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Houston Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Killing Girlfriend and Her Mother

A 47-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for shooting his girlfriend and her mother, then opening fire on police in 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Friday.

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Biden Cabinet Member and Head of U.S. Small Business Administration to Travel to Houston with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

On Friday, February 17, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, will visit Houston, Texas. She will join Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tour four small businesses and discuss how the Biden-Harris Administration is supporting minority-owned businesses and ensuring equal access to capital and resources.

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High School Teacher Turned Entrepreneur is Leaving No Entrepreneur Behind Providing Complimentary Tax Advice

“Business Finance & Tax Specialist Aliah Minor launched the “No Business left behind” providing small business owners complimentary tax advice."

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California's heavy rains deliver hope of a lifeline for one devastated industry -- rice

The fierce storms and heavy rain that have pounded California in recent weeks could be the lifeline that one industry -- and the communities that rely on it for their own survival -- desperately needs.

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The world's biggest food company says prices will rise further this year

Nestlé, the world's largest food group, says the price of staple items will rise further this year, adding to a string of warnings from consumer giants of more pain to come for stretched households.

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Michigan State gunman had a list of other targets and extra ammunition when police found him, authorities said

The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others had a list of other targets, two handguns and plenty of ammunition when police found him on foot soon after the campus massacre, authorities revealed Thursday.

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Lighting up online — Akron business owner uses TikTok to grow candle business

An Akron small business owner is running her company and raising her daughter, as a stay at home mom, insider her Akron home.

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Harmony Public Schools Ranks #1 in Elementary, Middle & High Schools by Children at Risk

Harmony Public Schools is the top-performing school district in the greater Houston area, according to Children at Risk. The Texas education non-profit ranked the charter school system's Houston West District with an "A" grade for the Elementary, Middle and High school categories in the 2021-2022 school year. Harmony's Houston North District ranked number two for high school students.

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She was 'everything you'd want your daughter or friend to be.' Here's what we know about the Michigan State University shooting victims

Alexandria Verner was kind, positive and "everything you'd want your daughter or friend to be," a family friend said.

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French Defense Ministry condemns "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" over depiction of French troops

France's Defense Minister has slammed Marvel's movie "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," for what it calls a "false and misleading representation" of French troops.

'Broken promises.' Tech industry's real estate pullback leaves communities reeling

When Microsoft President Brad Smith announced in February 2021 that the tech giant had purchased a 90-acre plot of land in Atlanta's westside, he laid out a bold vision: The company, he said, would invest in the community and put it "on the path toward becoming one of Microsoft's largest hubs" in the United States.

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US jury convicts Russian businessman in $90-million hacking and insider trading scheme

A federal jury in Boston has convicted a prominent Russian businessman for his alleged role in a $90-million insider trading scheme that involved hacking into companies and viewing financial data before it became public.

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Biden reshuffles economic team midway through first term

President Joe Biden's economic team is taking new shape midway through his first term and as he gears up for an expected reelection bid, with the White House Tuesday officially naming Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and nominating Jared Bernstein to serve as his chair for the Council of Economic Advisers.

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The gunman who killed 3 Michigan State students and wounded 5 may have planned to attack New Jersey schools, police say, as heroes helped classmates flee

The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and left five others in critical condition may have had plans to target two schools in New Jersey, police there said.

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Pharrell Williams will be Louis Vuitton's next men's creative director

American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams will succeed Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton's men's creative director, according to a statement issued by the French luxury fashion house on Tuesday.

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UK strikes hit a 30-year high as inflation erodes pay

The United Kingdom lost more working days to strikes in 2022 than in any year since 1989, as employees walked out in large numbers over pay amid soaring living costs.

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4 big student loan forgiveness questions loom

Federal student loan borrowers are facing a lot of uncertainty about their future payments.

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Discovery Green® Celebrates 15 Years with an Action-Packed Spring Season

A Quinceañera Celebration, Bank of America’s Screen on The Green, UHD Thursday Night Concerts, Jazzy Sundays and more free entertainment for all.

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New Jersey school superintendent resigns after 14-year-old student's suicide

The superintendent of the New Jersey school district where a 14-year-old student took her own life days after a TikTok video showed she was attacked by four other teenagers has resigned, the district announced.

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IRS says many 2022 special state payments are not subject to federal tax

The Internal Revenue Service has good news for millions of taxpayers in 17 states who received a one-time special state payment last year to offset inflation and other negative economic impacts: Those payments won't be subject to federal income tax.