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Do you have your faucet dripping during freezing weather? Here’s what Houston officials recommend

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Do you have your faucet dripping during freezing weather? Here’s what Houston officials recommend

As freezing weather approaches the Houston area this weekend, local officials are urging residents to prepare their hoses. An arctic cold front moving across the state is expected to bring sub-freezing temperatures to Southeast Texas, and it’s stirring memories of the deadly February 2021 winter storm as Houstonians rush to protect their homes. While there’s … Read more

Rod Paige, first Black to serve as US education secretary, dies at 92

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Rod Paige, first Black to serve as US education secretary, dies at 92

Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who pioneered the nation’s flagship No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday. Former President George W. Bush, who tapped Paige for the nation’s top federal education post, announced the death in a statement but did not provide … Read more