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Space Center Houston Opens with New Safety Measures and New Experiences

Today Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, welcomes back guests to a new enhanced guest experience with new safety measures and new exhibits. Registration is also open for the center’s Explorer Camps and Space Center U® education programs.

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'The Stoner Mom': Woman Wants To End Shame For Moms Who Use Marijuana

Kathryn VanEaton is a stay-at-home mom of two, and a step-mom to two more.

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Houston Astros Are 2017 World Series Champions

Astros win first World Series Championship in franchise history

With tonight’s Game 7 win over the LA Dodgers, the Houston Astros are World Series Champions for the first time in franchise history. Prior to this season, the Astros had gone 55 years without a World Series Championship and had appeared in only one other World Series (2005). The Astros defeated the LA Dodgers by a score of 5-1 tonight at Dodger Stadium.

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Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Unveils Highly Anticipated Cookie Season

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is excited to announce the official start of Girl Scout cookie season on Feb. 10, 2024, and cookie fanatics can expect to see cookie booths in their communities on Feb. 16.

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Lady Gaga and Oreo team up to 'spread musical messages of kindness' with limited-edition cookies

Lady Gaga has a sweet treat in store for her little (cookie) monsters.

Amazon's stock price is set to drop, but that won't make it cheaper

For many average investors, the price of just one Amazon share has been prohibitively expensive. There are a lot of things a person can spend about $2,500 on instead of one tiny piece of "Prime" stock market real estate. A nice vacation? That home entertainment system? Season tickets for your favorite sports team?

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Macy’s rejects $5.8 billion unsolicited takeover offer

Macy’s has rejected a $5.8 billion offer to take the 165-year-old retailer private, announcing late Sunday that the “unsolicited proposal lacks compelling value.”

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Problems at the post office could devastate these small businesses

Delays in mail delivered by the United States Postal Service have impacted veterans waiting to receive their medication and threatened mail-in voting in November. They're also hurting America's small businesses.

NAACP Launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign, Empowering Black and Brown Communities to Take Action Against Senseless Killings of American Americans

The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large. From COVID-19 to running while Black in America, the abuse faced by people of color, particularly African Americans is devastating.

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This key inflation measure shows prices are still rising

A leading inflation indicator surged in June, showing that prices continue to remain stubbornly high.

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Macy's Gives From the Heart This February for American Heart Association's Go Red for Women

Macy’s unites customers and associates this February for American Heart Month in support of American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement. As the founding national sponsor of Go Red For Women, Macy’s has helped in the prevention of heart disease by raising $65 million since 2004. Fortunately, 80 percent of cardiac events may be prevented with education and lifestyle changes, according to the American Heart Association. This year, Macy’s will continue to offer limited-edition merchandise and promotions to benefit Go Red For Women, helping to fund lifesaving research and awareness that adds more time to women's lives.

Texas says popular cannabis extract, delta-8, is illegal, sending retailers scrambling

Three years after federal legislation removed the marijuana extract known as delta-8 THC from the nation's list of controlled substances, Texas health officials have put it on its own list of illegal drugs, sending a shockwave through the growing CBD retail industry across the state and making the substance, essentially, illegal.

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Fed chair Jerome Powell warns fight against inflation will bring 'some pain'

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned that the central bank's mission to tame inflation will result in "some pain" for US households.

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A Job for All

A job for all. Everyone ready and able to work will get a job – a good job that pays enough to bring a family above the poverty line –guaranteed by the federal government. At a time when our political leaders seem more intent on driving us apart rather than bringing us together, a federally guaranteed jobs program is an idea bold enough to break through the muck.

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Schlitterbahn Galveston Officially Opens for the Summer

Houston area families get excited because the Schlitterbahn waterpark in Galveston has officially started its 2018 summer season. The park has opened its Schlitterbahn LITE sections to guests. Right now families with members of all ages can enjoy the park’s Blastenhoff and Wasserfest sections at a discounted price. The sections are now open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and until 8 p.m. on weekends.

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US paychecks aren’t growing as quickly. That’s good for the Fed — but not for workers

US wage gains cooled in the second quarter, showing some easing of inflationary pressures, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday.

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Uber plunges again -- now about 17% below IPO price

Uber was already the biggest high-profile IPO bust in recent memory. And it only got worse on Monday.

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US annual inflation eased last month but remains stubbornly high

US inflation cooled off in August for the second-straight month but remained stubbornly high, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.

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Shop Smart and Spend Less This Back-to-School Season

As summer nights shorten and the school year approaches, you may be looking for ways to reduce the stress and costs of back-to-school preparations and ease into a new routine.

Senior cybersecurity official warns attacks on US are growing more 'sophisticated frequent and aggressive'

A top Biden administration cybersecurity official warned that cyberattacks on the nation's infrastructure are "growing more sophisticated, frequent and aggressive," at a Tuesday hearing focused on a spate of recent incidents impacting the US.