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Lone Star College – Houston North Opens Its Fourth Location

Lone Star College-Houston North is the seventh college within the Lone Star College System. It consists of Fairbanks, Greenspoint, and Victory locations and will now include a fourth location named Fall- brook. The location was built in collaboration with Fallbrook Church

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New Data Reveals Neighborhoods Impacted By Urban Heat Effect

On August 7, 2020, the Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT)—a collaboration be- tween Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), the City of Houston, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) — held a one-day urban heat island mapping effort with the help of 84 community scien- tists, and funding support from Lowe’s and Shell. The effort was part of the 2020 Heat Watch program led by CAPA Strategies and the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration (NOAA), and it resulted in a total of 320 square miles of Houston and Harris County being mapped by local residents.

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Congress Certifies President- Elect Biden After Capital Riot

Congress Completes Electoral Count, Finalizing Biden’s Win After Violent Delay From Pro-Trump Mob

Congress has formally affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, completing a final step in the electoral process after a mob incited by President Don- ald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers to evacuate both the House and Senate chambers.

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NAACP Houston Branch Condemns City Councilman – Greg Travis

Just because you can say something doesn’t mean you should. Houston City Councilman Greg Travis recently said something he shouldn’t have. Taking to his personal social media account on Facebook Travis posted a photo of former First Lady Michelle Obama with her legs uncrossed and a photo of Melania Trump with her legs crossed with the caption “Yep, just saying.”

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H-E-B Named Grocery Store Of Year 2020

Regional Grocery Takes Top Spot For Its’ COVID-19 Response

When it comes to grocery stores, Texans can agree that H-E-B is the best. Yes, they have a wide variety of food and other things. Yes, they make meal prep easy for cooks and non-cooks with their ready-made meals and cooking demos. But what keeps people coming back time and time again to shop at H-E-B is the way they treat customers and how that care follows to help communities.

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Start Of A New Era: Texans Hired Nick Caserio As Their New G.M.

The Houston Texans have started the full transition from the Bill O’ Brien era. Houston hired former New England Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio as their new general manager. He will join his former coworker of six years with the Patriots, Jack Easterby, who currently serves as executive vice president of football operations.

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Chaos at the Capitol

Wednesday, January 6, 2021, will go down as one of the darkest days in American History. A sitting U.S. President incited people for months with lies about how the election was stole from him and was unfair igniting the angry in people to the point that they became craze. That craze became insanity. And they did the unthinkable with the permission of these words:

Harris County Public Health Announces First Known Case of UK COVID-19

Individual Recovering in Isolation, Epidemiological Investigations are underway to identify,

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Federal law enforcement agencies push for arrests and charges after Wednesday's Capitol riot

The FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies are planning a push to make arrests and bring charges against those who led the insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday, federal law enforcement officials said.

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Some Trump administration officials resign while others stay to prevent chaos

President Donald Trump's top national security officials received calls in the hours following a mob attack on the US Capitol urging them not to resign, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort meant to safeguard American security as aides describe Trump devolving into volatile instability.

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Facebook bans Trump from posting for remainder of his term in office

Facebook will ban President Donald Trump's account from posting for at least the remainder of his term in office and perhaps "indefinitely," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post on Thursday.

This is the damage rioters caused to the Capitol building

As US lawmakers began to count the electoral votes Wednesday that would confirm President-elect Joe Biden's win, a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters -- egged on by the President -- made its way to the US Capitol.

Facing criticism, US Capitol Police details response to violent mob, 14 suspects arrested and 50 officers injured

US Capitol Police, facing criticism over an apparent lack of preparedness to deal with Wednesday's violent mob on Capitol Hill, provided first details about the deadly incident that left lawmakers and staff fearful for their lives.

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Warnock wins Georgia runoff, CNN projects, as control of Senate comes down to Perdue-Ossoff race

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will be the first Black senator from Georgia, CNN projected early Wednesday, a repudiation of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her adherence to President Donald Trump.

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Authorities on high alert as pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election

Hundreds of law enforcement officers have mobilized across Washington as thousands of supporters who refuse to accept President Donald Trump's election loss have flocked to the nation's capital to protest when Congress gathers Wednesday afternoon to put the final stamp on President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

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Joe Biden's economic agenda is suddenly alive again. America could use the jobs

Democrats are on the cusp of taking control of the Senate, breathing new life into President-elect Joe Biden's economic agenda at a time America's job market could really need the help.

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EU authorizes Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for its rollout next week

The European Union has authorized Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved for use in the EU.

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For Stacey Abrams, revenge is a dish best served blue

Georgia's political landscape saw a major shift this election season -- and much of the credit goes to someone who wasn't on the ballot: Stacey Abrams.

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HOUSTON TEXANS YMCA CELEBRATES THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH WEEK OF CELEBRATIONS

HOUSTON – The Houston Texans YMCA is celebrating their 10-year anniversary with a week of celebrations to reflect on the success and contributions they have made to the Houston community throughout the last decade.

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TEXANS FIT ANNOUNCES NEW LOCATION IN MEYERLAND

HOUSTON – The Houston Texans today announced the opening of their third Texans Fit location in Meyerland. Opening Spring 2021, Houston will be able to train like the pros at the newest team-themed state-of-the-art fitness center in Meyerland Plaza in Houston, Texas; following the opening of the first two Texans Fit locations this past fall in Katy and Rosenberg.