McDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally. Fast-food traffic in many markets, including the U.S., is flat, so for McDonald’s to continue to grow it has to grab share from competitors and improve restaurant productivity, McDonal...
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The heads of major AI firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world....
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A rideshare driver who regularly picks up and drops off passengers at William P. Hobby Airport says getting to a restroom has become a significant challenge because of where ride-share drivers are required to park. Kevin Yackly is an Uber drive with a disability that requires him...
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It's estimated that a million stray animals are wandering the streets in Harris County, causing public health and public safety issues.
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Holmes is scheduled to be placed in the Austin Transitional Center.
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Tomasz Kosowski was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Steven Cozzi, who disappeared in March 2023.
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A loaded gun, a knife assault and threats involving Houston-area schools have raised questions for parents just weeks into the new school year. The incidents are happening as the FBI Houston Field Office investigates a record number of school-threat reports from the previous scho...
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A man convicted of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at their rural Texas home has been put to death.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico are banned from the White House.
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Federal agents are offering a reward for Alex Rosado Lopez, a man wanted in Georgia and two other states.
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County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level, a headache that is hitting just as they are preparing for voting to begin in the midterm elections. The problem, whic...
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Venezuela’s acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections Wednesday and said the nation’s people will determine the “right moment.” “I wish to state this very clearly before this General Assembly: Elections w...
schools
This one caught my attention. I’m looking into Arlington Street near Heights High School , where residents have raised concerns about long-term street and drainage issues, along with increased traffic and parking impacts. One resident sent me City street-assessment data showing p...
