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Month: August 2025

From Launch to Now: HCC’s Mattress Mack School of Selling Opens Fall 2025 Onsite Cohort

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     August 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston runs on hustle—and few Houstonians embody that spirit like Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale. In partnership with Houston Community College (HCC) Northwest’s Glenda & David Regenbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, Mack’s people-first sales philosophy has powered a fast-growing

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Shipping containers are pictured at the port of Houston in Seabrook

‘Tariff Bingo is tough.’ Texas manufacturers sweat Trump’s tariffs, high interest rates

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Texas manufacturers continue to express frustration over the Trump administration’s volatile tariff playbook and the impact of high borrowing costs. “Tariff Bingo is tough,” one furniture manufacturer told the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in a survey released Monday. “We are probably going out of business within

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Edison Arts Foundation’s Afterschool Arts Academy Returns: Dance, Homework Help, and Daily Joy for Houston Kids

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     August 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — When there’s school, there’s Afterschool—starting Tuesday, September 2! Houston families, sharpen those pencils and lace up those dance shoes—the Edison Arts Foundation is opening the curtain on another inspiring year of its Afterschool Arts Academy for ages

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

“El sueño americano no está lejos de una pesadilla”, dice el argentino detenido en Alligator Alcatraz

Por Manuela Castro, CNN en Español Fernando Artese aún conserva el brazalete rojo que lo identificaba como el recluso número 71 de Alligator Alcatraz. El argentino, de 63 años, fue deportado de Estados Unidos el 31 de julio después de permanecer casi un mes detenido en el centro de detención para inmigrantes indocumentados de los

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For Dorothy Duran

Families question remains after funeral home shutdown reveals bodies stored improperly for months

By Alyssa Bethencourt Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — State inspectors discovered bodies stored improperly for months at McDermott’s Funeral and Cremation Service before its sudden shutdown, leaving families uncertain about the ashes they received or will receive from their loved ones. For Dorothy Duran, losing her mother was devastating

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Charles Kushner testifies during a hearing on their nomination in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington

France summons US ambassador over letter accusing government of not confronting antisemitism

By Mitchell McCluskey and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — France’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to the country, Charles Kushner, on Sunday after he authored a letter accusing the French government of a “lack of sufficient action” in confronting antisemitism. France strongly rejected the “unacceptable” allegations in Kushner’s letter, which the ministry said “fall

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Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall

Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities

By Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky, Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with establishing “specialized units” in the National Guard that will be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with public order issues” — the clearest sign yet he intends to expand

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