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By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 3, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — As Texans prepare to cast their ballots on November 5, a powerful coalition is standing guard to ensure every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Congressman Al Green, along
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Following a long weekend that kicked off on Halloween night, Palm Springs Pride is wrapping up celebrations Sunday evening after their grand finale parade. KESQ has team coverage on the event, with all the sights and sounds from the final day and reactions from organizers on the larger than expected turn out. Organizers say this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Kansas City Current scored three goals in a 10-minute span to beat the Chicago Red Stars 3-1 at Seat Geek Stadium on Saturday and finish the National Women’s Soccer League regular season with a league-record 57 goals. The previous record for goals in a season was held by the North Carolina Courage,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Demarcus Robinson had the undisputed highlight for the Rams on Sunday, a one-handed, 39-yard touchdown reception in overtime that gave Los Angeles a 26-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. But Matthew Stafford, who threw the beautiful deep ball that Robinson hauled in with cornerback Riq Woolen all over him,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — Concerts and carnivals hosted at polling precincts. “Souls to the Polls” mobilizations after Sunday service. And star-studded rallies featuring Hollywood actors, business leaders, musical artists and activists. Such seemingly disparate efforts all have a single goal: boost Black voter turnout ahead of Election Day. How Black communities turn out in
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, Chris Boyette, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jillian Sykes and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Tornadoes and flooding spawned by severe thunderstorms tore through parts of Oklahoma overnight, leaving at least 11 people injured and shredding homes and other properties. Residents in Oklahoma and Texas are bracing for more severe weather Sunday, including possible
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett couldn’t offer any explanations for all that went sideways in the Browns’ latest debacle. At this point, there’s little left to say. All seems lost for Cleveland. Doomed by a pair of communication breakdowns in the secondary that resulted in two long touchdown passes by Los Angeles
Continue ReadingAssociated Pres LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will double funding for Britain’s border security agency and treat people-smuggling gangs like terror networks. It’s part of efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats. Starmer told a meeting of the international police organization Interpol that “the world needs to wake
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN Spring House, Pennsylvania (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden stood at a church roughly 10 miles from the Philadelphia suburb where she grew up Sunday morning, making an urgent plea before several hundred churchgoers, many of whom held fans with a picture of the woman at the top of the Democratic
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua was ejected for throwing a punch at Seattle Seahawks linebacker Tyrel Dodson in the second quarter of Sunday’s game between the NFC West rivals. Dodson blocked Nacua after Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen intercepted a pass by Matthew Stafford that was intended for Nacua with 33
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It was a tough Friday night for our local high schools taking part in the CIF-SS football playoffs. Seven teams played on Friday, just one will advance to the next round, Shadow Hills. Rancho Mirage will play their game on Saturday. D7Palm Desert – 7@Warren – 35FD8Lancaster – 18@La Quinta – 7FD9Coachella Valley – 7@Great
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue challenging the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens even though critics said the effort threatens the voting rights of people who’ve recently become U.S. citizens. U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher, an appointee of President Joe Biden, sided
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries say they will postpone a plan to gradually increase oil output until the end of the year. The group extended output cuts by one month. No reason was given for the move on Sunday, which comes ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. In June, OPEC said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAUCA Ñ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s transformative and divisive former President Evo Morales said Sunday that he would press on with a hunger strike until the government of his protégé-turned-rival agreed to a political dialogue. His act of dissent aims to defuse street protests that have paralyzed the nation in recent weeks over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two days out from Election Day, Kamala Harris dashed through four stops across battleground Michigan on Sunday without uttering Donald Trump’s name, while urging voters not to fooled by the GOP nominee’s disparagement of the electoral system that he falsely claims is rigged against him. The vice president
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says in an early Monday advisory that the northwestern Caribbean storm system is expected to become a hurricane
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was released from the hospital after suffering a concussion during the team’s game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday. Olave will travel back to New Orleans with the team following its 23-22 loss to the Panthers, the team said in
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Cualquiera que siga mínimamente la política estadounidense debe haber escuchado alguna versión de esta afirmación: las elecciones de 2024, que elegirán a un presidente para un país de más de 330 millones de personas, serán definidas por un pequeño número de votantes en algunos estados clave. En 2020, Joe Biden convirtió un
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers only needed to be half as good to beat the Browns. Herbert capitalized on two communication breakdowns by Cleveland’s secondary to throw two touchdown passes in the first half and the Chargers’ defense clamped down on Jameis Winston in a 27-10 victory
Continue ReadingBy Homero De La Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The National Basketball Association is investigating reports that Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid “shoved” a columnist following the team’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. A visibly angry Embiid confronted Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes as reporters entered the Sixers locker room, according to
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