WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is bringing new life to his party’s hopes of flipping a key South Texas district, starting as a household name from his decades as a Tejano musician and projecting a moderate image he says is grounded in the region’s cu...
WASHINGTON — On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion, Samantha Casiano carried a picture of her daughter, Halo, with her to meetings on Capitol Hill.The photo showed Halo without a fully formed skull and br...
An all-time controversy in the World Cup’s 96-year history was raging Monday ahead of the co-host United States and forward Folarin Balogun facing Belgium with a quarterfinals place at stake.The Belgian soccer federation said it is challenging FIFA's ruling to let Balogun play de...
China’s navy test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific in a rare move that drew protest and concerns from countries in the region.The missile was launched at 12:01 p.m. and carried a dummy warhead, accordin...
Asian shares were mixed, while U.S. futures rose Monday following a long weekend on Wall Street, while selling of technology shares pulled benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul lower. Oil prices slipped after OPEC+ announced Sunday that seven of its members plan to expand oil production ...
Episode: 3386 In which the search for visualizing four dimensions leads, ultimately, to mathematics. Today, the missing dimensions.
Australia and Fiji on Monday signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese influence in the South Pacific.Chinese official media later reported a submarine had test-launched a ...
The United States' 250th birthday carries ambitions to galvanize Americans behind nationwide community-service drives and patriotic brand launches. Well-known U.S. nonprofits hope to inspire a record-setting level of volunteerism, while major companies such as Walmart and Coca-Co...
President Donald Trump got what he wanted from NATO at last year’s summit: an alliance whose members had largely acceded to his demands to step up their defense spending.This week when he meets leaders in Turkey, his mission is to enforce that pledge.The speed with which most NAT...
Iran began a procession Monday through its capital, Tehran, for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those of his family killed Feb. 28 in an airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the United States, w...
A 74-year-old woman died and a 2-year-old child was hospitalized after they were pulled from a neighborhood pond in northeast Harris County, authorities said....
Russia launched waves of missiles and drones targeting Kyiv overnight into Monday that killed at least five people, authorities said, hours after Ukraine’s president warned that another large-scale attack was imminent.A residential building in the Podilskyi district partially col...
Chase Briscoe held off Christopher Bell on Sunday night in NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series victory of the season.Briscoe was followed closely by Bell in the final laps on the 1.5-mile oval about 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. But B...
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Spring neighborhood along Spring Lakes Haven just before 6 p.m Sunday.Deputies were responding to reports of a drowning.An adult and child were rushed to the hospital where the adult was pronounced dead.KPRC 2 has a crew he...
A person has died, and another is hospitalized after deputies responded to a drowning in Spring Lakes Haven, HCSO said. A child and an adult were involved, but deputies did not say who died....
Neymar said he is retiring from playing for Brazil after his team's World Cup exit at the hands of Norway in the round of 16 on Sunday.
The grocery chain also advised anyone who has GreenWise frozen blueberries that were purchased before Saturday to get rid of them too.
Jude Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart, Harry Kane converted a penalty when England was down to 10 men, and the Three Lions handed Mexico its first World Cup loss at Estadio Azteca, a wild 3-2 victory on Sunday night to reach the quarterfinals.England moves on to face ...
Christian Walker and Isaac Paredes hit solo home runs, and four pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout, and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0....
There’s not usually a clock ticking down in tennis.Yet for Coco Gauff at Wimbledon on Sunday, the All England Club's 11 p.m. curfew made it seem like there was.And Gauff hit the winning shot at the buzzer.Two minutes before 11, Gauff converted her first match point with a service...
Miami Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez is working on a perfect game through seven innings against the Athletics on Sunday.The 23-year-old Pérez, who has never pitched a complete game in his major league career, has retired all 21 batters he’s faced with eight strikeouts. Pérez has...
Vinícius Júnior had the ball at the penalty spot, a perfect chance to give Brazil the lead.And he handed it to Bruno Guimarães.And by the time Neymar — in what he said was his final World Cup appearance — took and made Brazil's second penalty kick, it was too late for the five-ti...
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands as residents were urged to stay indoors.The storm started passing through the island of Rota M...
Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during summit as well.
Erling Haaland headed in the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute and scored again before the end of regulation time, carrying Norway into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Brazil on Sunday that showcased the towering striker on soccer's biggest s...
A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance plan to increase their outputs modestly next month, which would bring more oil online after fuel prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.The Organization of the Petroleum Exp...
For Texans running back Woody Marks, his rookie season was defined by an ability to adapt on the fly.Marks eluded tacklers in tight spaces to create yards out of nothing and displayed enough power to break tackles. Although relatively underutilized compared to his college days, M...
