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SWAC Week One Honors

The Southwestern Athletic Conference passed out weekly honors for outstanding performances on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball as well as special teams and newcomer of the week.

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Texans Officially Name Tyrod Taylor Starter For Week One

“Tyrod Taylor will start at quarterback for us for sure,” said Culley when asked by the media. “I know that’s the one everyone’s wondering; it’s come up before, but he will start for us on Sunday.”

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Slump Busters Correa And Tucker Leads The Astros To Victory Over The Padres

For the Houston Astros, that feeling was something they were not used to at all going 22 innings without scoring a run. The last run the Astros had scored going into the game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night came in the eighth inning of a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.

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This forgotten language is seeing a revival thanks to TikTok

Tut, a centuries-old language once used by enslaved Black people, has found its way to social media.

Cia, 20, was scrolling through TikTok one night when she came across a video about a forgotten secret tongue.

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Black Woman Succeeds in Getting 94% of Alabama Town Vaccinated

Dorothy Oliver, a Black woman from Panola, Alabama, is getting national attention and receiving high praises for her dedication to helping almost everyone in her small town to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Teacher could lose job over politically charged assignment

KCRA 3 Investigates has obtained photos showing a Sacramento area high school student's assignments stamped with the face of Kim Jong-Un, and posters from inside the child's classroom meant to divide students by their political ideologies.

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Rocket built by startup Firefly explodes off California coast

A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes of a Texas-based startup to put a rocket into Earth's orbit on its first-ever launch attempt.

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Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul

A group of Afghan women activists staged a small protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul Friday calling for equal rights and full participation in political life, CNN has confirmed.

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'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot

The so-called "QAnon Shaman" who stormed the US Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6.

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Biden launches federal effort to respond to Texas law as he faces pressure to protect abortion

A new Texas law that effectively bans most abortions prompted President Joe Biden on Wednesday to use a word he'd entirely avoided as president: "Abortion."

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What the Supreme Court's order means for the future of Roe v. Wade

In a midnight order, a 5-4 Supreme Court green-lit Texas' six-week abortion ban despite the fact that it violates Roe v. Wade, the landmark opinion -- still on the books -- that legalized abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at around 24 weeks of pregnancy.

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Woman gets probation for attacking man with bear spray

A local woman was sentenced Wednesday after attacking a man with bear spray at a local trucking company.

It's not just Texas. The faux panic and textbook wars fit into a long history

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Family members mourn loss of dad killed during apparent robbery

Family photos show the kind of devoted dad Sam Casas was, always making time for his son Jayden, 8. Their close bond is why it was so hard for Jayden's mother, Dakota Baker, to tell her boy that his father had been murdered.

TAB Statement on House Passage of Business Freedom and Uniformity Act

The Texas Association of Business (TAB) today released a statement following the House passage of Senate Bill 14, the Business Freedom and Uniformity Act, sponsored by Senator Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) in the Senate and Representative Phil King (R-Weatherford) in the House.

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Comcast Announce Exclusive Premiere of Founding in Color - A Docuseries About Black and Latino Founders - On Xfinity's Black Experience Channel and Latino Destination On X1

Nine Founders Get Candid about Race, Identity, Personal Struggles, a Global Pandemic, and What It Takes to Succeed as a Black and Latino Entrepreneur in America Today

Comcast is excited to announce the exclusive premiere of the docuseries, Founding in Color, arriving Thursday, September 9, 2021, on its Black Experience on Xfinity (Channel 1622), also available on X1 on demand, Flex, and on-the-go with the Xfinity Stream app.

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Multi-Faceted Entertainer Vanessa Williams Spotlights New American Founding Figure Slave Heroine with Foreword in Creative Nonfiction Release, “Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True St

Multi-award-winning entertainer Vanessa Williams has penned a moving book foreword that shines the spotlight on an amazing tale of spying and slavery during the Revolutionary War while unveiling an unlikely heroine. “Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth” by Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks, published by Lyons Press, is a fascinating historical narrative that takes place in the North during the 18th century and details the intertwining of two lives, a Revolutionary War spy, Robert Townsend and an enslaved woman, known only as Elizabeth or Liss.

Biden speaks with New York and New Jersey governors after Ida wreaks havoc on East Coast

President Joe Biden said Thursday he had spoken to the governors of New York and New Jersey after remnants of Hurricane Ida caused dangerous flash floods and tornadoes across the Northeast.

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Ida's remnants unleash massive, swift flooding in East and leave at least 15 dead

Water rescues still were underway Thursday across parts of the East after the remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed deadly and paralyzing flooding at shocking speed across areas including New York City and Philadelphia.

Macy's Donates $50,000 to Cajun Navy Ground Force and Announces Round-Up Campaign to Support Disaster Relief Efforts in Texas

Customers and colleagues are invited to round up in-store purchases to benefit Cajun Navy’s Hurricane Ida relief efforts