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Houston Newsmakers: Barbara Bush’s ‘A Celebration of Reading’ event returns for 28th year

William Martin’s journey from Rice professor to Billy Graham expert began with a simple assignment, one that would alter his life for decades to come.

Houston Life Reporter Lauren Kelly joins us live from Rice University’s brand new opera hall. She will show us what it takes to stage an opera performance. Kelly will show us the wigs and costumes, and she will get on stage with performers. The entire Houston community is invited April 9 for a tour, but you and your family can get a preview Thursday on Houston Life.

Evanston LGBTQ activist Elise Malary, whose body was found in Lake Michigan March 17, and Chicagoan Tatiana “Tee Tee” Whetstone, 33, who was found dead in a garbage bin March 18.

Eve Wilkowitz, 20, was abducted while walking home from the Bay Shore train station and found dead days later.

Police in Minot, N.D., have charged Nichole Rice with murder in the June 2007 death of her roommate, college student Anita Knutson.

The events of 2000, including the disputed election and the 9/11 hijackers' preparations, "broke" America, Andrew Rice argues.

A North Dakota woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her roommate more than a decade ago, with authorities citing shifting statements from the woman and her parents as they pursued a cold-case investigation. Nichole Erin Rice, 34, had a court appearance Thursday in Ward County in the death of 18-year-old Anita Knutson, whose body was found in their apartment on June 4, 2007. Rice was arrested Wednesday at the Minot Air Force Base where she worked as a civilian, Minot Police Chief John Klug said.

Police handout / courtesy Anna KnutsonFor nearly 15 years, Anita Knutson’s family anxiously waited for authorities to track down who was responsible for brutally murdering the 18-year-old Minot State University student inside her off-campus apartment.That day finally arrived this week with the arrest of 34-year-old Nichole Rice, who was Knutson’s roommate and had previously told police she was out of town at her parents’ house at the time of the June 4, 2007, murder. Rice, who was arrested at th

Nichole Rice, 34, was at work on Minot Air Force Base when she was arrested, police said.

Two lifelong Republicans representing neighboring congressional districts in South Carolina are unlikely players in the fierce debate over the future of their party.

Under pressure recently to prove her loyalty to Donald Trump, Rep. Nancy Mace traveled to New York and filmed a social media video outside Trump Tower reminding her South Carolina constituents that she was one of the former president's “earliest supporters." Facing similar scrutiny, Rep. Tom Rice has taken a different approach, quietly winding through rural stretches of his congressional district to remind voters of his work securing federal relief for frequent — often disastrous — flooding, and of his advocacy for agricultural improvements. Lifelong Republicans representing neighboring congressional districts in one of the most reliably GOP states in the U.S., Mace and Rice are unlikely players in the fierce debate over the future of their party.

Max Fiedler posted 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists as Rice beat Charlotte 73-61 in the Conference USA Conference Tourney second round.

Erik Czumbel had a career-high 22 points as UTSA got past Rice 82-71.

Keonte Kennedy made a foul shot with 45 seconds left to give UTEP the lead en route to a 70-67 win over Rice.

Travis Evee hit a 3-pointer to start overtime and Rice never trailed in the extra period to beat Southern Miss 77-72.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 16 points and Amorie Archibald scored 14 to lead Louisiana Tech to an 83-79 victory over Rice.

Tevin Brewer matched his career high with 25 points to help Florida International beat Rice 80-77 on Saturday night.

Quan Jackson had 21 points as UAB won its eighth straight home game, beating Rice 92-68.

The Long Island Democrat announced her retirement on Tuesday, after serving four terms in the U.S. House.

Thomas Bell tied his career high with 21 points as North Texas won its 10th consecutive game, routing Rice 67-44.

Max Fiedler had 16 points to lead six Rice players in double figures as the Owls rolled past Jarvis Christian 98-63.

Jamal Bieniemy scored a career-high 36 points and Tydus Verhoeven scored 12 and UTEP beat Rice 72-70 on Saturday for its sixth-straight win.

Max Fiedler had 22 points as Rice beat UTSA 91-78.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Louisiana Tech topped Rice 80-63.

A Houston woman has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Rice University and a former piano instructor – who is serving time for indecency with another child – claiming years of abuse that began when she was just 10 years old.

Austin Butler made a layup with 1:23 left to give Charlotte the lead en route to a 67-64 win over Rice on Saturday.

Finding Asian ingredients in big grocery stores can be expensive. Here are the things Insider's reporter always buys in a monthly Asian grocery haul.

Carl Pierre had 21 points as Rice topped Old Dominion 77-69.

Carl Pierre scored a career-high 30 points and tied a school record with eight 3-pointers to lead Rice to an 87-77 win over Marshall.

Jairus Hamilton had 22 points and 10 rebounds as Western Kentucky topped Rice 80-66.

Locally owned business the 5X5 Brewing Company hosted a fundraiser and food drive here Saturday to help Yaqui Animal Rescue, a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter based in Sullivan City, while also raising awareness about the only North American marsupial and the Rio Grande Valley’s unofficial mascot — the opossum, or tlacuache, as they are better known throughout South Texas.

