A now-viral photo showing Dasani water being sold for $43 a case at a Houston Best Buy was “a big mistake,” the company said Tuesday. A photo taken by Houston resident John McGovern made the rounds on social media on Tuesday amid reports of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Mr. McGovern told […]
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USAThree Democratic senators seen as potential candidates in the 2020 presidential election—Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Kamala Harris (California) and Kristen Gillibrand (New York)—could earn the historic opportunity to end Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House and in the process become the first female American president. But before any of them even get a chance to
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USABy Jennifer Brett, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author and evangelist Joel Osteen, senior pastor of Houston’s Lakewood Church, is responding after getting some criticism after posting messages of prayer on social media. Many have posted on social media demanding to know why the megachurch hasn’t been turned into a shelter for storm refugees. RELATED: Joel Osteen’s
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USALate Wednesday night, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its so-called “study” on grid reliability. Secretary Perry commissioned the report in this April memo, asking the DOE to investigate whether our electric grid’s reliability is threatened by the “erosion of critical baseload resources,” meaning coal and nuclear power plants. Perry took the unusual step
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The World We Share, USAChocolate often gets a bad reputation for how it treats your waistline and your teeth, but a new Italian study found that a daily serving of dark chocolate enriched with extra virgin olive oil was good for participants’ heart health, and lowered their risk for cardiovascular problems down the road. Before you get too excited,
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBrazil’s government is scrambling to respond to public outcry after it dismantled a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) banned mining in roughly 46,000 square km of Amazon rainforest, an area larger than Denmark. It was set up in 1984
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International, The World We SharePresident Donald Trump traveled to Texas on Tuesday to get an up-close look at the devastating damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. Unprecedented flooding has driven thousands out of their homes throughout the region. In the Greater Houston area, some of those displaced by catastrophic flooding are finding refuge inside local mosques. “They’re not just
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USAWASHINGTON — Pentagon officials said Tuesday that National Guard assets are at full readiness to assist in the unfolding disaster in Texas wrought by Tropical Storm Harvey. Maj. Gen. James C. Witham, director of domestic operations for the National Guard, told Pentagon reporters that up to 30,000 guardsmen as well as a U.S. naval amphibious
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Soon, the pizza you order from Domino’s might show up in a Ford Fusion hybrid without a driver. Domino’s and Ford will begin testing the concept Wednesday in Ann Arbor, where Domino’s is based, to see whether customers like the idea of driverless-car delivery or stumble over what amounts to a
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Travel and Food, USAA visiting assistant professor at the University of Tampa was “relieved of duty” after describing the destruction from Hurricane Harvey as “instant karma” for Texans who voted Republican last year, the school said Tuesday. Kenneth Storey, whose LinkedIn profile says he lives in Winter Park, Fla., and also teaches at Hillsborough Community College, ignited online
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USAImagine the scenario: Your house is underwater. You’re desperately looking for food and water for your family, and you finally find a store that’s open. But as you go to pay for what you need, one of the few human necessities — clean water — costs ten times what it normally does. RELATED: Joel Osteen’s
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USAHillary Clinton’s case isn’t interesting enough to the public to justify releasing the FBI’s files on her, the bureau said this week in rejecting an open-records request by a lawyer seeking to have the former secretary of state punished for perjury. Ty Clevenger, the lawyer, has been trying to get Mrs. Clinton and her personal
Edwin Black’s latest 5–part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. This is Part 1. By Edwin Black Part 1 of a continuing series WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Hillel International CEO Eric Fingerhut stands at the window of
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International, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Scholars looking to research San Diego’s Jewish history as well as genealogists hoping to learn more about their own ancestors can now refer to a website created by the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego to learn what is in that organization’s collection. The web address is http://jhssandiego.pastperfectonline.com/. Collections are grouped into
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