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Local Chef with Le Cordon Bleu Roots to Star in Food Network Halloween Series

Asukar’s Adesuwa Elaiho will make her national TV debut and represent San Antonio on the Halloween Baking Championship series.

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Taylor Swift donates $100K to family of woman killed at Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting

Taylor Swift made two $50,000 donations to a GoFundMe for the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the mass shooting at a Super Bowl victory parade of the Kanas City Chiefs on Wednesday.

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Civil Rights Rollbacks at Education Department Trigger Challenges

U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 34 U.S. Senators respond

Decades of vigilant struggles and sacrifices, civil rights legislation enacted in the 1960s won federal promises to ensure that discrimination is illegal and would not be tolerated. Unfettered access to housing, voting rights, fair credit, public accommodations and more was marked and celebrated as hard-fought victories for Black Americans and other people of color. In later years, additional protections were added as amendments to safeguard the rights of the elderly, disabled, and the LGBT community.

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Investigators Believe Fires at 3 Black Churches in Louisiana were Intentionally Set

Fires that consumed three historically black Louisiana churches in 10 days are believed to have been intentionally set, a local elected official said Tuesday.

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Houston native serves aboard U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacobe Williams, a native of Houston, Texas, serves aboard USS Gerald R. Ford, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Notorious RBG: Protector of the Right to Be Treated Equally

Hours after learning of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg President Donald Trump said, “She led an amazing life. What else can you say?" There is a lot more that can be said because of the long-standing legacy she forged as a warrior for justice.

Wendy's is getting a shake-up — again

Last week, activist investor Nelson Peltz said in a regulatory filing that Trian Partners, his investment firm and Wendy's top shareholder, is exploring a takeover of the burger chain.

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Legal, Grassroots Gains Against ‘Most Pervasive Violence’

50 years ago, a domestic violence survivor wanting to tell someone about their abuse could expect silence.

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GOP TaxScam Betrays Working, Middle Class, and Vulnerable Families By Enriching Multi-National Corporations and Top One Percent While Not Raising Incomes or Creating Jobs for Average Americans

Jackson Lee: “America will not be made great by financing a $1.7 trillion tax cut for the rich by stealing $1.9 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid, abandoning seniors and families in need, depriving students of realizing a dream to attend college without drowning in debt, or disinvesting in the working families.”

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'My life will never, ever be the same.' Court hears of lives shattered in Parkland shooter death penalty trial

It's been 1,630 days since Linda Beigel Schulman spoke to her son Scott Beigel, a geography teacher killed in the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, as he ushered students to safety in his classroom.

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Ezra Coffee, a Black-owned Specialty Coffee Company Launches its High-quality, Ethically Sourced Coffee Blends That Tell the Story of America's History with Each Sip.

Founded in 2021 by Jessica Taylor, a passionate storyteller, former educator and policy advocate and a long-time coffee aficionado, the brand celebrates inclusion, supports education and community and honors Black history and American history through coffee. Ezra Coffee's blends tell powerful stories of Black culture—tales of opportunity, freedom and perseverance in American history.

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Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande Installed as Prairie View A&M University's Ninth President

Today, Prairie View A&M University’s week-long inauguration celebration continued with the highly anticipated Investiture Ceremony.

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start nuclear renaissance — US banking on it

Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.

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For the first time, US task force proposes expanding high blood pressure screening recommendations during pregnancy

The US Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation to screen everyone who is pregnant for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, by monitoring their blood pressure throughout the pregnancy, and the group is calling attention to racial inequities.

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Debris of downed objects may never be recovered, official warns, as White House tries to tamp down on conspiracies

The US and Canada may not be able to recover the debris of the three objects recently shot down by the military at President Joe Biden's direction, a senior administration official said Tuesday morning, a day after the White House tried to tamp down on burgeoning conspiracies.

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Senate Democrats restart talks to try to help DACA recipients during lame-duck session

Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to try to strike an agreement with Republicans to provide a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

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NASA and Axiom unveil spacesuits astronauts will wear on the moon

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have revealed a new spacesuit design — and it could be these very suits that are eventually worn by the first woman and person of color to walk on the moon.

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Here’s what’s in DeSantis’ economic plan

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is positioning himself as the economic defender of the American family, building on his claim that he is protecting them culturally.

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St. Cloud State University in MN Honors its 1st Black Graduate by Renaming Building Ruby Cora Webster Hall

St. Cloud State University in Minnesota recently dedicated one of the institution’s original academic buildings after the school’s first African American graduate, Ruby Cora Webster.