and out of the automotive industry and participated in hands-on experience restoring a vintage Box Chevy, which they revealed to the public, friends, and family during the 713 Motoring 20-year anniversary celebration over Memorial Day Weekend at the lavish Astorian.

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Cadillac Escalade-V-2023

Industry's Most Powerful Full-Size SUV, Delivering 682hp and Features Premium Technologies

Today, Cadillac revealed full details surrounding the 2023 Escalade-V — the industry’s most powerful full-size SUV. It is the first-ever Cadillac V-Series SUV — an elevation of design, performance and technology and the purest expression of the passion that exists at the core of Cadillac.