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The Ripley House was named for Daniel and Edith Ripley. After Daniel's death, Edith established the Ripley Foundation, with the mission of helping women and children in Houston. She accepted the legal assistance of Captain James A. Baker, who co-founded the Ripley Foundation as a non-profit corporation with William D. Cleveland and Samuel ...
Abortion-rights fans are celebrating after seven Texas towns amended ordinances that had once deemed reproductive rights groups criminal enterprises. In 2019, the city council of Waskom, Texas ...
Ripley has found places in other media, including a 1956 episode of the anthology series “Studio One” and a BBC radio adaption of all five Ripley novels (aka “The Ripliad”) in 2009.
The first constable of the then recently incorporated capital city of the Republic of Texas, Houston was elected in 1837, making him the city's first law enforcement officer. The police force itself was not established until 1841 by Houston's first marshal, Daniel Busley. There was little patrolling of the city during the next 20 years.
In 2014, neither U.S. federal law nor Texas statewide law specifically covered sexual orientation or gender identity in employment and housing discrimination and services. . On May 28, 2014, the Houston City Council voted 11–6 to enact the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) which was authored by Houston's then-Mayor, Annise Parker.
1977. Dennis Hopper took up the role of Ripley in The American Friend, German auteur Wim Wenders's neo-noir take on the third novel in the series (Ripley's Game).The same book was adapted for film ...
Ripley, the test mannequin aboard the first International Space Station Dragon 2 space test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1 Ellen Ripley , a fictional character from the Alien sci-fi–horror franchise Tom Ripley , a fictional character in a series of crime novels by Patricia Highsmith and their adaptations
A city of Austin spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit Wednesday. The Texas Health and Safety code currently lists a number of penalties for marijuana ...