President Donald Trump on Thursday said an agreement being reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. In a post on social media, the Republican president said the deal doesn’t allow...
A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have made false statements to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the all...
On Thursday's show: We learn how the city is preparing to help residents for dangerously high heat over the next few days. And we find out whether the FIFA World Cup matches were a boost for hotels and renters....
Hello, Houston.☀️ Tropical Storm Bertha hit Louisiana on Wednesday, and as of Thursday morning, it is moving toward our coastal counties. Although the impacts are not expected to be severe, authorities are still warning residents to stay vigilant and prepared. Tropical Storm Bert...
A French professional model recruiter who for over a decade arranged for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet multiple models, was found dead at his home near Paris....
It is the kind of development once seen only in science fiction: An artificial intelligence system, trained to probe for digital vulnerabilities, breaks free of human control and acts on its own to hack another company . The attack announced this week by OpenAI , which blamed rog...
Tropical Storm Bertha is moving closer to the Texas coast, prompting a Tropical Storm Watch for Galveston and much of the Upper Texas Coast as officials encourage residents to prepare. While conditions remain relatively calm Thursday morning, emergency managers say storms like Be...
The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to th...
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 — In 2019, a historic theater’s marquee in McAllen’s downtown district once lauded, “Welcome to M...
EAGLE PASS — No border city received more Republican attention in 2024 than Eagle Pass , where Texas’ GOP leaders took over a public park and dispatched thousands of state troopers and Texas National Guard members to patrol the Rio Grande after the city became a hot spot for ille...
Ex-Magnolia Independent School District teacher Jason Maldonado was charged with having an improper relationship between an educator and a student in Texas....
About 20,000 people were evacuated from towns and vacation resorts along the French Atlantic coast Thursday as the latest in a series of wildfires raged and hundreds of firefighters were dispatched to tackle it. Local authorities said the fire in a forest near the town of Lège-Ca...
Data collected from 30 American cities showed an 18% decrease in the homicide rate from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026, translating to about 215 fewer homicides this year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice. Should the trend conti...
Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the biggest challenges to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The “Cockroach” protests be...
The U.S. military launched the 13th night of strikes Thursday against Iran, targeting key military and commercial sites as clashes continued to escalate over shipping routes. The attacks came after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the ...
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received a collection of cultural artifacts from the country's Papua region that had been illegally taken to the United States, officials said Thursday. The handover took place late Wednesday during a meeting with FBI Director Kash Patel at P...
Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East on Thursday threatened to slow the global flow of crude . At the same time, sharp drops for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla , yanked the U.S. stock market...
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is investing an additional $500 million into ongoing stadium renovations to improve overall fan experience with an eye toward potentially bringing the Super Bowl, NFL draft, 2031 Women’s World Cup and other major sporting events to Charlotte. ...
Episode: 2622 Watson: A computer system that plays Jeopardy!. Today, Jeopardy!.
Thai authorities said Thursday they are searching for the people responsible for an attack in the country’s troubled deep south region that killed five soldiers and injured several civilians. About 10 attackers opened fire and threw pipe bombs at soldiers at a security check poin...
A second person has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in April, officials said.
When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about — or hearing about — data centers that power artificial intelligence . But with barely three months until November's contest, the perceived threat to rura...
A panel of federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities , despite warnings from government scientists that the chemicals haven’t been shown to be safe or effective. In a series of vote...
Citing an internal misinterpretation of a change in policy, the U.S. Navy is backing away from statements that it would begin to restrict press and public access to sailors' service histories — information that has been freely offered for decades. “The Navy continues to fulfill s...
A Washington Avenue business says months of ongoing problems reached a dangerous turning point this week after a brick thrown during a confrontation shattered the front door of the shop....
A Madison police officer shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest, the city's police chief said Wednesday.
A community meeting on immigration enforcement was held Wednesday night in Houston's East End following the ICE shooting that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo....
Residents told ABC13 the false activations happen frequently, leading some drivers and pedestrians to ignore the warnings and cross the tracks despite the active signals....
A 17-year-old has been charged with the shooting death of a Clear Lake woman on Tuesday, according to the Houston Police Department.
Houston police have arrested a 62-year-old Atascocita man after linking him to four rapes spanning multiple decades.
A Harris County woman accused of being part of an organized retail theft ring remained free despite repeatedly violating probation after a judge ended three probation cases with an "unsatisfactory termination" — a practice critics say is unique to Harris County and allows repeat ...
Salmonella fears spurred the recall of over 1.5 million eggs that were sold in multiple states under several different brand names.
An Australian court has cleared Rebel Wilson of defaming the star of her directorial debut, “The Deb,” in social media posts. Charlotte MacInnes alleged Wilson defamed her or breached her confidence in four social media posts from September 2024 to July 2025 by falsely suggesting...
