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University of Texas to Honor Houstonians & African-American Trailblazers Henry Keculah Jr.and Lonnie Fogle

The Texas Exes Black Alumni Network (The Network) will tip its hat to three outstanding titans of industry, community activists and educational advocates at the group’s annual Legacy Dinner Friday at the University of Texas @ Austin.

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Trump Says He Would Consult With China's Xi Before Speaking To Taiwan

US President Donald Trump has said that he would want to consult with Chinese President Xi Jinping before speaking to Taiwan's leader.

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Cuba is making Big Progress

We just completed our fifth trip to Havana, Cuba. Each time we go we learn increasingly about this unique culture. The best thing I see in Cuba is the void of race consciousness. We, America, are obsessed with it. Cubans come in all shades – just like the United States but it is clear one’s race means nothing. They value the content of one’s character. Yes, just like Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech.

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5 things for Tuesday, February 14, 2017: Michael Flynn, travel ban, North Korea missile

Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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US Defense Secretary: We're not in Iraq to seize oil

Before departing for his first trip to Baghdad as US Defense Secretary, James Mattis told reporters, "We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil."

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Wall Street Finds A Friend In Trump's Washington

On the campaign trail, Trump slammed Wall Street for causing "tremendous problems" and promised to "drain the swamp" in part by breaking up the biggest banks. Trump knocked Hillary Clinton's paid speeches to Wall Street and villainized Goldman Sachs in his closing campaign ad.

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Black-Owned E-Commerce Site, Perfect Tux, Hits Six Figures in Less Than a Year!

“Quality Above Anything Else” is the motto behind the e-commerce site, Perfect Tux, which launched in March of 2016 and was founded by Steven Burton, a long time e-commerce veteran with over ten years of formal wear industry experience. Perfect Tux throws out the traditional tux rental model in favor of reasonably priced, unique and trend friendly items for purchase. Perfect Tux is on track to hit $300,000 in revenue by the end of the month and continues to show explosive growth; all in under a year.

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Tackling Poverty And Segregation, Not Tough Talk, Is The Solution To Chicago's Woes

Donald Trump is fixated on what he describes as the "carnage" going on in Chicago, suggesting that if Chicago's horrendous homicide rate doesn't come down, he'll "send in the feds." At his recent press conference, he announced plans to create "a task for reducing violent crime in America, including the horrendous situation -- take a look at Chicago and others -- taking place right now in our inner cities."

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Facebook finally makes a virtual reality world

The conference is a chance for Zuckerberg and his executives to wax poetic about all they ways they're changing the world, while also getting brands excited to sell things on Facebook.

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Georgia Couple Gets Prison for Racist Threats at Child's Birthday Party

A Georgia couple who rode with a Confederate flag-waving group that made armed threats against African-Americans at a child's birthday party were sentenced to prison Monday.

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5 Things for Your New Day

Sessions wasn't the only one talking to Russia. Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Trump has ties to drug maker Regeneron -- and now its stock is surging

President Trump received a high dose of an experimental antibody cocktail from Regeneron as part of his Covid-19 treatment. Now the drugmaker's stock is up sharply -- and questions are swirling about the president's ties to Regeneron's billionaire CEO.

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School District sued over alleged inappropriate behavior by volunteer soccer coach

The Lindbergh School District is now facing a lawsuit following accusations of inappropriate behavior by a soccer coach. The mother of a 12-year-old girl at the center of the lawsuit is speaking to News 4.

This is *exactly* how tone-deaf the Trump campaign is on Covid-19

Here's an exchange that happened between CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Trump campaign national press secretary Hogan Gidley on the same day that the United States reported its highest seven-day rolling average of cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic:

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Trump in 2011 said lower-income Americans should have to pay taxes to 'be a part of the game' and said he paid 'a lot'

Donald Trump in a 2011 interview said even Americans who don't earn much should have to pay something in taxes to be "part of the game."

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Repeat Performance

Texans drop season opener to the Chiefs

For at least four hours on Thursday night, America felt normal again because the NFL was back. In spite of everything this country has been through with the COVID-19 global pandemic, football is something that can help mentally take away all of the disastrous events that has happened this year. Unfortunately for the Houston Texans their woes continued as their 2020 NFL season began the same way their 2019 season ended with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Barrick Gold's stock soars after Warren Buffett's company buys a stake

Warren Buffett hates gold -- he has made no secret of his distaste for it as an investment. But the Oracle of Omaha's Berkshire Hathaway revealed Friday that it has bought a new stake in top miner Barrick Gold. As if 2020 couldn't get any stranger

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Russian farmers are ditching the ruble for a new cryptocurrency

In a small village outside Moscow, a quiet revolution is underway. Farmers and small businesses around Kolionovo, 80 miles from the capital, are ditching the ruble and switching to a cryptocurrency -- the kolion -- to pay for local trade.

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Voters appear to back recall of judge who gave Stanford swimmer 6 months for sex assault

Voters in California appeared to hand down a sentence of their own to recall controversial Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.

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O.J. Simpson Described 'Blood and Stuff' in 2006 Hypothetical Murder TV Confession

It took 12 years for the tapes to surface, but television audiences were able to finally hear what Fox billed as O.J. Simpson's "shocking hypothetical account" of the 1994 murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.