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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Reissues Definitive Biography on DeFord Bailey

The newly expanded book is now available exclusively on the museum’s website or in its store

The title will be widely available in bookstores and other outlets beginning June 13 through a distribution partnership with the University of Illinois Press

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Joe Biden's experience sets him apart. It could also hurt him in 2020.

If former Vice President Joe Biden enters the 2020 race, his more than four-decades-long career in Washington will face fresh scrutiny, including his work on criminal justice and financial reform issues.

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Senate Democrats restart talks to try to help DACA recipients during lame-duck session

Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to try to strike an agreement with Republicans to provide a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Mood Raw Outside Court Ehere James Alex Fields Jr. Has Initial Hearing

Tensions remained high here Monday after a judge appointed an attorney for James Alex Fields Jr., the man suspected of killing a woman during a white supremacist rally.

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NASA and Axiom unveil spacesuits astronauts will wear on the moon

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have revealed a new spacesuit design — and it could be these very suits that are eventually worn by the first woman and person of color to walk on the moon.

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Should Apple Buy Disney? Tesla? The Raiders?

It's time to play Wall Street's and Silicon Valley's favorite game -- how to spend Apple's ginormous (iNormous?) mountain of cash.

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5 Things for Tuesday, April 4: Nuclear Option, Russia Bombing, Police Reforms

Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticize each other in unusually sharp language in affirmative action case

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name.

Houston Grand Opera’s 2020–21 Season Features Incredible Lineup of Seven Productions, Including Opera Favorites and Company Premieres

The company presents the world premiere, The Snowy Day; two HGO premieres, Breaking the Waves and The Sound of Music; Werther, for the first time in over 40 years; the return of Parsifal; and two opera favorites, Carmen and Cinderella

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Microsoft's Minor Update Sparks Major Frustration: Users Feel Gaslit by Their Computers

Stef Luthin squinted at her laptop screen. Something seemed off that January morning, but at first, she couldn’t pinpoint it.

JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Million to Support Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Students

Commitment will expand career pathways, student development programming and promote financial education resources on campuses

JPMorgan Chase announced an expanded five-year, $30 million commitment to the financial and career success of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This commitment expands on the firm’s Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) initiative which launched in 2019 to chart clearer pathways toward economic success and empowerment within the Black community.

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The South Hunkers Down for Winter Storm

A messy mix of snow, sleet, ice and rain is expected to blanket much of the Southeastern United States as a winter storm sweeps through the region late Friday and early Saturday.

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Macy’s Celebrates Innovators and Visionaries During Black History Month

Macy’s welcomes local change makers at eight stores nationwide, highlighted by special appearances by Issa Rae in Los Angeles and Laverne Cox in New York City

This February, Macy’s (NYSE:M) celebrates Black History Month by welcoming a host of innovators in fashion, entertainment, art, music, literature and technology, who are pioneers in their industries. Innovation is one of the cornerstones of Black culture, helping to propel trends, widely influencing pop culture, and changing the face of history.

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Mice Caught On Tape at a Dallas Chipotle

Chipotle's stock fell on Thursday as the company suffered another public setback: Customers complained that they saw rodents in a Dallas location.

Celebrated Black Owned Business Fights COVID with Creativity

Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering is an Omaha visitor favorite with celebrity status, featured on the Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and the Sundance Channel for its home-cooked soul food. Then the pandemic hit. In mid-March, Big Mama’s had to lay off all of its employees. Restaurant owner Gladys Harrison and her daughter took on all the responsibilities for an additional three weeks just so they would be able to cover the last paychecks for their workers, and then they closed the doors.

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What happened this week (in anything but politics)

A royal birth. A missing throne. And a king makes his mark. It's time for this week's politics-free news.

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THIS WEEKEND: "Un-Cross Talk" Brings an Immersive Musical Experience to the Midtown Arts and Theater Center of Houston

Jacqui Sutton is proud to present "Un-Cross Talk", an evening of original Frontier Jazz compositions, which is supported in part by the Houston Arts Alliance, and by the many supporters who participated in the crowd-funding efforts to mount this production.

Susan Rice 10/3 from 5/1 for Vice President Role

Kamala Harris Eased Further out to 11/10 from 4/5

Susan Rice has already spent plenty of time in the White House being Barack Obama’s former national security advisor but she could be heading back there as her odds on becoming the next Vice President shrunk further on Saturday morning.

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$85 million high school opens in Georgia

It's an exciting time to be in high school for kids in Buford. A new high school is so massive it looks more like a college campus.

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The Open House With Realtor Falyn Davis Is Back

Welcome back to The Open House. I took a hiatus for the month of September, but now your favorite realtor is back and better. It’s a new quarter, meaning new opportunities to buy, sell or lease a home.