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Panthers QB Bryce Young will start in Week 9, when the Saints anticipate Derek Carr's return
Read full article: Panthers QB Bryce Young will start in Week 9, when the Saints anticipate Derek Carr's returnCarolina Panthers quarterback is scheduled to get his second straight start on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, who expect to have Derek Carr return under center for the first time since Week 5.
Analysis: 4 reasons Kamala Harris is coming to Houston
Read full article: Analysis: 4 reasons Kamala Harris is coming to HoustonVice President Kamala Harris is making a significant visit to Houston on Friday. It’s a trip that underscores several critical political dynamics and strategies as election day nears.
Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Read full article: Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la CruzGeorgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count.
Officer's attorney: Videos show fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman was justified
Read full article: Officer's attorney: Videos show fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman was justifiedAn Ohio police officer has made his initial court appearance after being charged in the fatal shooting of Ta’Kiya Young.
Officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shoplifting
Read full article: Officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shopliftingAn Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on charges including murder in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young.
State’s move to bump federal judge from longtime foster care lawsuit caps years of battles
Read full article: State’s move to bump federal judge from longtime foster care lawsuit caps years of battlesA federal judge has taken the Texas’ foster care system to task for 13 years. Reforms have been made. Now armed with private legal fire power, the state wants the judge off the case.
State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans
Read full article: State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million TexansAffected Texans who receive Medicaid coverage would be shifted to new insurers next year if the state health and human services agency sticks to its plan. It’s now up to the executive commissioner to make a final decision.
Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South
Read full article: Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the SouthNearly 130 years since the first three women were elected to state legislative offices in the U.S., women remain massively underrepresented in state legislatures.
Ta’Kiya Young, killed by police in an Ohio parking lot, is mourned along with her unborn child
Read full article: Ta’Kiya Young, killed by police in an Ohio parking lot, is mourned along with her unborn childTa’Kiya Young planned to move her growing family into a place of her own, and was just steps away from achieving that goal.
KPRC 2 Investigates: Who will you call if stuck on the side of the road?
Read full article: KPRC 2 Investigates: Who will you call if stuck on the side of the road?You can’t always anticipate when you might have car trouble and being stuck on the side of the road is not just annoying-- it can be dangerous. KPRC 2 Investigates why you might want to be careful about who you call when minutes really do matter.
Young actress Kyrie McAlpin, nominated for an Emmy discusses latest project
Read full article: Young actress Kyrie McAlpin, nominated for an Emmy discusses latest projectTuesday at 1:00 p.m. on Houston Life, Young actress Kyrie McAlpin, who is nominated for the first ever Children’s & Family Emmy Awards while join the team in studio. She’ll discuss her latest project: the new BET+ holiday movie BLACKJACK CHRISTMAS!
Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimony
Read full article: Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimonyThe only Harvey Weinstein accuser to testify at both his New York and California trials has taken the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom to repeat her account of what she says was a sexual assault by the former movie mogul in 2013.
Services set for ‘hero’ officer killed in supermarket attack
Read full article: Services set for ‘hero’ officer killed in supermarket attackThe retired police officer killed in the Buffalo supermarket shooting has been posthumously awarded the city police department's medal of honor and promoted to lieutenant.
Houston mom creates crowdsourcing map to help parents find baby formula amid shortage. Here’s how it works
Read full article: Houston mom creates crowdsourcing map to help parents find baby formula amid shortage. Here’s how it worksA Houston mom is helping parents find baby formula during a nationwide shortage.
Daboll's Giants staff: 1st woman coach, 2 new coordinators
Read full article: Daboll's Giants staff: 1st woman coach, 2 new coordinatorsRecently hired Brian Daboll has filled out a majority of his staff with the Giants, adding the first woman to hold a coaching position in the team’s history along with a pair of coordinators new to New York.
2 Australian states urge against under 40s taking AZ vaccine
Read full article: 2 Australian states urge against under 40s taking AZ vaccineThe Queensland and Western Australia state governments have advised people under age 40 not to take the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine because of the risk of a rare blood clotting disorder, despite the Australian government making those shots available to all adults.
Arizona GOP wants felony for protesters who damage statues
Read full article: Arizona GOP wants felony for protesters who damage statuesRepublicans in the Arizona Legislature are reacting to last year's wave of damage to Confederate monuments by civil rights protesters here and across the nation by working to make it a felony to damage or destroy any public or private monument or statue. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)PHOENIX – Republicans in the Arizona Legislature are reacting to last year's wave of damage to Confederate monuments by civil rights protesters here and across the nation by working to make it a felony to damage or destroy any public or private monument or statue. Rep. John Kavanagh supported his proposal at a Senate committee hearing Thursday by saying public monuments are a statement by the community that demand more protection. The proposal adds defacing a monument or statue to existing law that makes it a aggravated felony offense to deface a cemetery headstone or church. Scores of Confederate statues, monuments or markers were removed from public land across the country after Floyd’s death.
