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St. Louis Fed President James Bullard is stepping down
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard announced Thursday he is stepping down from his position in mid-August.
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Tagore Center Foundation in Association with Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival (PTAFF) Hosts Wellness Festival Aimed at Communities of Color
The Tagore Center Foundation, in partnership with Pembroke Taparelli Arts & Film Festival (PTAFF), announces the Rooted in Wellness: An Event for Communities of Color. The event is open to the public and will take place on Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Tagore Center Foundation located at 3850 Ashburnham Dr., Houston, TX 77082.
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Flooded within Innovation Merle Normann Cosmetics Announces the Launch of Aqua Bliss
Merle Norman Cosmetics announces its FIRST foray into the world of clean skincare with the introduction of NEW Aqua Bliss, a 97% natural, plant-based moisturizer that provides superior barrier protection and time-released hydration for skin that is left feeling smooth and supple. This luxuriously weightless infusion of natural oils and antioxidants melts into skin, leaving it soothed, replenished, and blissfully hydrated.
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Jackson State University Will Honor President Emeritus John Peoples During 144th Founders’ Day Convocation on Oct. 28President Emeritus John A. Peoples, Jr. Ph.D. will receive an honorary doctorate of
President Emeritus John A. Peoples, Jr. Ph.D. will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters during Jackson State University’s 144th Founders’ Day Convocation on Thursday, Oct. 28th at 10 a.m. on the Gibbs-Green Plaza, which will also be livestreamed.
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Amazon posted a crypto job. Bitcoin surged 14%
Amazon listed a job opening for a digital currency and blockchain product lead, sending cryptocurrencies soaring Monday.
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Texas Arena League Continues the 2023 Season At Legends Polo Club
‘Hockey on Horseback’ Plays the Third Leg of the Series in Dallas Feb 24-26
It’s the dawn of a new era for sports lovers in the Dallas area as the Texas Arena League (TAL) announced its 2023 season will continue at Legends Polo Club Feb 24-26.
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Campus Chronicles - February 7, 2024
Let's give a round of applause to Melinda Winston for shattering the Alief ISD Hastings High School Lady Bears Rebound record, amassing an impressive 983 career rebounds! 🔥 Kudos on this remarkable achievement!
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Black History Month - ‘The Space Race’ brings out-of-this-world perspective
The annual influx of Black History Month programming yields an out-of-this-world documentary in “The Space Race,” which recognizes pioneers in integrating the space program, the resistance they faced and even the Soviet Union preceding America in sending a person of color into orbit.
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It’s leap day, also known this year as a regular workday.
If you have a job, you’re likely not working for free. In fact, when you were hired, you agreed to work for a given amount of pay over the course of a year, which you assumed meant 365 days.
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Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson and now it all makes sense
Turns out Taylor Swift was spot on naming her forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
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Texas Southern University Sports Hall of Fame Unveils Star-Studded 2024 Induction Class
The inaugural induction class of the reinstated Texas Southern University Sports Hall of Fame includes 24 former student-athletes, coaches, and contributors representing various sports disciplines.
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Rainforest Cafe Celebrates 30 Wild Years of Adventure
Prepare for an epic celebration as Rainforest Cafe commemorates three decades of unforgettable dining experiences in its vibrant, tropical oasis! Guests are cordially invited to revel in the festivities and indulge in a delectable array of new menu offerings, throwback favorites, and irresistible promotions. With its iconic ambiance and a dash of fresh surprises, Rainforest Cafe promises an immersive dining adventure like no other.
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Drag queen storytime in England promotes compassion and inclusion. British far-right extremists are importing US hate against them
An ordinary red-brick library in the southern English town of Reading is an unlikely backdrop for the latest front in the battle for equality for the LGBTQ+ community. But last week -- in scenes later repeated across the country-- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.
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Nipsey Hussle was more of a movement than a musician
Hours after Nipsey Hussle was gunned down in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Los Angeles Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff announced that he had been scheduled to meet with the rapper.
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Cops Use Murdered Woman's Fitbit to Charge Her Husband
The attack, as Richard Dabate described it to police, was horrific. A masked intruder barged into his Connecticut home, he said, tied up and tortured him and -- when his wife came home -- shot and killed her.
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Free COVID-19 Surge Testing Coming to Harris County’s Two Stationary Sites
New testing operations will increase capacity at HCPH and get results faster
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DSHS), both of Harris County Public Health’s (HCPH) Ken Pridgeon Stadium and San Jacinto College Central Campus locations will transition to surge testing sites, aiming to increase testing capacity and faster lab turnaround times.
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What you'll see less of at CES this year: Chinese vendors
In another sign of the strains between the American and Chinese business worlds, the countries' technology cold war has boiled over to America's largest tech trade show.
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1 in 5 parents say their kids eat more fast food during the pandemic, poll finds
For some families, the pandemic has thrown a wrench in healthy eating plans due to stress from remote work, e-learning, money problems, sickness and more.
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Key GOP senators signal that raising age to buy semiautomatic weapons is off the table
The two leading GOP senators involved in gun talks on Capitol Hill signaled Monday evening that it's unlikely Congress will raise the age requirement for purchasing semiautomatic firearms to 21, instead saying they are looking at changing the criminal background check system to access juvenile records before a sale is complete.
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Eric Benet Headlines the 2017 Black Heritage Fest
"Not just a festival, It's an Experience"
Eric Benét and many others set to rip the stage at the third annual Black Heritage Festival. Center stage in the nation's fourth largest black populated city, Houston Texas. Over 10k African-Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Africans from the Continent, Afro Latinos & Hispanics, multi-cultural guest flock to Houston's iconic Discovery Green, Saturday September 30th 2017.