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Former Houston Rocket Calvin Murphy will Conduct Basketball Clinic Before 225 Boys and Girls Compete in 2-Day Street Olympics Basketball Tournament

3-on-3 Basketball Championship Tournament Designed to Instill Teamwork, Leadership and Confidence

Calvin Murphy, retired Houston Rockets and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, will conduct a basketball clinic before about 225 Houston-area boys and girls – ages 7 to 17 – hoop it up at the annual Harris County Street Olympics Summer Games 3-on-3 Basketball Championship Tournament. The two-day, single-elimination tourney at Fonde Recreation Center, operated by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, features youth from recreation centers that participate in the nonprofit Street Olympics events.

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Cyclists Push For Passage Of Houston Bike Plan

Bike advocates are pushing the city to make Houston’s streets safer after two cyclists died the week of the Super Bowl.

Houston 2020 high school senior celebration only days away

Live event program information and updates to video tribute celebrity lineup

Now just days away, Houston area high school seniors will soon celebrate their achievements at a series of special outdoor events created by their respective school districts at the urging of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Five participating districts: Aldine, Alief, HISD, Spring Branch and Spring have announced locations and plans for their individual celebrations Friday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m.

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Mayor Turner Appoints Office of Business Opportunity Director

Houston City Council approves appointee

Today, Houston City Council confirmed Marsha E. Murray as Director of the Office of Business Opportunity. She has filled the role as Interim Director since September 2019. Murray previously served as Deputy Director of OBO from 2012-2019.

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Top Bands Throw Down At The Houston Blues Challenge To Compete For An Opportunity To Showcase At The IBC In Memphis

Top bands from around the city of Houston compete for a chance to be sponsored by the Houston Blues Society. This opportunity comes as a major opportunity to assist with trip expenses for talent to go against crews from around the globe at the International Blues Competition in Memphis, TN.

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Atlanta lawmaker calls for release of rapper 21 Savage from ICE custody

A Georgia lawmaker is urging federal officials to release rapper 21 Savage after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained him in Atlanta this week.

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Home Cooking: Houston Texans Plays First Home Game of the 2018 NFL Season Against the Giants

Growing up, I can admit that I wasn’t the perfect angel. I know that’s hard to believe but it’s true. There were a lot of lessons I had to learn the hard way, which would lead my grandmother to always say her favorite phrase before she would politely show me the meaning of it. Literally. “A hard head makes a soft butt.” If the Texans don’t learn from their miscues in a 20 – 17 loss to division rival Tennessee Titans, they will have to learn that phrase the hard way. They start the season 0-3.

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Rock Hall of Fame replacing live induction ceremony with HBO special

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced Wednesday that it will replace its annual live induction ceremony with an exclusive HBO special honoring this year's inductees.

Casablanca Gala Extravaganza: A Night of Elegance and Philanthropy at The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science

The John P. McGovern Museum's 'Casablanca Gala' at Four Seasons Hotel Houston raised almost $300,000 for Health Museum education and community programs, featuring dinner, dancing, and a special performance by Doppelganger, chaired by Dr. James Flowers.

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GreenStreet Unveils Downtown’s First Houston BCycle Art Station

Downtown’s Mixed-use District Partners with Local Artist to Elevate its Existing BCycle Station for Riders

Houston-based Midway, a privately owned, fully integrated real estate investment and development firm, today unveiled an eye-catching new Art Station titled “The Whimsy Station,” brought to life by local artist, designer and muralist Shelbi Nicole, adorning its Houston BCycle station located at GreenStreet, downtown Houston’s vibrant mixed-use district. This marks the first Art Station in downtown Houston, and the fourth in market, for the nonprofit organization’s bike share program.

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Houston Area Urban League 49TH Annual Equal Opportunity Day Gala

“Celebrating 49 Years of Excellence”

The Houston Area Urban League (HAUL) will celebrate 49 years of providing services to the Greater Houston community on Saturday, June 17th, 2017 with its Equal Opportunity Day Gala featuring a dinner, Honoree recognition and entertainment. The event will be held in the Ballroom of the Americas at the Hilton Americas Hotel, beginning at 6 p.m. with a reception, followed by the program and dinner at 7:00 pm. This year’s featured entertainment will be Texas Southern University.

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Super Bowl LI Kicks Off With A Lively Opening Night

Super Bowl Opening Night had a bit of everything on Monday, ranging from funny to serious. It also included a touching moment by Tom Brady and almost a major disaster involving the Atlanta Falcons' game plan.

Blood flow recovers faster than brain in micro strokes

Rice University neuroengineers develop tech to measure blood flow and neuronal recovery simultaneously

Increased blood flow to the brain after a microscopic stroke doesn’t mean that part of the brain has recovered. At least not yet.

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Houston Museum District to Host Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting Conference

The annual event will bring together hundreds of museum professionals and institutions from across the state of Texas to Houston from April 18-21, 2018.

The Texas Association of Museums (TAM) will host its annual meeting this year in Houston on April 18-21 at the downtown Hyatt Regency Houston. The 2018 theme, Taking the Pulse of Museums: Healthy Enough to Stay the Course, ties in with one of Houston’s major industries, the medical community. The conference brings together hundreds of professionals and institutions from all over Texas for educational sessions, targeted workshops, networking events and award ceremonies that recognize persons and institutions that have advanced the field in the past year.

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New study finds more cancers linked to tainted water at Camp Lejeune,

Military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the mid-1970s and ’80s are more likely to be diagnosed with certain cancers compared with those stationed at a similar military base in California during the same period, a highly anticipated new government study shows.

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The Ebony Foundation Works to Feed Over 650,000 Chilren and Seniors Weekly During COVID-19 Pandemic, Starts in Detroit

To address the increased need for food assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak amid school closures and social distancing, the EBONY Foundation starting today, wants community to know “WE GOT YOU” by coordinating the delivery over a million tons of food to community members in need.

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Four Tips to Help Communities and Churches Battle Human Trafficking: Baylor Expert

Super Bowl shines spotlight on global epidemic

Super Bowl festivities in Houston will be in full swing this week as the nation gears up for the NFL’s premier event on Sunday. Thousands of people will pour into the city. Unfortunately, those crowds will include those involved in human trafficking.

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Bitter Sweet: Texans Defeat the Titans to Extend Winning Streak to 8 and Remember the Life of Owner Bob McNair

Even though the weather outside of NRG stadium was a frigid 50 degrees and before you begin to laugh, that is very cold for a city that is used to 75 degrees with humidity added. Inside the stadium was blazing with one of the hottest teams in the NFL right now. The Houston Texans defeated the Tennessee Titans 34-17 to extend their winning streak to 8 games. They also completed the first game of a three game homestand (Browns, Colts).

Houston Community College Hit With $100 Million Dollar Racial Discrimination Class Action Suit Filed On Behalf of Black Employees on Juneteenth

A $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed in a Houston, Texas state district court on behalf of hundreds of Black present and former employees of the Houston Community College (“HCC”). The suit was intentionally filed Friday, June 19, 2020– “Juneteenth—the anniversary date that Black slaves in Texas learned they had been freed from slavery two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln.

Houston City Council Approves Mayor Turner's Proposed Rental Relief Program

Program To Help 6,818 Struggling Houston Area Households

Today, the Houston City Council approved a $15 million rent relief fund to help Houstonians make their payments amidst the COVID-19 public health crisis.