Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East. The elevated price mar...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. McALLEN— The South Texas nun who was detained by immigration officers last month spoke publicly for the f...
Laura Loomer , an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington. ...
The ruling says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t prove his allegations that the clinics performed abortions when a lower court’s injunction forced them to close....
Human remains discovered inside a chest freezer at a Juneau, Alaska, home are believed to belong to an adult male family member, according to police.
More than two dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters. The lawsuit, filed in Rhode Island and challenging Federal Emergency Managem...
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UPDATE | 2 p.m. Officials said the roadway is now reopen. Reopened Wow! Great job by our Dist 6 deputies shutting the roadway down allowing the txdot work crews to quickly make the necessary repairs to reopen the south bound lanes of SH 249. The overpass will remain closed. Drive...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. CHULA VISTA, CRYSTAL CITY — Gabby Perez painstakingly preserved her mother’s home after she died 15 years...
An Italian town is warning tourists against strolling through its streets shirtless or in swimwear, threatening hefty fines to those who ignore the rules....
A Texas appeals court on Thursday dismissed an injunction that forced a Houston-area midwife to close her clinics, ruling that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s office relied solely on an anonymous email as evidence that she violated the state’s 2022 abortion ban. Paxton’s off...
Tropical Storm Bertha is churning toward a second landfall in Texas after grazing southern Louisiana.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Thursday in the Texas Panhandle—about 23 miles northwest of Miami—according to the U.S. Geological Survey . Because it was shallow, people near the area were more likely to feel it as shaking or rattling. According to USGS data, the M5.0 earthqua...
16-year-old Chase Merriweather, a quadruple amputee, found his calling as an athlete after a life-changing illness.
A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday Mass in her habit, thinking about the day's Bible readings and carrying little more than her rosary and cellph...
Trump says the accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market. But some parents are still waiting for the money....
Jackie, the beloved Big Bear bald eagle, continues to receive care after she was rescued, but officials say her condition remains critical.
A member of Vice President JD Vance ’s security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the security-team member faces an internal investigation and ...
Diplomats from around the world are gathering at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday to decide whether to permanently remove the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. British barrister Karim Khan has been accused of sexual misconduct with a...
New data collected from major cities across the nation show that homicides have dropped sharply in the first half of 2026, part of a continuing three-year decline in violent crime....
Diode Ventures has withdrawn plans for a data center near Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County.
Tropical Storm Bertha is moving toward the Upper Texas coast, but significant impacts are not expected across Southeast Texas. The storm is not very strong, only bringing breezy conditions and a chance for scattered heavy downpours Thursday afternoon and evening. Tropical Storm B...
Bertha in plain terms (what we’re watching) Even when a system isn’t forecast to be a major hurricane, tropical storms can still bring impactful hazards: Gusty winds (enough to bring down small limbs, cause scattered outages, and make driving tougher on bridges) Torrential downpo...
Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz timed his attack perfectly in the final climb to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, while Tadej Pogacar finished a few minutes behind and maintained his significant overall lead. It was the 33-year-old Carapaz’s first stage win ...
BMW is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles that were sold in the United States because of the engine starter potentially overheating and catching fire....
The crashed happened around 11 a.m this morning on the Katy Freeway near SH-99 Tropical Storm Bertha moves through Houston today According to Fire Chief Deacon Tittel with Harris County ESD- 48, two people suffered minor injuries in the crash and were taken to a nearby hospital. ...
PT Organics Limited is recalling select banana strawberry fruit puree pouches due to an internal packaging defect that may result in plastic entering the product....
Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. The prize-winning writer recalled feeling what he thought was a punch und...
Big Tex will look a little different at the State Fair of Texas this year.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in nearly 12 months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers at a time when rising oil prices are already squeezing household budgets. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose...
Manchester City officially completed the signing of England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest on Thursday for a reported 116 million pounds ($155 million). The club record fee for City eclipses the 100 million pounds ($139 million) it paid for Jack Grealish in 202...
President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers — a sign of how the artificial intelligence build-out has become a lightning rod of controversy before the midte...
