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UNCF Mayor’s Luncheon in Houston Helps Deserving Students in Pursuit of a Higher Education

Mayor Sylvester Turner will serve as keynote speaker

UNCF unites the community for a great cause—education—as it hosts the fifth anniversary Mayor’s Luncheon at the downtown Hyatt Regency on August 18, 2017. Networking and registration starts at 1 p.m. The luncheon will begin promptly at noon.

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Developers want to build America’s tallest skyscraper in unlikely city

A group of developers wants to construct what would be America’s tallest building in an unlikely place: Oklahoma City.

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High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America

High speed trains have proved their worth across the world over the past 50 years.

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Rihanna Pens Powerful Op-ed Calling for Universal Education for Children

Rihanna is a foot soldier fighting on the frontlines for education for children around the world and penned a new op-ed for the Guardian calling for her legion of fans to join her push for universal education.

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Red Cross Honors United States Army Veteran Chester Jourdan Jr.

This Veterans Day, November 11, 2022, the American Red Cross is recognizing veterans who continue their service in local communities across the country like Southeast and Deep East Executive Director Chester Jourdan Jr.

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Breast-feed Now, Avoid Diabetes Later

Breastfeeding has been known to come along with an over-supply of benefits for the mother. From weight-loss, speedy after-birth healing, decreasing breast and ovarian cancer risks, healthy hormone releases and now a source for prevention to Type 2 Diabetes.

Council Members Pollard and Thomas Offer Free COVID Testing, Masks & Food during ‘Community Day’

City Council Member for District J Edward Pollard and City Council Member for District F Tiffany Thomas have partnered to host Community Day, a joint mask and food distribution effort spanning both districts.

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Suburban Sugar Land Women Honors Women in the Community in Their Women’s History Month 2018 Celebration

The National Women’s History Project recognizes and celebrates the diverse and historic accomplishments of women. History helps us learn who we are, but when we don’t know our own history, our power and dreams are immediately diminished. Multicultural American women are overlooked in most mainstream approaches to U.S. history, so the National Women’s History Project champions their accomplishments and leads the drive to write women back into history. Recognizing the achievements of women in all facets of life – science, community, government, literature, art, sports, medicine – has a huge impact on the development of self-respect and new opportunities for girls and young women.

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3 production companies say they won't film in Georgia after abortion law signed

Hollywood has been outspoken against a controversial Georgia abortion law, and now the heads of three production companies are saying they will not film in the state.

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Texas Southern Honor Student Receives Executive Leadership Council Scholarship

Anthony Collier has been announced as a recipient of the Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) 2017 Alvaro L. Martins Scholarship. Collier, a senior honors student from Manor, Texas, has a double major in History and Political Science. ELC is the preeminent member organization for the development of global black leaders. Its scholarship programs build a pipeline of black corporate talent by supporting the academic achievement and development of black undergraduate and graduate students.

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Roe and Casey: The two abortion precedents the Supreme Court may overturn

When the Supreme Court hears a constitutional challenge on Wednesday to a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, the justices will start with the two seminal decisions that secured the abortion right for women.

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Celebrating World Day in a Diverse City

The Cynthia A. Guillory Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others through charitable giving and raising ALS awareness in Houston and surrounding communities; in affiliation with KOG & Company presents World Day Experience on National World Day Monday, May 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm.

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NBA conducts investigation into postgame incident following allegations from members of Indiana Pacers traveling party

The National Basketball Association (NBA) conducted an investigation into a postgame incident involving the Indiana Pacers traveling party following a game between the team and the Memphis Grizzlies on January 29.

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Hillary Clinton's 'Email' Problem Was Bigger Than Anyone Realized

Hillary Clinton's ongoing struggle to deal with the revelation that she used a private email server during her time as secretary of state dominated the conversation about her presidential candidacy, and research suggests it might have doomed her campaign, according to a new study by a consortium of pollsters released over the weekend.

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Biden to address intelligence community for first time as President

Six months into Joe Biden's presidency, the intelligence community still can't quite escape politics. Biden will make his first formal remarks to staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday, an address that comes at a moment of quiet but profound change for a workforce that was buffeted by the fierce political winds of the Trump era.

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Richard Branson's satellite-launching company Virgin Orbit to go public

Virgin Orbit, the Richard Branson-backed startup that launches small satellites into space, will make its stock market debut later this year, adding another name to the long list of space-focused companies to go public via reverse merger.

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Astros Fight Off Elimination To Bring Series Back To Houston

That is a fact. A Game 5 loss would send Houston back home, having lost the World Series in Atlanta. But if they won Game 5, they come back to Houston with a fighting chance of capturing their second championship in franchise history.

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Women Claim Monat Hair Products Cause Balding, Scalp Sores

Scalp sores, breakage and hair falling out in chunks. It's a hair care nightmare and women are blaming it on the Monat hair care product line. "I took a picture of my hair, compared it to a picture of before I stared Monat, and my eyes just filled up with tears. It was so thin and it was stringy and I was just sick," said Erin Ostby, a military spouse who used and sold Monat products.

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Senators Try to Quiet Harris, But She Doesn't Back Down

Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr shut down a line of questioning from California Sen. Kamala Harris at Wednesday's high-profile hearing, admonishing her and other Democrats to stop cutting off witnesses. The move rankled some on Twitter who argued the North Carolina Republican was singling out Harris, one of three women on the intelligence panel, during Wednesday's contentious hearing.

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Clinton College, a South Carolina HBCU, Offers Full-Time Students Free Tuition

Clinton College, a small historically Black college (HBCU) located in Rock Hill, South Carolina is offering all full-time students free tuition for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year reported Good Black News.