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Fountain of Youth: Rockets looking for their “Used to Be” mentality with the addition of two players from the G-League.

With an 11-23 record in the first half of the 2020-21 NBA season and a current 13-game losing streak, the Houston Rockets took their bucket to the fountain of youth (G-League affiliate Rio Grande Vipers) looking for some of that “Used to Be” from earlier in the season and came up with two young and athletic players in Kevin Porter Jr. and KJ Martin.

Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan after all-night votes

The Senate passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night "vote-a-rama" and a 12-hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party's plan on a critical issue.

Amanda K. Edwards Announces 2nd Virtual Winter Storm Seniors Check-In Phone Bank

Supporting Seniors During Aftermath Of The Winter Ice Storms

Former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards has announced another virtual event. The “Texas Winter Storm Seniors Check-In Phone Bank” will take place on Saturday, March 6 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. to support low-income Senior Citizens in need of help due to the Texas winter storms.

RESILIENT HOUSTON– One Year Report Shows Progress in 2020

The recent winter storm and cascading infrastructure failure is another reminder that our most vulnerable people, places, and systems are disproportionally affected by disasters. Today, Mayor Sylvester Turner and Chief Resilience Officer Marissa Aho released the one-year report for the Resilient Houston strategy.

Mayor Turner Names New City Secretary – Marks First Time An African-American Will Serve

Patricia Daniel Is Honored To Fill Anna Russell’s Position

Mayor Sylvester Turner has select- ed an experienced and dedicated City of Houston employee to succeed beloved City Secretary Anna Russell, who died in 2020 after serving in the role for nearly seven decades.

Houston Style Magazine Honoring the Influence of Women Educators

Education has always been of the utmost importance for generations of African Americans. It is something that once obtained can never be taken from. It is the passport to a successful life. Many Americans can thank a woman for having such an influence. There once was a time when it was against the law for African Americans to read and write. Yet, instill, brave souls risked life itself to learn and to teach others like them. For many people, their first teacher was probably their mother.

Women's Month Highlight: McDonald's To Millions, Mya Smith-Edmonds

Get to know Houston's very own, Mya Smith-Edmonds, first-female African American Next Generation McDonald's Owner/Operator.

Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital for early January.

How to help your kids get enough sleep, especially during the Covid pandemic

Getting enough sleep was tough even before the pandemic. With disrupted routines, extra screen time and the incredible amount of stress most people face now, sleep routines seem to have gone quickly but quietly downhill. And from what I'm seeing in my child psychiatry practice — kids are suffering especially hard.

Two doses of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine are necessary, officials say, but questions still linger

The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart. Still, the idea of expanding the supply by dispensing only one dose hasn't faded away.

Fauci calls loosening Covid-19 restrictions inexplicable as variants threaten another surge

While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some state leaders are loosening Covid-19 restrictions against the recommendations of health experts.

This essential worker needed to glam up for the Golden Globes. So, she turned to a Facebook community to help make her dazzle

One essential worker who was invited to attend this year's Golden Globes gave new meaning to the question, "who are you wearing?"

Jahmil French, 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' actor, dead at 28

Jahmil French, an actor known for his role as Dave Turner on the Canadian series "Degrassi: The Next Generation," has died, according to his agent, Gabrielle Kachman. He was 28.

Reggae pioneer Bunny Wailer has died at age 73

Reggae music pioneer, Neville "Bunny Wailer " Livingston, has died at age 73, Jamaica's Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport said in a statement.

Libraries oppose censorship. So they're getting creative when it comes to offensive kids' books

It's a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed.

Women leaders you should know and the causes they champion

With the global pandemic, 2020 proved to be a tough year for everyone -- especially girls and women.

The Washington Football Team is turning in their cheerleading squad for a coed dance team

Starting next season, Washington Football Team (WFT) fans will no longer see a traditional NFL cheerleading squad on the field, instead, they will be entertained by a coed dance group.

Friends find out they're biological sisters years after they met working at the same restaurant

It started as a joke. Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, began telling people they were sisters not long after they met in 2013 while working at The Russian Lady restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, but a recent DNA test confirmed that they are actually biological sisters.

Pipe bomb found at Iowa polling location for local election

A live pipe bomb was found at an Iowa community center serving as a polling place for a special election, Ankeny police confirmed in a statement.

New York City developer won't have to remove floors from residential building in Manhattan, court rules

A New York appeals court reversed a ruling that ordered a Manhattan high-rise construction project to dismantle multiple floors.

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