strategist@afripol.org www.afripol.org It has been a while since the devastating earthquake disembarked the nation of Haiti and its people. As the pictures of the destruction rolled on television, it was difficult to look on the television screen twice. The earthquake absolutely wrecked the nation, many people lost their lives including children and properties were […]
USS Houston, Radioactive Leak in Japan, Guam, Hawaii
The US Navy said Thursday that the USS Huston nuclear powered submarine has been steadily leaking radioactive materials for two years. The USS Houston has been docked at three ports in Japan, one in Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since the leakage started in June, 2006. The Navy reports that the amount of nuclear material […]
Tropical Storm Hurricane Edouard: Bad News for Houston, TX
Tropical Storm Edouard is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico as it moves towards the coast of Texas and western Louisiana. Meteorologists forecast that the storm could become a hurricane, or at least maintain its tropical storm classification, when it makes landfall near Galveston and moves towards Houston on Tuesday. Tropical Storm Edouard currently […]
Houston attacked by Rasberry Ants
They’re small, fast, and only an eighth-of-an-inch long, but swarms of tiny ants are causing big pains for homeowners in the Houston area. First identified in Texas in 2002, the ants are believed to have arrived onboard cargo ships. The ants have raised havoc in homes and yards across three counties surrounding Houston and the […]
Swarms of Ants Bedevil Houston
A few years ago, some creatures about the size of a grain of rice, caught a ride on a cargo ship docked in one of the Caribbean ports and disembarked, unnoticed, at the port of Houston, Texas. Their adopted home was so hospitable, they fed, bred and multiplied into billions, until now the pests are […]
Houston Nurses Vote For Union
by James Parks While most Texans are mourning the Texas Longhorns’ loss in the NCAA basketball tournament yesterday, nearly 300 nurses in Houston are celebrating their own enormous victory. The registered nurses at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center are the first private sector nurses in the Lone Star State to win collective bargaining rights. They gained […]
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