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  Any Of You Weirdos Still Watching Contagion?

  April 3 at 5 a.m.

  Among the — to me — more surprising revelations during the opening weeks of this, the Great Pandemic of 2020, was that Steven Soderbergh's 2011 virus epic Contagion was one of the most-watched streaming movies: Contagion is currently trending on both Amazon Prime and iTunes and is in the top four...

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  Openings and Closings: The Local Edition

  April 3 at 4:30 a.m.

  We are all getting a little cranky and stir crazy as the weeks turn into possible months of quarantine and social distancing. And some of us are still not getting the idea. We are trying to support Houston's restaurants and businesses but we would like to reiterate that in doing...

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  Alas Poor Yorick, No Houston Shakespeare Festival This Year. or Texas Music Festival.

  April 3 at 4:30 a.m.

  The University of Houston has decided to postpone its much-beloved Houston Shakespeare Festival scheduled for July and August and its Texas Music Festival scheduled for June because of the coronavirus. In a group letter signed by leaders in the McGovern College of the Arts at UH, the writers say that...

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  Technology That Has Proven Invaluable During the Coronavirus

  April 3 at 4 a.m.

  While so many of us have been hidden away, practicing self quarantining and social distancing, we have managed to remain remarkably connected and keep ourselves busy. Much of that is due directly to technology. It's difficult to imagine how we would have gotten through in the early twentieth century when...

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  City Records 2 More Deaths Within 24 Hours and More First Responders Test Positive (UPDATED}

  April 2 at 4:45 p.m.

  At his afternoon press conference Thursday, Mayor Turner reported two more deaths, bringing the total of people who have died from COVID-19 to six. All were older and had underlying health conditions according to the Houston Health Department. "The latest deaths were a woman in her 60s who died March...

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  After Conducting a One-Day Survey, Fort Bend County Judge Extends Stay at Home Order

  April 2 at 7:57 a.m.

  At 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Bend County Judge KP George sent out a press release that yes, the judge was extending his "Stay at Home to Save Lives" directive through April 30. While other local governmental entities including the city of Houston and Harris County on Tuesday extended their stay...