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News roundup: Jan. 25 – Feb. 6

Here are the top stories during Jan. 25 - Feb. 6 from Texas, the United States and around the world. Texas: Sports - Super Bowl 2017 took place in Houston over the weekend, with the entire downtown area transforming into a super-sized…

Demanding a voice for the silent majority

For more than a month, people of different ages, genders and backgrounds have gathered at meeting points across the country to protest and rise against what they perceive as social and economic injustices. They call themselves the “99…

Commencing countdown, engines on

STS-133, the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery, is scheduled to launch from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Nov. 5. The launch was delayed from Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 due to nitrogen and hydrogen leaks in one…

Protests ignite on Day of Action

Thousands of students, faculty and staff members walked out of classes, picketed, marched and protested against declining state support and increasing costs of education March 4 in a Day of Action to Defend Public Education.