Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Messi is set to bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 125 goals, two Copa América titles and a World Cup championship. What would other...
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Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred in “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102....
business
A southwest Houston massage business that has been raided multiple times remains open, but the Harris County Attorney's Office is now asking a civil court to shut it down....
safety
Election Day is less than a month away, and if you live in the City of Houston, you'll also be asked to decide how the Houston Police Department treats misdemeanor marijuana possession....
schools
Two weeks after 15-year-old Royce Witchet was fatally shot outside Westfield High School, his grieving parents spoke out on camera for the first time alongside students participating in a campus walkout....
schools
A federal judge has ruled that Klein ISD violated federal law by restricting Disability Rights Texas' access to campuses to monitor conditions for students with disabilities....
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A Sugar Land mother is taking her family’s battle with health insurance to the Texas Capitol, hoping to change state law so other children don’t face the same obstacles her daughter has. Stacy Zwerneman’s daughter, Lela, suffers from autoimmune encephalitis — a rare neuroinflamma...
government
Trump says that he will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for a pro-Trump ad blitz ahead of the midterm elections, saying his super PAC will now pay for them....
government
A group of 29 Texas state representatives is asking the Public Utility Commission to investigate Aqua Texas as customers across the state face higher water and wastewater bills under the company’s interim rates. The lawmakers sent a letter to the PUC on October 2, citing concerns...
schools
Austin Current is a nonprofit local news organization supported by The Texas Tribune, reporting on Austin government, education and community. Sign up for the Current’s free newsletter here . Austin ISD will be the subject of state scrutiny once again, with a new investigation in...
government
A new poll shows James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa ahead in their Texas races, but experts say the race isn't over yet and numbers could change ahead of Election Day....
government
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is asking a Travis County judge to block the release of information showing where data centers and virtual currency mines operate, saying those details could aid terrorists. The lawsuit filed Monday pits the state agency responsible for regu...
government
Mayor John Whitmire says Houston pulled its application for a nearly $150 million federal public safety grant after the city submitted it without City Council approval....
