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OWN Launches New Podcast "The Sonrise Project" for Black Parents of Children Struggling with Mental Health and Addiction

Hosted by Emmy Award Winning Creative Visionary Kelli Richardson Lawson

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced its newest podcast available today titled “The SonRise Project,” hosted by founder and Emmy Award-winning creative visionary Kelli Richardson Lawson. The weekly podcast is a resource for Black parents and families to engage and share personal experiences with children struggling with depression, anxiety and addiction issues.

Four Houston Refugee Resettlement Agencies Form Collaborative to Raise $8.5 Million for Houston Afghan Resettlement Efforts

The Kinder Foundation and Houston Endowment gift $3 million in total to help Afghan families build new lives in Houston

The Alliance, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, and YMCA of Greater Houston have joined forces to form the Houston Afghan Resettlement Fund (HARF) to raise support for vetted Afghan families who are resettling to the Houston area.

Governor Abbott, TDEM Launch State-Sponsored COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In Waco

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will launch a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Waco. The infusion center will begin accepting patients tomorrow and has been provided with monoclonal antibodies to treat outpatient cases of COVID-19 who have a referral from a doctor.

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Beyoncé is loving being 40, she tells fans in inspiring letter

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter wants the world to know she is embracing chapter 40, revealing her new age has brought a sense of freedom.

5 revelations from CNN's Britney Spears special report

Britney Spears is just days away from a court hearing that could determine the fate of her court-ordered conservatorship.

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Kelly Rowland is trying to make it through the pandemic too

Like many of us, Kelly Rowland's six-year-old son Titan has an itch to travel.

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Kelly Price says she almost died from Covid-19

Singer Kelly Price has broken her silence after her family said she was missing following her announcement she had contracted Covid-19.

Bill Barr was right about this

In the spring of 2020, when there was still time for President Donald Trump to shift the focus of his re-election campaign, his attorney general, William Barr, reportedly offered the candidate sound (if expletive-laden) advice on the power and predilections of moderate suburban voters.

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Commissioner Ellis, Mayor Turner and County Judge Hidalgo Celebrate former Texas Gov. Ann Richards’ Legacy with Downtown ‘Ann Banners’

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, County Judge Lina Hidalgo and others on Thursday, Sept. 23 commemorated the 30th anniversary of late Gov. Ann Richards’ inauguration with announcing 50 downtown banners that celebrate her legacy.

NSF-backed ‘team of teams’ raises stakes for master’s students

Rice, Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State partner to prep future engineers

Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University, Rice University and Texas Southern University will share a grant of nearly $5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support scholarships for students seeking master’s degrees in engineering and related fields.

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PVAMU to welcome Nikki Giovanni for a public reading and lecture

“Writing is really a way of thinking – not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic, or just sweet.”

Statement from Harris County District Attorney’s Office on grand jury decision in the death of Nicolas Chavez:

A Harris County grand jury determined Monday that criminal charges are not warranted in the 2020 shooting death of Nicolas Chavez, who was fatally shot by Houston Police.

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1 person dead, buildings damaged as 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Greek island of Crete

One man has died and nine people have been injured following a strong earthquake that shook the Greek island of Crete on Monday, Greece's General Secretariat for Civil Protection confirmed to CNN.

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R. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in New York

Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking.

Walmart Unveiling Hispanic Heritage Month Mural by Houston-Based

As part of the company’s Together Somos Más campaign, Walmart is working with local Hispanic artists to celebrate the community and culture.

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Maryland health care payment model reduces costs and complications, study shows

Maryland’s innovative health care reimbursement model that sets annual caps for hospital services has been shown to reduce costs as well as the incidence of avoidable complications patients experience while they’re hospitalized, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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Comcast RISE to Award an Additional $1 Million in Grants to People of Color-Owned Businesses in Houston

Small businesses owned by people of color have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. So often, these small businesses are the lifeblood of our community, and we know their needs are great.

Donald Trump just kind-of endorsed Stacey Abrams for governor

Donald Trump really doesn't like Brian Kemp. Like, a lot. How little regard does Trump have for the current Republican governor? So little that in a campaign appearance in Georgia over the weekend, Trump sounded like he would be just fine with Stacey Abrams, Kemp's 2018 opponent, becoming governor in 2022.

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Five key takeaways from Germany's historic election

Germany's left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest share of the vote in Sunday's federal election, putting them in pole position to form the country's next coalition government -- but they could be in for some tricky negotiations.

Senate Republicans expected to block bill to suspend debt limit and avert shutdown in key vote Monday

The Senate is slated to take a procedural vote Monday at 5:30 p.m. ET on a House-passed bill to suspend the nation's debt limit and avert a government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have insisted that Democrats should act alone to address the debt limit and are expected to block the measure.