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Fort Bend County Announces Updates to Childcare Voucher Assistance Program

Last Week, Fort Bend County Judge KP George announced the addition of $2.1 Million in childcare voucher funds to provide financial assistance to Fort Bend County families economically impacted by COVID-19.

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Rockets must meet “Force with Force” this season if they want to be successful

The Houston Rockets are learning that the hard way this preseason. For the second game in a row, their opponent has taken the physical approach with their younger players resulting in missed opportunities and turnovers.

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KEMAH AQUARIUM HOSTS FRIGHTFUL FESTIVITIES AT HALLOWEEN KIDS BASH

Kemah Aquarium is excited to announce they will host a frightfully fun Halloween Kids Bash on October 31st to celebrate the finale of spooky season.

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TRAILER: PEACOCK’S ‘SNOOP & MARTHA’S VERY TASTY HALLOWEEN’

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart are bringing you a delectable treat with SNOOP & MARTHA’S VERY TASTY HALLOWEEN. The one-hour baking competition special will stream Thursday, October 21 on Peacock.

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Advocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis

Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion and continue with her plans of moving to Atlanta for college, or stay home in Texas and figure out a way to raise a baby with no job and no money.

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Biden to LGBTQ Americans on National Coming Out Day: 'You are loved and accepted just the way you are'

President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated National Coming Out Day by saying the US still has work to do to achieve equality for all Americans amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation in state legislatures across the country.

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Jennifer Sewell, missing Fort Hood soldier, found safe

Missing Fort Hood solider, Pfc. Jennifer Sewell, has been found safe, officials said in a press release.

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Humans were using tobacco at least 12,000 years ago

The tobacco plant has shaped the fortunes of humanity. Today, the substance is used and abused by a billion people around the world. It is a habit that dates back to the Stone Age, new research shows.

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Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan

An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced to land in a snowstorm 13 years ago has left Afghanistan, sources familiar tell CNN.

Bill Maher is right about Trump's 'slow-moving coup.' Here are 6 reasons to take it seriously

A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter.

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Second Half Collapse Leads To Fourth Consecutive Loss For The Texans

For one half of football, the Houston Texans gave their fans something to cheer for against the New England Patriots on Sunday after taking a lead into halftime for the first time since their Week 1 game against the Carolina Panthers. The only problem is, there is the second half of football and, by the time the game was over, the fans were looking at the scoreboard trying to figure out what happened as the Texans lost 25-22 to the Patriots.

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Astros Take 2-0 Lead In ALDS With Late Game Heroics

For the second day in a row, the Houston Astros fans who used either paid time off (PTO), sick days, or vacation time to attend the early start time of Game2 of the American League Division Series at Minute Maid Park got an opportunity to see the Astros offensive outburst as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

As Houston’s housing market booms, a nonprofit is looking for ways to keep homes affordable

Houston has become a less-friendly environment for homebuyers in recent years. After a month of decreased sales volume halted a 13-month run of positive growth in Houston’s housing market, sales rose again in August: The median sales price for a single-family home rose 15.2% year-over-year, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. And with that market activity comes the threat of displacement of low-income homeowners across the city.

Black Women Artists and Activists Drop 17-Minute “Say Her Name” Anthem

Musician, actor and activist Janelle Monáe partnered with the African American Policy Forum to create “Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout),” an anthem protesting police violence and calling attention to 61 Black women and girls who were killed by law enforcement.

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AKA Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter Donates Over $12,000 for Mammograms for Underserved Communities

One in every ten million women worldwide will be affected by breast cancer. It is one of the most common cancers with the highest number of deaths. Although causian women account for the most new cases per year, their rate of death is lower than that of African American and Hispanic women. With more research breast cancer death rates have decreased overall but still remain higher for African American and Hispanic women. The ladies of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®

George Floyd's Legacy Is Bigger Than a Defaced Statue or a Posthumous Pardon

The recent defacement of a bronze bust of George Floyd in New York City offers important clues about our national journey toward racial justice and repair.

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Judge Orders Texas to Suspend New Law Banning Most Abortions

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state since September.

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Biden's Trillion-dollar Plan

After much drama last week, President Biden made it clear that his core legislative package - the American Jobs Plan, which would begin rebuilding our decrepit infrastructure and the American Family Plan, which would address essential needs - will pass together or not at all. Now Democrats are moving to negotiate the scope of the Family Plan so they can unify behind it.

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Biden to Boost At-Home Rapid Testing with $1 Billion Investment

It's about to get faster, easier and cheaper to get an at-home Covid 19 test, the Biden administration says. The administration is set to boost Covid-19 testing in the US by announcing an additional investment in at-home rapid tests.

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Celebrate the Richness of Hispanic Heritage

America would not be the country it is today without the contributions of Hispanic Americans. Every year from September 15 to October 15 we remember the achievements of Hispanic Americans and how they have made America the country that it is. The influential touches of their rich culture can be seen all over Houston and around the world. A greater grasp of the culture can be gained when visiting the Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston (IHCH). Houston Style got a chance to speak with the president and chairman of the board Mayte Sera Weitzman to learn more about the culture and the institute.