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Mayor Turner Recognizes October as National Code Compliance Month

Mayor Sylvester Turner joined leaders from the City and around the country in observing October as National Code Compliance Month, recognizing and appreciating the hard work done by the many City employees, contractors, and private citizens to keep our communities safe.

HISD offers meals at no cost to students

Students registered to attend HISD schools receive free meals through USDA program

Houston ISD announces its policy that this school year, healthy meals will be offered every school day to all students at no cost. Typically, a student’s household must meet income eligibility requirements to qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

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Houston- Based Luxury Hair Company Treated 5 Deserving Women to a Complimentary Makeover!

Early October, So Unique Hair partnered with several local hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, and a videographer to provide the ultimate glam experience for 5 women with "Unique" stories. During their time on set the 5 ladies, who had never met before, bonded over their stories of triumph as they became models for the day. Each model received complimentary hair extensions by So Unique Hair, and a makeover by an exclusive glam squad.

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Biden Administration Announces Executive Order To Close Educational Gap And Bring Equity For Black Americans

President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Tuesday (Oct. 19) that seeks to begin the necessary work to address and eliminate the racial disparities in U.S. education and, as a result, provide economic opportunity. The administration has directed a working group made up of senior officers across government agencies to study and to implement best practices that will improve education and ultimately financial outcomes for Black Americans.

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver hopes Kyrie Irving decides to get vaccinated against Covid-19

Ahead of the start of the NBA's 75th season, the sport's commissioner Adam Silver told reporter that he hopes Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving gets vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Parents, students and teachers outraged after school relaxes mask mandate

Speechless, scared and frustrated. That's how some St. Louis University High School (SLUH) students explained to News 4 they're feeling after the school announced a new masking policy. It's a change some students, parents and teachers call "unacceptable."

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Haiti gang wants $17M ransom for kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries

The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for $1 million each for their release, a top Haitian official told CNN Tuesday.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor deals with 'manterruptions,' too. Here's how we can stop them

At a diversity and inclusion conference last week, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that part of the reason the court had to change the format of its oral arguments was that female justices kept getting interrupted by men. Indeed, a 2017 study of three Supreme Court terms in which there were four women justices found that the three justices who were interrupted the most were all women.

Family Still Looking For Answers in Death of Jelani Day

The funeral for 25-year-old Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, is expected to be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Danville, Illinois.

This ad reveals how worried Terry McAuliffe is about the Virginia governor's race

Late last month, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said this in a debate with Republican Glenn Youngkin; "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."

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Jamie Foxx says he's not interested in being married

Jamie Foxx knows his family dynamic is a little untraditional and that's the way he likes it.

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Why Discounts Will Be Difficult to Find This Holiday Season

Every year shoppers expect to find plenty of juicy deals when they start their end-of-year holiday gift buying. This year, those deep discounts could be harder to come by, and a stalled global supply chain is to blame.

FDA planning to allow mix-and-match Covid-19 vaccine boosters

The US Food and Drug Administration is planning on allowing Americans to receive a different coronavirus vaccine for their booster shots than their original dose, according to two sources familiar with the current thinking inside the agency.

Biden and Harris hit the phones to bolster support on voting bill as Democrats face another GOP roadblock

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been working the phones to try and bolster support for voting legislation teed up for Senate consideration this week, even as the bill is set to run into a Republican blockade.

Zac Brown talks new album and recovering from Covid-19

Zac Brown's new album is aptly called, "The Comeback." The country star's latest project dropped Friday, as Brown just recently recovered from Covid-19 which sidelined several dates of their latest tour.

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North America's biggest container port faces record backlog

Approximately 200,000 shipping containers remain on ships off the coast of Los Angeles on Monday as pandemic-related gridlock continues to disrupt various supply chains, according to Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.

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US Capitol Police officer pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice charges in connection with January 6

US Capitol Police officer Michael A. Riley pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to two counts of obstruction of justice in connection to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Riley was arrested on Friday, becoming the first police officer on duty on Capitol Hill on January 6 charged with allegedly attempting to help a rioter.

Washington State Patrol says 127 employees 'separated from employment' after vaccine mandate deadline

Washington State Patrol announced Tuesday that 127 of its employees have lost their job after the state's COVID-19 vaccinate mandate deadline.

At Paris Fashion Week, designers presented a sexy summer dresscode

"Back to business" might have been the way to describe the latest edition of Paris Fashion Week if the clothing on display hadn't been so wonderfully inappropriate for most traditional workplaces.

Apple expected to unveil new MacBooks

Apple is about to kick off its second big product event of the fall. At a virtual event on Monday at 1 pm ET, the company is expected to show off two high-end MacBook Pro laptops powered by its next-generation silicon chip, the M1X. The line is rumored to come in two sizes and feature thinner bezels, improved displays, longer-lasting batteries and more memory options.