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Houston Chamber Choir's January 2024 Event: 'Hear the Future' Showcasing Three Exceptional Student Choirs

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of founder and artistic director Robert Simpson, presents the 24th annual Hear the Future Invitational Choral Festival on Sunday, Jan. 28 in the beautiful sanctuary of South Main Baptist Church. Each year, the Houston Chamber Choir invites three outstanding school choirs from the Greater Houston area to participate in this festival.

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Spring 2024 Leadership Training Applications Open for Complete Communities University

Application Deadline – February 9, 2024, 5 p.m.

The Department of Neighborhoods (DON) invites aspiring leaders to apply for enrollment in the Complete Communities University (CCU) Spring 2024 leadership training course. The 8-week course is designed for emerging leaders committed to making a positive impact in their communities.

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Lone Star Flight Museum Names Pete Olson Chairman of the Board.

Former Chair Rozzell to remain on Board as Immediate Past Chair.

On January 1, 2024, former U.S. congressman Pete Olson was named Chairman of the Board of the Lone Star Flight Museum. The Board of Directors unanimously elected Olson to the position on December 4, 2023. He succeeds Scott Rozzell, who had served as board chair for the past nine years.

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Florida GOP removes Christian Ziegler from party chairmanship amid sexual assault investigation

Florida’s Republican Party has removed Christian Ziegler as party chairman amid a sex scandal and a sexual assault investigation.

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SZA is over people leaking her music

SZA has had enough of people leaking her unreleased music. The Grammy-winner shared her frustrations on X (formerly Twitter) over the weekend, writing that those who distribute her unreleased music without permission are “stealing.”

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Eight-Year-Old Songwriter Anastasia Patoka-Smith Releases Empowering Track 'ODE TO MY AFRO'

Anastasia Patoka-Smith, a young singer/songwriter from Houston, has recently released a captivating new song titled 'Ode To My Afro'. This empowering track celebrates the beauty of natural hair and promotes self-confidence in young girls.

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Congress races to lock in spending deal before shutdown deadline

Lawmakers returning to Washington this week face a critical government funding deadline, and – despite a deal on top-line spending numbers announced over the weekend – more work remains to avert a shutdown.

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'Uncertain what the weather will do:' Ski resorts turning to artificial snow more and more amid unpredictable climate shifts

Climate change continues to be an issue as many ski resorts are faced with the new reality of artificial snow in order to further ensure better ski conditions for both skiers and snowboarders alike.

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2024 College Football Playoff National Championship: How to watch Michigan Wolverines and Washington Huskies in title game

It is the culmination of the college football season with the opportunity to etch names into eternity and cement legacies forever.

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Houston AutoBoative Show Returns to NRG Center, January 24-28, 2024, Where the Water Meets the Road

Prepare for an exhilarating automotive and boating extravaganza as the Houston AutoBoative Show triumphantly returns to the NRG Center from January 24 to 28, 2024. This year, the events celebrate the third year of combining the Houston Auto Show and the Houston Boat Show, delivering two incredible events for the price of one!

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Texas Southern University Names Charlie W. Coleman III Associate Vice President of Development

Texas Southern University welcomes Charlie W. Coleman, III, J.D., MBA, as the new Associate Vice President of Development. Charlie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. Charlie has a proven track record of philanthropic and for-profit revenue-driving success. For over 15 years, Charlie has led high-performing teams by creating strong, strategic collaborative partnerships, and he is prepared to enhance the University’s fundraising as a global leader in higher education.

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Civil trial alleging top NRA officials used the organization as ‘personal piggy bank’ begins today

The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle Association as a “personal piggy bank.”

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The ‘walking route’: How an underground industry is helping migrants flee China for the US

They come with backpacks carrying a few spare changes of clothes and whatever money and phones they weren’t robbed of by criminals or cartels along the way, arriving at the United States-Mexico border exhausted from the stress of the journey north.

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Missing part of Alaska Airlines plane is found in Portland, Oregon, NTSB says, as new details emerge about the aircraft

Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage said the lost piece has been found – a key detail in the investigation of what happened during the plane’s “explosive decompression,” as certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft are now grounded nationwide.

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After winter holidays, respiratory virus activity continues to build across the US

The first look at trends following most of the winter holidays shows that seasonal virus activity remains elevated and continues to rise across the United States, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Fear kept her from school after a shooting. How a walking partner – with ‘no words required’ – helped her do the impossible

Every time she left her house, the high schooler would scan for people reaching into backpacks. In public buildings, she’d calculate the nearest exit.

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It may be a long time, if ever, before everyone involved in January 6 is punished. Here’s why

As Americans gear up for another tense presidential election, the US legal system is still grappling with how to handle the hundreds of individuals who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House.

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Here’s what the Supreme Court faces as justices discuss Trump’s eligibility

The US Supreme Court is now confronting an election case of unparalleled weight that will determine Donald Trump’s prospects to regain the White House and influence public regard for an increasingly embattled court.

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Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting

The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private mission to the moon — set to launch in days — after the largest group of Native Americans in the United States asked the administration to delay the flight because it will be carrying cremated human remains destined for a lunar burial.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recovering after being admitted to hospital

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year’s Day for complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday.