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An Arizona Transplant Family is Celebrating National Minority Donor Awareness Week: Please Register to be a Life-Saving Organ or Tissue Donor

August 1st - 7th is recognized as National Minority Donor Awareness Week, which was created in 1998 to increase our nation’s consciousness of the need for more organ and tissue donors -- especially among multicultural communities. National Minority Donor Awareness Week honors communities of color who have been donors, and encourages others to register as donors. It is about empowering multicultural communities to save and heal lives by registering as organ and tissue donors.

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January 6 committee finalizing witness list and topics ahead of high-stakes hearings in June

A month before it kicks off a series of high-profile public hearings, the House select committee investigating January 6 is still finalizing its witness list and preparing to reach out to people it wants to testify publicly.

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How 4.5 million people managed to buy a home this year amid the toughest market in a generation

This has been a year of superlatives in residential real estate — and not in a good way.

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TRAVIS SCOTT & CACTUS JACK FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE TAKEOVER OF HOUSTON, TEXAS WEEK OF ASTROWORLD FESTIVAL 2021

ASTROWORLD WEEK INCLUDES TEXAS HOMECOMING PREMIERE OF A24’s “RED ROCKET,” CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT & CACTUS JACK FOUNDATION FALL CLASSIC SOFTBALL GAME.

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Top Destinations for Summer 2023

Summer is right around the corner and no matter how many countries your readers have checked off your list, there's always a new city, region, or country to explore. From air safaris and train adventures, to picturesque towns and tropical lagoons, please consider these summer vacation ideas for any roundups that you are working on:

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hints at more bad news for borrowers

Additional interest rate hikes are still on the table and rates could remain elevated for longer than expected, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.

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With the Oscar-nominated ‘Barbie,’ Mattel has arrived in Hollywood. What’s next for the toy company?

Barbie has had quite the year. As she celebrates her 65th birthday this week, the newly minted movie star has inspired a worldwide cultural movement and will make her grand debut at the Academy Awards this upcoming weekend with eight nominations.

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Winning the War Against Ancient Diseases

The World Health Organization is on track to meet its goals to control, eliminate or eradicate sleeping sickness, Chagas and other ancient illnesses by 2020.

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'The impossible is not impossible': The push to make Covid-19 vaccines at record speed

Before the pandemic, Anne Leonard's friends and family had only a cursory interest in her two decades of work manufacturing pharmaceuticals.

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The Most Expensive City to Live in 2017 is ...

They may be in opposite corners of the globe, but Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver have one thing in common.

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Comerica Bank Partners With Minority Depository Institutions

Locally, Unity National Bank Will Now Have The Ability To Provide Low Cost Funds Within The Houston Communities Severly Impacted By The COVID-19 Pandemic

Comerica Bank announced this week that it is. moving $10 million in deposits to Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) within its five-state footprint, as well as building a mutual mentoring relationship with these institutions. MDIs assist minority and under-served communities and foster economic viability in these communities.

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Affluent White student-athletes are profiting from the labor of their poor Black peers, study says

A new study of the economics of college sports found that affluent White students are profiting off the labor of poor Black students.

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Top 10 Scholarship Programs That Every Black Woman Should Know About

Every year, thousands of scholarship programs around the world help students obtain much-needed financial aid. Many of these programs, however, are specifically for women. And some of them are just for Black and other minority women.

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Austin explosion may have been triggered by tripwire, police say

An explosion that injured two men Sunday night could've been triggered by a tripwire, said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, after a fourth blast in the Texas city in little over two weeks.

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The Health Care Debate Is Long Overdue

Affordable health care for all is now at the center of the presidential debate. Two of the top three contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination -- Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders -- support Medicare for All. The third -- Joe Biden -- and those hoping to take his place as the leading centrist in the race -- Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar -- have attacked the plan to contrast their candidacies from Sanders and Warren. Donald Trump, who wants to eliminate the Affordable Care Act itself, and has already added some 10 million people to the ranks of the uninsured, scorns it as "socialism," just as earlier Republicans libeled Social Security and Medicare itself when they were under consideration.

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The bull market turns 10 years old

The longest bull market in American history was dealt a scary brush with death late last year. But it survived, narrowly, and it's now been alive for a decade.

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Trump Grants Clemency to Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black in Final

The White House announced early Wednesday that President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to rapper Lil Wayne and a commutation to rapper Kodak Black, two of the raft of pardons and commutations on his final day in office.

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Kathy Hochul will take over as New York governor

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will become governor of New York after Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that he will resign in two weeks following the state attorney general's investigation that found he sexually harassed multiple women.

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More severe storms could erupt today as rescue work continues after 2 died in Oklahoma amid tornadoes reports

More severe storms are threatening some 50 million people from Texas to Wisconsin after the same system left at least two people dead in Oklahoma, with a dozen tornadoes reported across three states and search-and-rescue still underway in some places.

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Snow blankets Greece and Turkey as wild weather system creates rare 'snownado'

A rare and severe snowstorm has blanketed parts of Greece and Turkey, causing chaos on the streets of major cities and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.