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Bigger than Brangelina? Gabrielle Giffords poses for cover of People

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This might be the biggest coup for People since the debut of Brangelina's baby.

The magazine scored an exclusive excerpt of the forthcoming memoir by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly. While there are no interviews or additional text from the couple, the piece is accompanied by new photos of Giffords and Kelly looking in love and healthier than ever.

Since being shot in the head in January, Giffords has made a recovery that her doctors describe as "remarkable." The new photos are only the second posed images she's taken since the shooting, with the first released in June.

After months of seclusion in Houston's TIRR, Giffords has made an increasing number of public appearances recently, including casting a vote to raise the debt ceiling in the House in August, watching her husband pilot a space shuttle mission in May and attending Kelly's retirement ceremony in Washington, D.C. last month.

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Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”