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JP Morgan Chase to Pay $24 Million to Settle Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $19.5 million to more than 200 current and former black financial advisers and their attorneys in a class action settlement with the bank.

Walmart Unveiling Hispanic Heritage Month Mural by Houston-Based

As part of the company’s Together Somos Más campaign, Walmart is working with local Hispanic artists to celebrate the community and culture.

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HISD Launches Project Safe Start 2023 to promote end-of-year school safety

The Houston Independent School District Police Department, Houston Police Department, and community ministers will culminate the end of the school year by once again engaging in Project Safe Start. The partnership involves increasing security presence on and around school campuses as they start to wind down during the final days of the academic year, with the aim of ensuring a safe and secure learning environment for students and teachers.

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City of Houston Statement Regarding the Kingwood Central Wastewater Treatment Plant

The City of Houston Public Works Department is working with the Houston Police Department to investigate an incident related to the Kingwood Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. In January, Houston Public Works received odor complaints related to the Plant, which is operated by a third-party company, Inframark.

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Fish City Grill and Half Shells to Launch Tasty New Menu Items

Seafood favorites Fish City Grill and Half Shells are introducing a collection of delicious new menu items. Four new items are now available at all locations.

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Critical race theory has become a social and political lightning rod. This is how we got here

From chaotic school board meetings to political strife along party lines, critical race theory has ignited a controversy across the country in recent months.

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Guatemalans struggle to recover the dead buried by volcano eruption

Maria Leticia has been grappling with the fear that her relatives didn't escape from the hot gases, rock and ash that killed dozens as the deadly mixture raced down Guatemala's Fuego volcano.

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Amtrak Train Crash Leaves 'a thousand unanswered questions'

As investigators combed through the wreckage of the Amtrak train, officials vowed to restore confidence in rail safety.

Deer Park's mayor says progress is being made after the chemical fire. But some residents aren't so sure

The Houston Ship Channel remained closed Monday because of oil and pollutants that leaked into the waterway during last week's chemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, Texas, a Coast Guard official told reporters.

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Autopsies are being conducted on the guests found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas. Here's what we know

Officials are conducting autopsies to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three Americans at a Sandals resort on the Bahamas' Great Exuma island on Friday, according to the Bahamian police commissioner.

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Beaches are closed and cleanup is underway after oil spill off Southern California destroys wildlife habitats

An oil pipeline off the coast of Southern California has spewed more than 100,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, coating local wildlife habitats, shutting down a swath of popular beaches and potentially harming human health.

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An Affordable, Effortless Easter

Easter is all about festive family gatherings and good food. Whether you’re celebrating with your closest or hosting a larger crowd in your home, try these simple tips to keep everyone happy and full without blowing your budget.

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Asia is Building Its Own World Order

Much has been made recently of how the policies of the Trump administration clash with the global conventional wisdom -- and how these contrast with the new spirit of global leadership emanating from China.

Opinion: Afghanistan's collapse was not pre-ordained. It was willful abandonment

As I communicated with the terrified families of former allies trying to flee the country this week, I felt the sickening resignation one has when visiting a loved one in hospice. But Afghanistan's collapse was not pre-ordained. It was willful abandonment.

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Stockholm Terror Attack Claims 5th Victim

"A woman around 60 years old, who has undergone treatment at a hospital in the south of Sweden for injuries sustained in the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan, died on the morning of April 28," Swedish police said in a statement.

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Shakira Shows Her Inner Rocker to Trevor Noah On 'Carpool Karaoke'

Trevor Noah and Shakira are two rocking peas in a moving pod in this week's "Carpool Karaoke: The Series."

East End Houston Business Leaders Unite to Provide Support to USO Troops

Large Donation of Hand Sanitizers and Face Masks to Fight COVID-19

The Houston East End Chamber of Commerce will hold a press conference to announce and present the donation of a large number of hand sanitizers and face masks for 2,000 USO troops, who are stationed across three highly populated areas of Louisiana and Texas.

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HPD Chief Acevedo Warns of Holiday Grinch, Releases Surveillance Video of Wanted Suspect

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, in partnership with retailers throughout the Houston area, has released surveillance video of a wanted suspect dubbed “The Grinch”.

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The 16th Annual Ashe Holiday Market at The Community Artist Collective

The Collective’s Ashé Market offers unique giftsThe Community Artists' Collective kicks off its sixteenth Annual Ashé Market on December 9 at The Collective, 4101 San Jacinto, Suite 116.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez identified the problem. Here's the solution

US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's withering viral takedown of just how easily deep-pocketed donors dominate politics was like watching a prosecutor lay into a campaign finance system that has no defense.