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We're beginning to see the real Kamala Harris

A few weeks ago, a meeting was not going well. My business partner had just shut down a room of wealthy, powerful White men. No easy feat.

How long you live may depend on how much money you make

Life expectancy in modern, affluent societies is supposed to move in only one direction: upward. But that is not what is happening in the United States. The 2010s were the first decade in American history in which life expectancy failed to rise since the federal government began keeping comprehensive mortality statistics in 1900. Then along came Covid-19.

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Task force on Capitol security released final report Monday

The task force established to review security at the US Capitol released its final report Monday, which calls for sweeping changes to improve US Capitol Police's emergency response and multiple security enhancements around the Capitol complex.

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Dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. A new study sheds light on the reasons behind it

In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, bottlenose dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. They lined up to rub their bodies against coral.

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New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says

Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection.

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The Trump @POTUS Twitter Account Uses Photo From Obama Inauguration

Although the @POTUS Twitter account changed hands from Barack Obama to Donald Trump a minute after noon Friday, Obama's presence lingered for about an hour longer.

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Study: Texas Among Top 20 States With Most Distracted Drivers

 According to a new study, distracted driving is probably worse than you think, with drivers looking at their smartphones on 88 out of 100 trips.The study conducted by Zendrive has Texas as the 17th worse state for phone-distracted drivers.

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Education Board Approves Plans for First Public Recovery School in Harris County

The Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees voted 4-0 on April 18 to approve the budgeting and implementation of a recovery high school, the first public Harris County substance-use prevention high school.

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Harris County Department of Education Board Approves Plans for First Public Recovery School in Harris County

The Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees voted 4-0 on April 18 to approve the budgeting and implementation of a recovery high school, the first public Harris County substance-use prevention high school.

How to Keep Your Family Safe in Virus Storm?

You cannot turn on a news channel without hearing about the rapid spread of the deadly Coronavirus.

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High School Band Spells Out Racial Slur During Halftime Show

The halftime show at a Nov. 2 Georgia high school football game caught spectators by surprise when one of the schools bands spelled out the word “coon.”

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Civil Rights activist, Ernest McMillan, To Be at The Gite Gallery

Join us on Friday, October 27th at 6:00 pm for a conversation and book signing with civil rights activist, Ernest McMillan.

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Enough is Enough: Our Leadership is Keeping Their Eye on The Prize

Jackson Lee: “The line of attack against Pelosi is absurd and does nothing but distract us from our agenda of improving the lives of the American people."

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Baytown Police Looking For Suspect Using Credit Card Skimmer At ATMs

Police are looking for a man who allegedly used a "skimmer" at a bank in Baytown.

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LGBTQ+ YouTubers Demand Answers After Videos Hidden In 'Restricted Mode'

Several popular LGBTQ+ YouTube vloggers have claimed that YouTube is using the site's "restricted mode" to hide some of their videos.

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Leon Bridges Releases Video for "Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand"

Leon Bridges shares the video for his track Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand from his forthcoming sophomore album, Good Thing, out May 4.

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Trump: Russia likely poisoned ex-spy, 'based on all the evidence'

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he believes the British government's theory that Russia was likely responsible for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England earlier this month.

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Relationships Shouldn’t Hurt

Have you ever put your hand on a fire and let it burn through your skin until you couldn’t take the pain anymore? When you look at it, it’s blistering and bleeding and it’ll probably never be the same. If you have done that, go get counseling. My point is, love is the only aspect of life where we take pride in being able to absorb hurt. In essence, the more someone puts us through, the more we feel as though we’ve made it.

Football high school coach prepares for football with ‘new normal’ amid pandemic

Southwest Guilford football coach Chuck Doak is speaking for just about everyone involved in high school football right now. “The new normal is kind of weird.”

Sean Spicer's Spice Girls spectacle on 'DWTS' is not okay

Even though the lines between politics and entertainment have been blurred from the beginning in the Trump administration, Sean Spicer twirling the frills on the sleeves of his neon, lime-green shirt on "Dancing With The Stars" ("DWTS") have brought us to a collective new low.