Dosunmu's return powers No. 4 Illinois over No. 7 Ohio State
Read full article: Dosunmu's return powers No. 4 Illinois over No. 7 Ohio StateIllinois guard Adam Miller, bottom, passes against Ohio State forward Justice Sueing during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, March 6, 2021. 7 Ohio State 73-68. Andre Curbelo also had 19 points as Illinois got its second straight road win over a top 10 team after routing No. The teams traded punches in the second half, but again Ohio State had trouble making shots down the stretch, missing on its last 10 attempts. BIG PICTUREIllinois is peaking at the right time and brimming with confidence after beating top 10 teams in back-to-back games for the first time since the 2005 NCAA Tournament.
Polio survivors reflect on pandemic as they receive COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: Polio survivors reflect on pandemic as they receive COVID-19 vaccineHOUSTON – Memorial Hermann hospital has a special connection to polio survivors and wanted to ensure they were high on its list of patients to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital first began treating polio survivors in the 1950′s and 1960′s, according to Dr. Gerard Francisco, chief medical officer at TIRR Memorial Hermann/ UTHealth. “Either because they got the polio before the vaccine was developed or when the vaccine was developed, they did not have access to it.”The TIRR post-polio clinic now treats polio survivors, like Rhonda Young of Kingwood. AdFull Screen Full Screen 1 / 6 Historical photos of polio patients being treated in the 1950s at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. AdDr. Francisco said polio survivors were among some of the hospital’s first patients vaccinated against COVID-19.
Bar owners face uncertain future with rollback in reopenings
Read full article: Bar owners face uncertain future with rollback in reopeningsNEW CANEY, Texas – Since last spring, Texas bar owners have been on a financial roller coaster. In Montgomery County, Sandra Young says the doors of her place, Bokeeter’s Cocktail Bar in New Caney, will remain open in spite of any closure order. She’s had a long-running dispute with state regulators ever since she was first ordered to close last spring. Young’s business actually shouldn’t be open right now. But Young is convinced she has a right to remain open regardless of what the governor says.
It is heartbreaking': KPRC 2 producer, Louisiana native shares what its like to watch her hometown get pummeled by Hurricane Laura
Read full article: It is heartbreaking': KPRC 2 producer, Louisiana native shares what its like to watch her hometown get pummeled by Hurricane LauraHurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron, Louisiana, just 10 miles from where Young grew up. Young said most of her family lives in the area and their situation is no different. A lot (of my family members) have evacuated, which is unusual for Louisiana people, Young said. Lake Charles is feeling the effect, but as Young said, Laura pummeled Cameron Parish first. I am going to go back, and my house isnt going to be there, Young said.
55 years after riots, Watts neighborhood still bears scars
Read full article: 55 years after riots, Watts neighborhood still bears scarsLorinda Lacy, 45, stands outside her party store painted with a mural depicting Martin Luther King Jr. in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. There was violence and looting in some places, including Los Angeles, but not in LAs Watts neighborhood, forever linked to an uprising that broke out in the segregated community 55 years ago and became known as the Watts riots. Black residents, people born here and those who work to make life better in Watts spoke to The Associated Press about the challenges they faced and those that remain. He said the legacy of the Watts riots is something he keeps in mind as he tries to make life better for residents. Were not the same California we were 55 years ago or the city of Los Angeles 55 years ago.
Cecile Young to lead Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Read full article: Cecile Young to lead Texas Health and Human Services CommissionCecile Young will run the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in the midst of a pandemic that has hit Texas particularly hard. Texas Health and Human Services CommissionCecile Young has been named the new head of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as the agency fights an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases in the state. Cecile will provide immediate leadership to help solve the health care challenges facing our state during this pandemic, said Gov. She worked at the Health and Human Services Commission in the early 1990s after it was created by the Legislature, helping launch the fledgling agency, according to her LinkedIn page. Courtney Phillips led the commission for just over a year before leaving to take the top job at Louisianas health agency.
Dr. Dre's Wife Nicole Young Files for Divorce After 24 Years of Marriage
Read full article: Dr. Dre's Wife Nicole Young Files for Divorce After 24 Years of MarriageDr. Dre's wife, Nicole Young, has filed for divorce from the 55-year-old rapper and businessman, according to multiple reports. According to reports, Young filed the paperwork on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences as her reason for the divorce. Forbes reports that Dr. Dre was worth $800 million as of 2019. This fortune is due in part to his successful headphone line, Beats By Dr. Dre, which Apple acquired for $3 billion in 2014. RELATED CONTENT:Carly Pearce Files for Divorce From Michael RayStacey Dash Files for Divorce From Husband Jeffrey MartyKelly Clarkson Files for Divorce From Husband Brandon Blackstock