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L.J. Cryer gives UH Cougars scoring spark

L.J. Cryer impresses as a high-scoring asset for UH Cougars basketball team.

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2020 Mary L. Nohl Fellowships for Individual Artists Awarded - Milwaukee Community Journal

Five Artists Share $70,000 in Eighteenth Cycle Five recipients of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists have been selected from a field of 151 applicants in the eighteenth annual competition. Ck Ledesma and Nirmal Raja were chosen in the Established

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Coronavirus: 32 states struggle with higher rates of infection | The Atlanta Voice

While new Covid-19 infections keep soaring in most states, some hospitals are close to running out of beds. But by the looks of packed holiday crowds this weekend, many Americans dont care threatening to infect others and set the economy back even further. We are in free fall, said Dr. Rochelle

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December may be the season of giving – but it’s typically a challenging time to collect enough blood donations. Add in a pandemic, and this year could be even tougher than

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Solving the CNL6 mystery in Batten disease

How mutations in this gene lead to the disease has been a mystery, but a study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals how defective CLN6 can result in Batten

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“This is Survival” – Part Three – Dallas Post Tribune

My Day By Dr. J. Ester Davis Picture: Dr. Phil Huang, Director, Dallas County Health&Human Services What is the most important topic to date from the Dallas County Health Department? Is it contact tracing or the illusive vaccine? What groups will be receiving the proposed vaccine first? With

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Coronavirus cases in Texas are soaring again. But this time Gov. Greg Abbott says no lockdown is coming. – Dallas Post Tribune

BY PATRICK SVITEK AND DAN ROSENZWEIG-ZIFF On June 26, Texas was reporting 5,102 people had been hospitalized due to the coronavirus, breaking a new record for the state. The positivity rate — the portion of tests that come back positive — had hovered above Gov. Greg Abbott’s “warning flag” level of

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Expert warns the US is approaching 'one of the most unstable times in the history of our country' | The Atlanta Voice

With rising Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations sending many states backward in their reopening plans, one health expert warns that if the US continues on its current path it will reach 'one of the most unstable times in the history of our country.' 'We will have hospitals overwhelmed and not only

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Texas State Coach Accused Of Racist ‘Chicken’ Comments Against Athletes

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Texas Faculty Association calls for strict safety standards as universities reopen | East Texas Review

“Texas remains a COVID hot spot with a recent positivity rate among those tested for the virus of more than 20 percent.” Pat Heintzelman, president of TFA and an instructor at Lamar University in Beaumont. “Some universities in Texas are not asking students to quarantine before they come to

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Texas: 'I think the numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week,' governor says - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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December has been the nation's deadliest month since the Covid-19 pandemic's start - with more than 63,000 Americans lost to the virus in the past 26 days. In comparison, the entire month of November saw about 36,964 deaths. The death toll comes on the heels of several brutal months, with Covid-19

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Sheriff says Vincent Jackson's autopsy shows he 'suffered from chronic alcoholism' - TheGrio

Officials have an idea of what caused Vincent Jackson to lose his life. It appears the pro football played passed away... View Article The post Sheriff says Vincent Jackson's autopsy shows he 'suffered from chronic alcoholism' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Lakers Legend Elgin Baylor Dead At 86, #NBATwitter Shows Respect

Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE The basketball world has lost yet another one of its trailblazing stars in Elgin Baylor, a scoring and rebounding machine despite having the build…

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NBA Legend Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons Elgin G. Baylor (pictured) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers. He appeared in eight NBA Finals. At 6'5″ and

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#Election2020: Trump's failure to work with Biden is becoming more urgent as Covid spreads | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump is facing a barrage of calls to permit potentially life-saving transition talks between his health officials and incoming President-elect Joe Biden's aides on a fast-worsening pandemic he is continuing to ignore in his obsessive effort to discredit an election that he clearly

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Texas universities are moving more classes online but keeping tuition the same. Students are asking if its worth the money. | Dallas Weekly

By Raga Justin and Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune Sarah Ramos has spent her summer anxiously awaiting a fall return to Texas AM’s campus at College Station. She is hoping for some normalcy after she and her classmates were abruptly forced off campus last semester and into Zoom-based classes for the

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Coronavirus testing in Texas plummets as schools prepare to reopen | Dallas Weekly

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The Tough Pac-12 Conference Prepared UCLA For The NCAA Tournament - Los Angeles Sentinel

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Hospital Capacity in Dallas on December 31

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2020 Year-in-Review | Afram News

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