Travis Evee had a season-high 25 points as Rice held on to beat UAB 85-80.

Carl Pierre recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds to lift Rice to a 65-61 win over Middle Tennessee.

Tylor Perry had 18 points and North Texas rolled past Rice 75-43 in a Conference USA opener.

Rice has announced the postponing of Saturday's women's basketball game with North Texas due to COVID-19 related issues within the Rice program.

Rice University has announced plans for its spring semester.

Class first began at Rice University in September of 1912 under a charter that called for the free education of the “White inhabitants of Houston and Texas.”

"In retrospect I should have voted to certify," Rep. Tom Rice told POLITICO. "Because President Trump was responsible for the attack on the Capitol."

COVID-19 issues within the Owls program has wiped out the Rice basketball schedule for Sunday for both men's and women's basketball teams.

Travis Evee matched his season high with 24 points as Rice routed Incarnate Word 85-55.

Her first novel, “Interview With the Vampire,” launched a blockbuster book series and was adapted into a movie starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

Anne Rice, the gothic novelist widely known for her bestselling novel “Interview With the Vampire,” died late Saturday at the age of 80.

Quincy Olivari had a season-high 27 points as Rice topped Houston Baptist 88-73.

A quick sear and savory-sweet glaze make Spam musubi a Hawaiian treat.

A Minneapolis man has been charged with trying to intimidate the judge presiding over the manslaughter trial of the former officer charged in Daunte Wright's death. The Star Tribune reports Cortez A. Rice was charged last week with tampering with a judicial officer, a felony. Rice allegedly went into the Loring Park condominium building where he thought Judge Regina Chu lived and made comments meant to intimidate her into allowing broadcast coverage of the trial of former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kimberly Potter, who is charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Wright, 20, in April.

The Harris County District Attorneys’ office announced a new partnership with area universities and colleges to help provide access to services for students and survivors of sexual assault.

Mason Harrell scored 24 points as Texas State beat Rice 80-69.

Oakland held off Rice for a 76-73 win in the Gulf Coast Showcase on Tuesday.

Max Fiedler had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Mullins added 25 points and Rice edged past Evansville 109-104 in triple overtime.

Carl Pierre had 20 points as Rice beat Southern 81-63.

Marcus Sasser scored 26 points, Kyler Edwards added 18 points and six rebounds, and No. 15 Houston routed Rice 79-45.

Owls open basketball season with easy win over Pepperdine

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice says that he hopes his vote this year to impeach President Donald Trump won’t be enough to overshadow his other accomplishments as he seeks a sixth term.

The Former Secretary of State Tells Margaret Brennan "I absolutely approve"

A look at college football games from across Texas on Oct. 30, including Oklahoma's blowout win against Texas Tech.

Texas A&M rolled by South Carolina, Rice won a key Conference USA game and Sam Houston State won its 16th straight game.

Sunny Hostin and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have different views regarding the Capitol riots that took place on Jan. 6. Those disagreements came […]

Condoleezza Rice won't be interrupted.

Condoleezza Rice brought her own distinct view to the ABC daytime chatfest as the panel discussed critical race theory and […] The post Condoleezza Rice says white kids shouldn’t be made to feel bad over CRT on ‘The View’ appeared first on TheGrio.

Six schools from Conference USA want to join the American Athletic Conference and are expected to be accepted by the end of the week.

Rice spent two years in federal prison​ while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons.

Megan Rice spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons.

Megan Rice, a nun and Catholic peace activist who spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s after breaking into a government security complex to protest nuclear weapons, has died

Heigl got a "raw deal" in the aftermath of her "Grey's Anatomy" exit, an anonymous source claims in a new book about the medical drama.

A recap and roundup of the college football games involving teams from Texas and the Big 12 on Saturday, Oct. 2.

Routine cleanings and other preventative services aren't affordable for tens of millions of Americans on Medicare.

Texas College Roundup: Rice, Houston each win on Saturday; Oklahoma hangs on against West Virginia in thriller.

Rice is one of the most common ingredients around the globe. Here's a sampling of some iconic recipes using it.

TV ad slamming Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pulled 10 minutes before Texas football game, Lincoln Project says

The Anishinaabe people are rallying to save their lakes and their traditional wild rice harvests Low water levels mean rice harvesters can’t paddle their canoes to their traditional harvesting areas. Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images Along the eastern boundary of the White Earth Indian Reservation in north-western Minnesota, Indigenous Anishinaabe wild rice harvesters Jerry and Jim Libby set down a row of wooden pallets into the mud just beyond the dock of Upper Wild Rice Lake. It was a c

Bijan Robinson ran for three touchdowns in the first half and Texas rebounded from a humiliating loss a week earlier by pounding Rice 58-0.

Clayton Tune completed 22 of 30 passes for 236 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Alton McCaskill rushed for two TDs and caught a third as Houston walloped crosstown rival Rice 44-7.

"We are safer than we were on September 11, 2001, but we're not yet safe," Rice said.