IH-69 Southwest Freeway northbound at Beltway 8 West will be closed for several hours after a vehicle crash on Wednesday evening.
Amish Shah won the Democratic primary Wednesday in a hotly contested congressional district in Arizona, delivering another defeat to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which backed a rival, as more voters reject the preferences of party leaders in Washington. Shah, ...
IH-69 Southwest Freeway northbound at Beltway 8 West will be closed for several hours after a vehicle crash on Wednesday evening.
The Destiny’s Child: Iconic Reimagined Tribute transforms the group’s biggest hits into a beautiful candlelight performance by a live string quintet, while Knowles shares behind-the-scenes stories and memories from the group’s incredible journey....
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help end the “senseless war” in Ukraine but acknowledged there is no quick path to a deal, saying diplomacy will require sustained effort and new ideas. Rubio, who held talks with his Rus...
The northbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway are back open after being shut down for several hours when a vehicle flew off the elevated HOV lane and onto the highway below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zion Christyan Webb (@zionwebbtv) A Houston Transtar camera a...
City and host committee leaders declared Houston’s role in the 2026 FIFA World Cup an overwhelming success, drawing over 1.1 million total participants and half a million out-of-town visitors across seven matches and a top-rated Fan Fest in East Downtown....
A former elementary school teacher in Magnolia ISD is facing one charge of having an inappropriate relationship with students.
CVS Pharmacy is expanding into pet health care by allowing customers to fill common prescriptions for dogs and cats at roughly 9,000 locations nationwide....
A federal judge has barred the deportation of one of the passengers who was in the van the day Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Houston....
Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy took a deep dive into the compensation city employees earn in Texas' largest cities.
The study found that the key parts of the brains of people who told researchers they watched TV "very often" during their midlife years were found to have smaller structures....
A Houston mother, Hope Montgomery said she knows the danger of water all too well — and she’s not taking any chances with her three daughters. Montgomery is the mother of triplets Lakin, Londyn and Lauren, all have autism. Despite the challenges that can come with the diagnosis, ...
Montgomery County deputies said 29-year-old Bradley Orton had been previously arrested for an indecent assault case in 2022 before the alleged incident this month....
New video captured the moments leading up to a frightening attack that happened outside 26 Federal Plaza in New York on Monday.
Homeowners in southeast Houston showed 2 Helps You how vegetation growing along a Union Pacific rail line has become more than an eyesore—they say it’s now invading their properties and damaging their fences. The problem is in the 2600 block of North Shady Creek Court, where neig...
For many Houston families, the weeks before the first school bell rings come with a long shopping list and an even longer to-do list. The Mayor’s Back 2 School & Health Fair , presented by Shell, is designed to help check off both. Now in its 16th year, the fair has served nearly...
Residents say raw sewage has flooded yards, backed into homes and plagued their neighborhood for nearly two decades. Now, county officials are questioning how the system continued operating despite licensing concerns. RELATED: Sewage backups plague Crosby community; residents dem...
The U.S. threat of 50% tariffs on Canadian goods will have a ripple effect on the country’s economy but also could be a negotiation tactic by the U.S. administration, experts say. The new tariffs, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, are scheduled to come into effe...
A woman said her laptop was stolen while going through the TSA security checkpoint at Bush Airport.
Houston summers are nothing new — but that doesn’t make them any easier to deal with. Whether you’re outside for work or just trying to stay active, the heat is something that demands attention. And this summer, with triple-digit temperatures becoming routine, experts say knowing...
The immigration officer who shot and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston was not in danger of being run over, two passengers in his van told a federal court this week. The Department of Homeland Security said shortly after the July 7 shooting that Salgado Araujo ...
More Americans say they're turning to shoplifting as inflation and financial strain continue to squeeze budgets. A new survey reveals who's stealing and what they're taking....
Texas lawmakers should reshape how Texas funds public universities by giving them more money when students make progress toward degrees and graduate, the state’s higher education agency recommended Wednesday. That recommendation came during the same meeting at which Texas Higher ...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert discussed what more can be done to protect players from online harassment during a virtual meeting with the players' union executive committee and the union's Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The call Tuesday night came at the ...
William Shatner is opening up about his battle with Stage 4 melanoma alongside his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, who survived Stage 4 breast cancer....
A woman was attacked by a brown bear Saturday while hiking with a friend and three dogs near a state park in Alaska, authorities said.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joi…
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South Korea’s Kospi index plunged nearly 11% on Tuesday on heavy selling of computer chipmaking stocks that have been battered recently by b…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation's more influential U.S. politicians at home and ab…
Traveler’s Cart announced it will close down on Friday, July 31. The restaurant opened on Montrose Boulevard in October, 2023. It was a spin…
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