The State Fair of Texas revealed 15 finalists for the 2026 Big Tex Choice Awards across savory, sweet, and drink categories. One of those entries is a chocolate version of the classic Fletcher’s Corny Dog....
Deputies say a 16-year-old is charged after he was allegedly trying to disassemble a handgun when it went off, shooting his cousin, who died over a week later....
Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World Cup debuts as members of the U.S. women's national team next month. The trio will try to help the U.S. win its fifth consecutive FIBA World Cup title. The young stars will be joined by Olympic medalists A'ja Wils...
A Houston doctor who's helping to test a new vaccine is among an estimated 1 million Americans who have Lynch syndrome, a faulty gene passed from a parent that puts them at extremely high risk of colorectal cancer and more vulnerable to certain other cancers....
Deeper Gulf moisture moves into Southeast Texas, increasing humidity and helping fuel more clouds and afternoon rain chances.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturer Moderna said. The shot, named mFlusiva, is intended for adults age 50 or older. Other ...
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years. U.S. filings for jobless aid in the week ending August 1 rose by 1,000 to 199,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The pre...
Pope Leo XIV met Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey in St. Peter's Basilica.
Salmonella infection can range from a mild stomach bug to a severe, even life-threatening illness.
Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Wells.
A federal judge threw out Alex Murdaugh's civil lawsuit against a former clerk whose jury interference led to his double murder conviction being overturned...
Daniel Wong will remain Fort Bend County’s appointed judge after a judge ruled Wednesday that he can continue serving. Wong was appointed earlier this year after then-Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George was suspended from office following his felony conviction. George, who was ori...
On Thursday's show: AI is finding its way into the classroom more and more. We discuss what that looks like and how educators hope to handle it responsibly....
When Joe Shearer was a Marine fighting in Iraq, a blast from an enemy mortar round knocked him down and made him vomit. He got up and kept going despite a searing headache. When a roadside bomb struck his Humvee convoy months later, the explosion’s shock wave swept through his bo...
There are now 15 states with cyclosporiasis cases linked to now-recalled iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, according to the FDA
A Florida man is accused of slashing his sister with a machete while she was sleeping in bed next to her 1-year-old daughter, according to officials.
A battle over a lobster diving spot off the Florida coast allegedly escalated into an underwater nightmare after a man was accused of shutting off another diver's air supply, a confrontation that landed him behind bars on an attempted murder charge....
A former Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy is facing multiple felony charges after investigators accused him of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he allegedly met through a dating app. According to court records, Nicholas Burbridge was charged with aggravated sexual assa...
Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court. In the document, prosecutors accuse Yinon Levi, who lives in the south of the West Bank, of re...
Shortly before Christmas last year, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Isaias Sanchez Barbosa, a 31-year-old Mexican, after he crossed the Rio Grande with a group of other migrants into Starr County. The federal agent said he shot Sanchez Barbosa in self defense amid a fight t...
A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest Black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications. Professor Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became a Cambr...
For six months, 70-year-old Bassam Musleh searched desperately for a pharmacy or clinic that could fill his prescription for blood pressure and other heart medications. Public dispensaries were out of stock, he said, and he couldn't afford the private ones. But when he arrived Tu...
Pakistani military helicopters on Thursday airlifted the bodies of five climbers from the snow-covered slopes of Broad Peak nearly a week after an avalanche swept away a 10-member international expedition, officials said. Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the Alpine Club of Pakista...
The vaccine, mFLUSIVA, is expected to be available for people 50 and older for the 2026-2027 respiratory illness season.
Elisa Bracamonte has lived in Arizona her whole life, so she's used to adjusting her schedule and outdoor activities around high temperatures, especially during the summer months. But the 74-year-old retired nurse from Tucson said she feels the heat has been impacting more of her...
Iran says it's in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman, while two Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Thursday. Full coverage can be foun...
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of weapons tests by North Korea this year. The military detected the launch from North Korea's eastern coastal Wonsan area ar...
Shares were mixed Thursday in Europe and Asia and South Korea’s Kospi dropped more than 4% following declines for some Big Tech giants including memory chipmaker SK Hynix. Oil prices held steady, with Brent crude trading near $79 a barrel. Uncertainty about the direction of the U...
Episode: 2627 Clash of the Titans: The Bohr-Einstein Debates. Today, a clash of titans.
The Israeli military said Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in June. Four other soldiers were...