Mae Rice's video went viral. In the comments, hundreds of people said they got vaccinated thanks to her.

A man charged with attempted murder after firing at Minneapolis police officers in the chaotic protests that followed George Floyd’s death has been acquitted of all charges against him. Jaleel Stallings argued self-defense during his July trial, testifying that he fired at the unmarked white van after he was struck in the chest with what turned out to be a nonlethal rubber bullet fired by police. Stallings, 29, testified that he thought he was being attacked by civilians, had been struck by a bullet and was potentially bleeding out, his attorney, Eric Rice, told The Associated Press on Friday.

It’s not every day that you turn 100, and World War II veteran Tom Rice wanted to make sure his 100th birthday was unforgettable.

Condoleezza Rice argues U.S. could have followed South Korea strategy in Afghanistan

Morgan Page and Dustin Rice spent nearly three years roaming the state for "Bones of Texas," which features images of long-gone communities.

Pennsylvania’s high court has dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse who are trying to revive their otherwise outdated claims.

Pennsylvania's high court on Wednesday dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse, throwing out a lawsuit by a woman whose lower court legal victory had given hope to others with similarly outdated claims who'd sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pennsylvania. The 5-2 decision ended plaintiff Renee Rice's legal effort to recover damages from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown for allegedly covering up and facilitating sexual abuse she said had been inflicted on her by a priest in the late 1970s. Rice sued in 2016, but the court majority said that was too late under the Pennsylvania statute of limitations.

Morgan Page and Dustin Rice traveled the state photographing to reveal Texas history through its abandoned buildings and old structures.

Dicky Maegle, the Rice running back tackled in the 1954 Cotton Bowl by an Alabama player who came off the bench, has died.

The study from professors at Rice and Temple universities shows the adverse affects displacement methods used to help flooding have on residents who do not live in white or affluent neighborhoods.

The Caller-Times won 19 awards in the annual Texas Associated Press Managing Editors journalism contest.

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Condoleezza Rice: 'Wasn't worth trusting' China in early stages of pandemic

Rice also spoke of the need for a commission to examine the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Rice also spoke of the need for a commission to examine the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Soaring food prices are likely to fuel concerns about the threat of inflation after the pandemic.

You can tell a lot about a place by its anniversaries.

The petition references a supposed secret deal that was made by a co-defendant’s lawyers with authorities.

Rice University announced Lindsay Edmonds as head coach of the women’s basketball team.

The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by Cleveland police in 2014, is asking the Justice Department to reopen the case into his death after it was closed near the end of the Trump administration.

South Carolina is increasing the allowed attendance for the team’s spring football game later this month from 9,000 to 15,000.

HOUSTON – With all adults in Texas now able to sign up for the COVID vaccine, many employers are coming up with plans to encourage their employees to get vaccinated. We are 22,000-square-feet and it’s just we have to protect everybody.”For now, at the Rice Village salon, it’s not a mandate for employees to get the vaccine, but they are strongly encouraging it. We have to protect our clientele and we have to protect our business. AdWe’ve checked with several local businesses and most, for now, said they are strongly encouraging their employees to get vaccinated, but not requiring it at this time. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office said the Mayor is doing the same thing; encouraging municipal employees to get the vaccine, but not requiring it.

Rice (23-4), which won the 2017 WBI, won its first WNIT title. Jasmine Smith added 11 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Owls. Donetta Johnson made a layup that gave Ole Miss (15-12) its first lead with 6:12 left in the first quarter but Schwartz answered with a layup on the other end just 18 seconds later and Rice led the rest of the way. The rest of the Ole Miss team combined to make 11 of 45 (24.4%) from the field. The previous two WNIT champions, Arizona and Indiana, are in the Elite 8 of the 2021 Women's NCAA Tournament.

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2019 file photo, Dimitrios Pagourtzis is escorted by Galveston County Sheriff's Office deputies into a courtroom at the Galveston County Courthouse in Galveston, Texas. Court records show as that period of time was ending, doctors at the hospital informed the court Pagourtzis’ competency was not likely to be restored within the next 90 days. Judge Ellisor is expected to sign another order for Pagourtzis to remain at North Texas State Hospital for 12 more months. Ad“The Court recently received, and transmitted to the State and Defense, a report from the North Texas State Hospital that Dimitrios Pagourtzis remains incompetent to stand trial. AdIn state court, Pagourtzis is considered an adult but his age at the time of the shooting prevents him from receiving either the death penalty or life without parole.

Houston native Anthony Rendon was honored at this year’s SpringSpirit Breakfast for Champions, and the Lamar and Rice alum made the event worthwhile with a great message and some fun. Berkman and his wife are heavily involved in SpringSpirit, and the Astros legend interviewed Rendon on stage. “My wife and I are very passionate about trying to give back; we’ve started our own non-profit,” said Rendon. There were laughs, of course; after all, Rendon’s spectacular performance in October 2019 helped the Nationals win a World Series against the Astros. “It’s the first time I’ve ever seen somebody’s World Series highlights where nobody in the room clapped,” said Reid Ryan.