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LIM College Launches Nation's First Bachelor's Degree in The Business of Cannabis

Groundbreaking new program will prepare graduates to meet employer demand as legalization expands and the cannabis industry experiences explosive job growth

Mayor Sylvester Turner Announces 2021 Hispanic Heritage Awards Winners

Mayor Sylvester Turner honors five exceptional Houstonians during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Black Theatre Coalition/Broadway Across America Fellowship

Sponsored by the John Gore Organization

The John Gore Organization (JGO), the leading presenter, producer, distributor, and marketer of Broadway theater worldwide, has partnered with Black Theatre Coalition (BTC), an organization dedicated to eradicating racial inequities in the theater industry, to create a comprehensive paid fellowship program for Black-identifying undergraduate college juniors, seniors and recent college graduates.

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Manganese makes its mark in drug synthesis

Rice lab finds common metal more efficient at catalyzing pharma building blocks

Just because you’ve solved a standing chemistry challenge doesn’t mean you can’t make it better. Rice University scientists had that in mind when they set out to improve their technique to make a common building block for drugs.

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Sineria Ordóñez Named Comerica Bank External Affairs Manager for Houston and San Antonio Markets

Comerica Incorporated announced that Sineria Ordóñez has been named the External Affairs Manager for the Houston and San Antonio markets, reporting to National External Affairs Manager Vanessa T. Reed.

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Russians beat Tom Cruise as first to film a movie in space, despite docking drama

The International Space Station is now a film set, and it served as the stage for a little extra drama Tuesday morning.

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Bipartisan group urges California bar to open investigation into pro-Trump lawyer who tried to convince Pence to overturn election

A bipartisan group of former public officials and lawyers are urging the California bar association to investigate a conservative lawyer who reportedly tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence that he could overturn the election results on January 6.

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Bretman Rock is Playboy's first openly gay male cover star

Bretman Rock has donned Playboy's famed bunny ears and become the first out gay man to star on its cover.

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Tucker Named AL Player Of The Month For Sept-Oct

On Monday, Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker was named the American League Player of the Month for September-October. It is the first Player of the Month award of his career, and he became the first Astros player to win it since third baseman Alex Bregman won it back in August of 2019.

Dave Mays Launches Hip-Hop Podcast Network

Breakbeat to Produce Diverse Array of Compelling Podcast Content Serving the Global Hip-Hop Community

Media visionary Dave Mays, creator of The Source magazine, and business and finance heavyweight Kendrick Ashton have partnered to launch Breakbeat, a multi-media podcast network built to serve the interests and perspectives of the global Hip-Hop community. Breakbeat will deliver authentic, premium, and relevant audio and video content capturing the Hip-Hop community's distinct point-of-view. The platform, which will begin releasing its first shows on Tuesday, September 28th, will produce scripted, non-fiction narrative, news and discussion content, covering a wide range of subjects.

Governor Abbott, TDEM Open COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In College Station

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, launched a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in College Station.

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The ideal sunglasses for driving: perfect vision on and off the road

Porsche Design and Patrick Dempsey present new Fall/Winter 2021 eyewear collection

The new Porsche Design Fall/Winter 2021 eyewear collection, launching in October 2021, builds upon the brand's legacy of providing functional and innovative sunglasses both on and off the road.

MD Anderson and Siemens Healthineers collaborating to enable consistent clinical implementation of quantitative MRI

Strategic alliance initially focused on knowledge dissemination, protocol standardization and remote monitoring approaches to enable personalized medicine for patients

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Haunted Houstonopoly – Spooky Life-Sized Game Offers Scares & Shares for All Ages

Haunted Houstonopoly, a live action Halloween experience that pairs a larger-than-life nostalgic board game dedicated to H-Town with spooky fun for kids during the day and frightful nights for adults after dark, opens this Friday, October 1, 2021, at 2501 Rice Boulevard in Houston!

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down

Facebook's week just went from bad to worse. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services.

An oil spill off the California coast destroyed a wildlife habitat and caused dead birds and fish to wash up on Huntington Beach, officials say

A swath of the Southern California coast is covered with oil after 3,000 barrels' worth gushed into the Pacific Ocean -- devastating some of the local wildlife, officials said.

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A Virginia fifth grader is one of 13 child Covid deaths in the state. Her mom's message to non-believers: 'I am here to tell you it is not over'

A Virginia family is trying to process how their 10-year-old daughter went from being perfectly healthy to dying in five days from Covid-19.

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Beaches are closed and cleanup is underway after oil spill off Southern California destroys wildlife habitats

An oil pipeline off the coast of Southern California has spewed more than 100,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, coating local wildlife habitats, shutting down a swath of popular beaches and potentially harming human health.

Kyrsten Sinema and when confrontation culture goes too far

The video is striking: Protesters angry about Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's opposition to the $3.5 trillion social safety net package currently being considered by Congress follow her into a bathroom to make their point -- filming Sinema as she enters a stall.

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Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson claims his media startup is no longer shutting down

Carlos Watson went on TV Monday morning to say that Ozy Media, the company he co-founded, would not shut down even though it announced Friday that it would. Anyone who wanted to find out how what Watson said could be true would run into a problem: Ozy's email appears to be shut down. Emails sent Monday morning to Watson, his co-founder Samir Rao, and the company's generic press address, all bounced back.