This Houston mom needed a cane to walk | Learn about the treatment she says helped treat her pain
Houston mom Sarah Ellis needed a cane to help her walk. Sometimes, she even had to use a wheelchair. Determined to find a solution, Ellis turned to the team at AK Pain & Spine Center and they introduced her to a therapy she says changed everything.
Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trumpโs campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury thatโs looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
โViolent crime is a public health crisesโ: Mayor Turner lays out 17-page initiative to help reduce violent crime
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is scheduled to join Police Chief Troy Finner and community partners on Wednesday afternoon to make a "major announcement" about a citywide initiative to reduce violent crime.
Bernie Sandersโ viral mittens were crafted by a Vermont elementary school teacher
While most attendees dressed in formal winter fashion, Sanders sported a more casual look complemented with fleece-lined mittens. According to NBC Boston, the mittens that have become a part of several viral memes were made by Jen Ellis, an elementary school teacher whose daughter went to a child care center owned by a relative of Sanders. โI love it that he loves them, and that he wears them,โ Ellis said according to NBC Boston. โThe fact that these mittens, which were made from recycled and repurposed materials, made it to the national stage is really a shoutout to Vermont,โ Ellis said. โIโm really proud that he took them to D.C. and that he was there for this historic moment.โ
Another record decline reported in US cancer death rate
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, researchers reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they continue to attribute to success against lung cancer. (Dr. Ellis/Emory University, Department of Pathology/CDC via AP)NEW YORK โ Researchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer. The overall cancer death rate has been falling since 1991. Lung cancer accounted for almost half of the overall decline in cancer deaths in the past five years, the society reported. Most lung cancer cases are tied to smoking, and decades of declining smoking rates have led to falling rates of lung cancer illnesses and deaths.
State senator files bill calling for legal action in connection with secret art collection inside Harris County shed
Fridayโs announcement of proposed Senate Bill 252 comes after Channel 2 Investigates first exposed secret massive art collection being warehoused on the taxpayersโ dime, โLegally what this bill means is that I donโt think that what Precinct One Commissioner is doing is legal. I donโt think you can take a private Art collection, house it, spend public money, do private tours, I donโt think that is the right thing under the Texas Code,โ said Bettencourt. The state senator out of District 7 doesnโt believe the actions taken by Ellis and his office is legal. Bettencourt said this bill is to ensure accountability at the state level if the Oggโs office does nothing. Bettencourt indicated he cannot speak to federal operations, but he can speak to the state and its laws.
National Signing Day: 11 Memorial High School standouts sign dotted line
With tables spread across the Memorial baseball field and chairs in front for their parents, 11 Memorial High School student-athletes put pen to paper. Kidd was the lone soccer player to sign on the day from Memorial. "It's a great honor to have the opportunity and the ability to go into the Armed Forces," Wallace said. The Memorial softball team was the next to have multiple signees as Brianna Ellis signed to Auburn and Mia Garza signed with Drexel University. "I love the SEC, I love the south, I'm glad to be a part of such a great softball program and great school.
US Soccer, Jill Ellis announce coach mentorship program
Thereโs been very few opportunities to be in a room, or be on a coaching license course, with other women,โ Ellis said. Others include longtime North Carolina and former national team coach Anson Dorrance and Laura Harvey, former National Women's Soccer League coach and current youth national team coach. Two women, Ellis and Dutch national team coach Sarina Wiegman, faced off in the final. Ellis, among 17 coaches involved in the program, has been mentoring Monica Vergara, Mexico's under-20 women's national team coach. Since she stepped down as coach, Ellis has been enjoying time with her family while also riding out the coronavirus pandemic.
North Carolina board agrees to more absentee ballot changes
RALEIGH, N.C. โ North Carolina election officials agreed Tuesday that mail-in absentee ballots returned this fall with deficient information can be fixed without forcing the voter to fill out a new blank ballot. Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who helped sue in North Carolina court to seek the changes and has worked on similar absentee ballot litigation elsewhere, praised the decision. The absentee ballot adjustments are part of a proposed joint settlement filed in Wake County court between the State Board of Elections and the alliance, a union-affiliated group. North Carolina is one of eight states with witness and or notary public requirements for absentee ballots, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. North Carolina state law usually demands two witnesses, but lawmakers reduced the requirement to one this year because people isolated due to at-risk health conditions may find it difficult to locate two.
Investigation ramps up into African art stashed in tax-payer funded shed in Harris County
HOUSTON โ Law enforcement officials are ramping up their investigation into a stash of African artwork that is being stored on the Harris County taxpayersโ dime. โWho has the keys to all this,โ KPRC 2 asked Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellisโs team earlier this year. What do you have to say to Harris County taxpayers about this?โ asked KPRC 2 investigator Mario Diaz. โWe have to get rid of special treatments for special groups,โ said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on July 31. โIโve gotten Chris Feldman, an attorney, to go review it to see what recommendations he can put in place,โ Ellis told KPRC 2.