The Carolina Panthers have lost outside linebacker Nic Scourton for the season after tore the ACL in his right knee on the first day of training camp on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anon...
A 47-year-old man was stabbed multiple times during a suspected road rage incident in Queens on Thursday morning.
Most Americans want the war in Iran to end now, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Maryland.
A woman and a man are charged with the murder of a 20-year-old woman, who deputies said was shot inside a vehicle in April.
A large batch of shell eggs sold across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana is being pulled from shelves after Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. said the products may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis , according to a company recall notice posted by the FDA. The recall covers ab...
A teen has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a woman at an apartment in Friendswood.
Patrick Kane has rejoined the Chicago Blackhawks, agreeing to a $16 million, two-year contract with his first NHL team. The deal, which includes a full no-movement clause, was announced by the Blackhawks on Thursday. Kane, 37, became one of the NHL's most dynamic players while sp...
Whenever the calendar comes out, Amanda Mendoza VanCleave circles the dates. Studio Ghibli Fest , the long-running theatrical revivals of Ghibli movies, has taken on a special meaning for her, her 3-year-old daughter and her mother, Araceli. Every year, they go to see each Ghibli...
Fire officials said there were two other people living at the home, and they are being interviewed. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
One notable backer of the “Lane Kiffin Rule" winding its way through Congress turns out to be Lane Kiffin himself. Though naming it after him was not considered a compliment, Kiffin said he can see some value in the provision in a wide-ranging Senate bill that would fix the longs...
The surprise closure of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" has reignited a growing debate about the future of Broadway, with producers, performers and theater insiders questioning whether soaring costs are making it harder for new and innovative shows to survive....
The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran , sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional ap...
Authorities say a suspicious item originally believed to be an explosive device was found during the execution of a search warrant at a southeast Houston home. Later, on Thursday afternoon, KPRC 2 learned the suspicious item was fireworks packed together, according to the Harris ...
Infected fleas can be carried by rats, opossums, cats and dogs. Experts say the disease is commonly found in stray cats, but domestic cats can carry it, too, which is why they recommend flea prevention in pets....
A mother raccoon stayed nearly two months in the wall of SF apartment, giving birth and breaking into tenants' bedroom before falling to her death.
Midland school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of the district’s revenue....
That includes more than 480,000 fans who attended the seven matches in Houston’s NRG Stadium, according to the city’s World Cup host committee. The majority of those ticket buyers came from outside Houston, and nearly half of them came from other countries....
Mary Miller's home has been a place where she can feel close to her two late sons, but now she said it's clouded with suspicion.
Union Pacific struck a deal with Canadian National to secure that rival's support for its proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern railroad. The deal to create the nation's first transcontinental railroad has been divisive within the industry because it would concentr...
A Texas appeals court has reversed a temporary injunction that shut down a Houston-area midwife’s clinics amid allegations that she performed illegal abortions and practiced medicine without a license. In a memorandum opinion issued Thursday, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals found ...
A police shooting death of a homeless man who the chief said wounded an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled Wisconsin's capital city, with protesters and community groups demanding accountability and an end to racial injustice. Corey Durell Ruiz, 38, was shot a...
These maps show that the redistricting battle President Trump initiated has so far had a particular impact on largely Black congressional districts in Republican-led states....
Popular gas station chain Buc-ee's has sparked an online debate after displaying signs advertising employee pay, including salaries of up to $275,000 a year for some store managers without a college degree....
U.S. applications for jobless benefits tumbled to the lowest level in more than five decades last week as layoffs remain historically low despite global economic uncertainty. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the week ending July 18 declined by 22,000 ...
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is imposing new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners , just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a defeat at the Supreme Court. The United States will impose taxes of 10% to 12.5% on import...
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk , Martin McDonagh's dark CIA comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and films featuring Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are among the movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September. Alberto Barbera, the festival's artistic d...
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday amid uncertainty about how volatile energy prices will affect inflation. The central bank for the 21 countries that use the euro currency left its benchmark rate unchanged at 2.25% following a quarter-point hike at ...
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Firefighters kept a vast wildfire in southwest France from advancing overnight Tuesday, extinguishing flare-ups near Atlantic coast dunes be…
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