Former U.S. Rep. Bill Archer, a staunch conservative who represented the Houston area in Congress for three decades and chaired the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has died. He was 98....
The FDNY says the plane was carrying 10 civilians. It says the plane is "upright in the water and being towed back to dock." No injuries have been reported....
Folarin Balogun's one-game ban was suspended by FIFA on Sunday, allowing the forward to play in the United States' World Cup round of 16 game against Belgium on Tuesday....
In a matchup of two of the hardest hitters on tour, Naomi Osaka outslugged top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 (2) to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time on Sunday.Sabalenka had beaten Osaka in all three of her previous matches with Osaka this year — including at...
Crowds of hundreds of thousands chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," as they called for revenge over the Feb. 28 attack.
Investigators said one person was taken to the hospital after being shot at an apartment complex in west Houston, while another person has been detained....
If your summer survival plan includes staying cool and snacking on something sweet, put this on your calendar: the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office is hosting their annual free watermelon giveaway on Tuesday, July 14, starting at 10 a.m.The event will take place at Atk...
A bright and sunny Sunday morning in southeast Texas will quickly give way to scorching heat and high humidity, with feels-like temperatures expected to soar into the triple digits, meteorologists said....
The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according to the human rights group representing him.Hussam Abu Safiya who served as director of the Kamal Adwan...
A child was hospitalized in serious condition after a near-drowning in Humble, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to the 15808 block of Crystal Terrace Drive, where the child — believed to be about 8 years old — was rescued...
Deputies with Harris County Constable Precinct 4 responded to reports of a shooting in the 1500 block of Ridgebriar Drive, where authorities said two people were injured, including an 8-year-old child. Officials reported the victims’ injuries were not life-threatening.Investigato...
Houston’s World Cup host committee and other officials collaborated ahead of the tournament to increase access to the sport for kids across Houston, particularly in underserved areas....
A tropical storm killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China, state media reported Monday.Tropical Storm Maysak killed two people in Nanning, in China’s southern Guangxi province. The storm affected about 55,000 people, includ...
Charles Leclerc took his first Formula 1 win in nearly two years as a chaotic British Grand Prix ended behind the safety car on Sunday and standings leader Kimi Antonelli missed the points again with a damaged car.Leclerc surged past Antonelli at the start as the Mercedes driver ...
Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance, employing outright flattery to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from acting on threa...
Episode: 1598 Surface Tension: a tiny force, but omnipresent. Today, we look at the edge of a water droplet.
Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder.The five-day preliminary hearing that starts Monday will be the...
A performer at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunday in the capital, Tehran. Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, drew calls of “Death to America!” and “D...
The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs were delayed by fog at Wrigley Field for 15 minutes after the sixth inning Saturday night.The Cardinals led 2-0 when play was stopped and won 3-0.The crowd of 38,872 joined in singing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as the dela...
A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to rights advocates.Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, o...
One hundred fifty people from 50 nations gathered Saturday at the home of the United States’ first president to celebrate not only the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding but also their first day as American citizens....
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the apartments on Wortham Boulevard just after 7 p.m. They performed CPR at the scene.The child was transported to a hospital and was pronounced deceased.Homicide detectives are responding to the scene near the Northwest Freewa...
The age-old debate about what to do with the air conditioning when no one is home is heating up, especially as a record-breaking heatwave grips the eastern United States....
The hot and humid conditions will remain across the area for your Sunday.
Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.France advanced to play Morocco on Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts.With an extreme ...
The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington's lawn at Mount Vernon on Saturday, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. The sun beat down and the well-dressed crowd was a flutter of paddle fans stamped with Americ...
Kylian Mbappé of France scored his 19th career World Cup goal, finding the net on a penalty kick in the Round of 16 against Paraguay on Saturday and moving within one of record holder Lionel Messi of Argentina.Mbappé stutter-stepped on his way to his 19th goal in 19 World Cup app...
The husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run in California that left a car with “major” damage authorities said Saturday, and he could face misdemeanor charges.Paul Pelosi was driving his brown convertible Friday in Yountville, a town in the hear...
Dr. Sloan was approaching his 20-year mark as HCU president before his sudden passing.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, members of the country's Indigenous communities explain what the holiday means for them.
Reed Hoffmann has been a freelance photographer for The Associated Press for more than a quarter of a century. Before moving to the Kansas City area, he was a newspaper photographer for more than 20 years. He covers breaking news in addition to various sporting events for the AP....
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is speaking in Kerrville on Saturday to mark a year since the deadly Hill Country flooding.
The Nathan’s hot dog eating champions retained their crowns Saturday as both Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo continued their impressive, digestive runs at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest....
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