New York Mets rookie Jefry Yan jumped high in the air with his feet spread apart, landed on the front of the mound and then slapped the grass with his left hand while briefly going to a knee. It was an emphatic celebration for the 29-year-old left-hander after striking out the fi...
Sarah Miller, a software engineer from the liberal stronghold of Madison, has heard all of the chatter about a civil war in the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates. But all she cares about is winning. That's why Miller said she is voting in Tuesday's gubernatorial...
The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government arrived in Thailand on Thursday for an official visit that could serve as a major steppingstone in his effort to win political legitimacy more than five years after seizing power from an elected civilian government. President Min A...
For generations the Garden Oaks Theater in The Heights has been part of Houston’s story. Now that it’s days from potential demolishment, supporters are racing to save one of the city’s last remaining neighborhood movie houses. KPRC 2’s Keith Garvin got a look inside to see why Ho...
Texas Game Wardens are investigating the illegal killing of a nearly 12-foot alligator in northwest Liberty County. A family said they found the gator floating along the East Fork of the San Jacinto River in July after it was shot in the head....
Malaysian durian orchard owner Stephen Chow’s workers spend hours in the fields in the dead of night, donning headlamps to collect freshly ripened fruit coveted by Chinese consumers. But the hard work may not be enough to keep Chow out of the red. Durian lovers prize the Malaysia...
Dwayne Johnson and wife Lauren Hashian make waves as executive producers on "Moana: Voices Across the Ocean," a companion album for the live-action "Moana!"🌊...
A grand jury has declined to indict a former Harris County Precinct 7 sergeant accused of beating her adopted children with a belt.
Liberty County Deputies were dispatched to County Road 3558 Friday morning, July 24th following a report of a man kicking a dog on a leash. Investigators say a witness gave them video showing Jenaro Jimenez repeatedly kicking the dog, named “Hulk.” The video also showed Jimenez p...
A Liberty County inmate who escaped custody in Kingwood last month was apprehended in Seattle, Washington, according to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office....
An inmate who escaped from a Houston-area hospital nearly three weeks ago has been captured in Seattle, Washington — and investigators say he was sending threatening messages to women in Texas, including messages involving their juvenile daughters, while on the run. Yorlan Rafael...
Aaron Donald formally worked out for the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday, presumably taking one of the final steps before the superstar defensive tackle decides whether to end his 2 1/2-year retirement. The 35-year-old Donald participated in a hosted workout with the Rams, accordin...
In a neighborhood in Tomball, residents told ABC13 that after just 30 minutes to an hour of rain, their cul-de-sac becomes completely flooded.
A recent report from the Associated Press finds that rising temperatures on these hot summer days can lead to flight delays too.
Air travelers brace for delays during severe storms, but extreme summer heat can trigger hidden disruptions that are far less visible and harder to predict....
Aaron Judge has been cleared to begin light workout activity, and the New York Yankees captain said he will return this season from the rib injury that's sidelined him since May 31. “Oh, I’ll be back this season. I don’t know why I wouldn’t be,” the three-time AL MVP said Wednesd...
A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported....
Harris County is suing the Children's Museum of Houston over an allegation that a county employee broke his neck while on an attraction at the museum, according to a lawsuit....
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life . While those surgeries were canceled, the cases made headlines several years ago, pr...
The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who’ve long rep...
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs swept Shohei Ohtani and the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers with a wild 7-6 victory on Wednesday. Nico Hoerner added three hits as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games. The Cubs also improved t...
The siblings were reportedly being robbed by three people who shot at them as they tried to escape.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s what to know about her.
Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells , an 18-year-old found dead after a July Fourth boat trip with friends to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. None of the...
Chef Pervaiz Shallwani, who is an award-winning journalist, recently got his first brick-and-mortar location inside Time Out Market in Brooklyn.
Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source....
Three people were killed and another was injured in a shooting Wednesday morning in Caswell County, North Carolina, authorities said.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) over the group’s promotion of childhood vaccines....
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $1 million in illegal drugs over the course of two separate incidents at the U.S.-Mexico border....
The WWE Universe is getting ready for one of the most anticipated events on the calendar. Survivor Series: WarGames is returning to Houston this November, and WWE Superstar Trick Williams stopped by Houston Life to talk about the excitement, his journey in the ring, and what fans...
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A tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand collapsed overnight, leaving at least seve…
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