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Editorial: Black mayors lead America’s 4 largest cities, but their skin color is largely beside the point

It is historically significant that America’s four largest cities have Black mayors. Eric Adams of New York, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Sylvester Turner of Houston run municipalities where 18 million of us live. They are chief executives in charge of some of the most…

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Lethal injection debate swirls around Texas executions

Houston (AFP) - The US state of Texas is pushing ahead with the use of lethal injection for its Death Row inmates despite legal challenges over the drugs it employs, in the latest chapter of a fraught national debate over how to conduct executions.

AFP

Podcast: Jabari Smith Jr.’s outlook and offseason Rockets hypotheticals

Dave Hardisty (@clutchfans) joins @BenDuBose and @PauloAlvesNBA to break down Jabari Smith Jr. as a rookie and hypothetical offseason trades involving Houston’s young core. #Rockets

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We checked out one of the UK's best rated wedding venues near Edinburgh

We headed down to Houstoun House which straddles Uphall and Broxburn to check out their award winning wedding venue as well as the general hotel, restaurant and bar.

Edinburgh Live

Toxic wastewater from Ohio train derailment headed to Texas

Toxic wastewater used to extinguish a fire following a train derailment in Ohio is headed to a Houston suburb for disposal

The Independent UK

Patriots would make sense as trade partner for Texans WR Brandin Cooks

If the Houston Texans were looking to deal receiver Brandin Cooks, the New England Patriots would make sense as a trade partner.

USA Today Sports Media Group

A ‘Fairy Tale’ Trip to 1980s Houston

In between a trip to Scotland, director Bill Forsyth's Local Hero lets viewers glimpse a bygone Bayou City of 40 years ago.

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New Glasgow Guns N' Roses rearranged tour date and venue announced

The rock and roll legends, who. were forced to postpone their 2022 show, will now play at Bellahouston Park this summer., with original tickets remaining valid for the new show.

Glasgow Live

How Joe Jiménez regained confidence after two rough seasons

NORTH PORT, Fla. – After the Braves acquired Joe Jiménez from the Tigers in December, Collin McHugh called A.J. Hinch, Detroit’s manager. The two are close friends after McHugh played for Hinch in Houston years ago, and McHugh wanted to know about his new teammate.

Tribune News Service

Houston wanted to lead the nation in long-term affordable housing. Now it’s backpedaling.

Houston’s community land trust was once touted as an innovative way to address its housing crisis. But city leaders slashed its funding by half as bureaucracy bogged down the program and enthusiasm dwindled.

The Texas Tribune

It isn’t the World Cup, but for Phillies pitcher and soccer fanatic Ranger Suárez, the WBC was too good to pass up

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Three hours before Game 6 of the World Series, with a potential Game 7 start looming the next night, Ranger Suárez stepped on the field in Houston wearing not a red Phillies shirt but rather the navy and gold crest of the Union.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Texas sex attacker shoots dead three teen girls then blasts himself to death

The oldest victim in the shocking shooting was pregnant and the mum of a baby who survived the massacre at a home in a suburb of Houston, Texas

Daily Mirror

Astros Donate $1M to Texas Southern Baseball, Softball Programs

The Houston-based university has never had its own baseball and softball fields.

Sports Illustrated

Alabama Claims No. 1 Spot in First NCAA Bracket Preview

The Crimson Tide have arguably the best win in the country and strong metrics across the board.

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Daily Mirror

USMNT feeling "pressure" over head coach hire amid Jesse Marsch links ahead of World Cup

Jesse Marsch is one of the candidates in the running for the USMNT head coach role, and former Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti believes US Soccer is feeling the pressure

Sports Illustrated

Bracket Watch: Release of Top 16 Will Provide Clarity

The NCAA tournament selection committee will release their current top men’s teams Saturday afternoon, which will give insight into what they value most.

The Guardian - US

A rough patch: the Astros’ new sponsorship deal with Oxy is doubly ugly

Houston are the latest MLB team to secure a uniform advertising deal as their players become walking billboards for Occidental Petroleum

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texans LB Garret Wallow ‘rehabbing hard’ following ankle surgery

Houston Texans linebacker Garret Wallow is attacking his rehabilitation following his offseason ankle surgery.

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Gerrit Cole hopes addition of Carlos Rodon gives Yankees best shot to end Astros jinx

The Yankees will likely be answering plenty of questions about the Astros over the next eight months after being eliminated by Houston in the ALCS for the third time in six seasons.

Fortune

Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola with no approved vaccines or treatments, is spreading in West Africa. Here's what you need to know

The risk to the U.S. is low, experts say. But "what happens in Africa can show up in your backyard hospital in less than 24 hours,” Dr. Luis Ostrosky, an infectious diseases specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, tells Fortune.

The Texas Tribune

Black and Hispanic Texans say they don’t trust the quality of their water

A survey was commissioned by the nonprofit organization Texas Water Trade and included responses from households in both rural border communities and in urban areas across Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.

WEKU

Dozens of inmates have died in a Houston jail since 2021. Now the FBI is investigating

Dozens of inmates have died while in custody at the Harris County Jail, according to attorneys representing victims' families. The FBI has opened civil rights investigations into two of the deaths.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Texans told coaching candidates No. 2 overall pick would be used on quarterback

The Houston Texans informed coaching candidates they planned to use the No. 2 overall pick on a QB according to a report from ESPN.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Colts steal Bryce Young from Texans after trade with Bears in ESPN mock

The Indianapolis Colts steal Bryce Young from the Houston Texans after a trade with the Chicago Bears in the latest ESPN mock draft.

Insider UK

Global Energy Group sells offshore engineering firm Global E&C to Houston's SCF Partners

Group aims to become 'leading player in the decarbonisation of offshore and onshore infrastructure'

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