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  U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Texas Law Banning Common Abortion Method

  October 14 at 11:28 a.m.

  On Tuesday night, Texan abortion rights advocates celebrated a new ruling from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that finally struck down State Bill 8, the Texas Legislature’s attempt to ban the most common form of abortion used after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “My immediate reaction to yesterday’s Fifth...

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  Brave New World: Training to be a Doctor in the Age of COVID-19

  October 13 at 5 a.m.

  Baylor Med student David Vien is working in an emergency room in Houston’s Texas Medical Center. It’s March 2020 and across the country from New York City to Seattle, the threat of COVID-19 is finally becoming real to millions of Americans. The Houston area’s first case has been discovered in...

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  Rescuing Throw-Away Food and Recycling It Into Dog Treats

  October 7 at 4:30 a.m.

  Turns out ugly fruit and vegetables and parts of food that no human especially wants to dine on can be powdered, repurposed and baked into a treat for dogs that is not only supposed to be healthy but negates a trip to the landfill to dump consumables that no one...

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  Houston Food Banks Battle Skyrocketing Food Insecurity While Texas Slashes Budgets

  October 5 at 4 a.m.

  Local food banks have found new ways to meet increased food insecurity needs during the pandemic, even as Texas has cut a food bank grant almost in half. Food insecurity has more than doubled in Southeast Texas since March, according to Reginald Young, the chief strategy officer at the Houston...

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  Seriously Stricken by a Bad Reaction to Medication, Musician Jason Yu Could Use a Little Help From His Friends

  September 30 at 4:30 a.m.

  The Beatles famously sang about getting by with a little help from their friends and for local musician and videographer Jason Yu, these words have never been more true.  Yu was recently hospitalized and his sister has organized a GoFundMe to help him cover medical expenses.  A few weeks ago...

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  YMCA of Greater Houston Nixes Long Term Locker Rentals and Loosens COVID-19 Restrictions

  September 30 at 4 a.m.

  These past six months of pandemic living have been a struggle to say the least. Like the rest of us, the YMCA of Greater Houston is doing its best to manage during these strange times, even though there’s been some disorganization and confusing messaging from the local Christian charity and...