Houston’s two commercial airports are receiving more than $126 million in federal funding to improve critical infrastructure, including upgrades at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and a major runway rehabilitation project at William P. Hobby Airport. Montgomery County report...
Hello, Houston.☀️ Tropical Storm Bertha has officially formed in the Gulf and is expected to hit New Orleans sometime this afternoon. Max winds for the storm are projected at 60 miles per hour, and it’s moving northwest at 6 mph with a minimum pressure of 995 millibars. Although ...
A 20-year-old woman was shot in the neck after gunfire erupted outside a southeast Houston business Wednesday, according to the Houston Police Department. The shooting happened near 1500 Lombardy Street, but investigators said the incident began at a business in the 4800 block of...
A driver is dead after crashing into a toll plaza along Beltway 8 overnight, according to Harris County Precinct 5 deputies. The crash happened just before midnight at the Central Plaza Tollway South near Tanner Road. Tropical Storm Bertha headed toward New Orleans, effects Houst...
More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo , according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history , as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread. Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednes...
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. HOUSTON — Less than 10 years ago, Moises Badera, 14, was playing soccer at a refugee camp in Burundi. He ...
One year after volunteer firefighter Razor Dobbs scoured the Texas Hill Country for victims of a devastating early morning flood, he stood before an elderly couple reluctant to evacuate their Center Point-area home as rain pounded and thunder crashed. It was around 3 a.m. Thursda...
WASHINGTON — Texas’ U.S. House delegation will experience high turnover come 2027, as a spate of retirements, redistricting-related changes and competitive races have the potential to remake the state’s footprint in Washington. The delegation also stands to get wealthier. The maj...
The University of Houston is considering removing nearly 40% of the courses currently offered in its core curriculum as administrators work to comply with a new Texas law that reshapes requirements for public universities, according to the Houston Chronicle . The proposed changes...
The Louvre's Apollo gallery on Wednesday reopened to the public for the first time since 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels were stolen in a dramatic daytime heist. The public can tour the majestic room and view its gilded ceilings and Greek frescoes en route t...
The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it was conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure. U.S. Central Command said the attacks were designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and ...
Lebanon's prime minister visited Wednesday a battered southern village as the implementation of a Washington-brokered Lebanese-Israeli agreement began, following months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah . The latest conflict started March 2, when the Lebanese mi...
Toxic gas prevented rescuers from reaching 13 workers trapped in a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India on Wednesday after a gas explosion two days earlier killed 12 workers. The blast triggered by a buildup of methane gas tore through the tunnel Monday at the 500-megawatt Teesta...
Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief . Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between the c...
Tropical Storm Bertha crawled into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center said Bertha made landfall in the afternoon in St. Bernar...
Jackie, the beloved Big Bear bald eagle, is recovering on Tuesday after she was injured and rescued over the weekend.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Asian leaders Wednesday that Iran's demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz would threaten the world’s economy and set a precedent that could be repeated elsewhere in the world. Rubio spoke at the start of an annual m...
Episode: 3390 Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve. Today, Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve.
U.S. stock indexes barely budged on Wednesday after oil prices climbed another 3% as fighting continues in the war with Iran . The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1%, coming off its best day in three weeks . The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 6 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nas...
President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could hoist children out of poverty and give more Americans the chance to benefit from investments in the stock market. But some parents say they're still waiting for the money to arrive. Trump on Wednesday plans to speak at a Georgia hi...
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcements during his first 24 hours on the job underscore the political and financial challenges he faces as he tries to jump-start the country’s sluggish economy. Burnham, from Britain’s left-leaning Labour Party, faces restive voters seeki...
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will go on trial on drug trafficking charges next June, a judge said Wednesday, as their lawyers continue to object to the U.S. military action that snatched them from power. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set the June 1 trial d...
The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer's whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the opening of his federal terrorism trial. It is a second trial for Hadi Matar, who was found guilty ...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu , but urged the federal government to do so. In a video, Mamdani described the Israeli prime min...
A reported new agreement could allow the U.S. to help Saudi Arabia with uranium enrichment capabilities.
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to halt the deportation of a witness in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston's East End, according to court documents....
An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare. Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, who is 34 years old and already had four children, delivered the babies last week at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Queensland ...
A suspect is in custody following a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in Friendswood on Tuesday afternoon.
As dangerous heat settles across the Houston area, the City of Houston is opening cooling centers to give residents a safe place to escape the high temperatures. The Lansdale Community Center on Roos Road is one of several locations that will serve as a cooling center during the ...
Gilley faces a capital murder charge in the 2024 death of his pregnant wife, Christa Gilley. He remains in custody in Italy, where a court is deciding whether to extradite him back to the United States....
A Magnolia woman says she was stunned after receiving a $2,327 water bill from Aqua Texas that showed her household used 97,200 gallons of water in one month—an amount she believes is impossible for her three-bedroom mobile home....
President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people, who were not authorized to comment publ...
Jimmy Kimmel returns for a new season of the ABC game show, with celebrities competing to win $1 million for charity. 💰📺
The new Air Force One is undergoing an upgrade that's expected to put the Qatari-gifted jet out of commission for about a month, President Donald Trump said on Sunday....
Dangerous heat continues across the Houston area, and for many people, staying indoors is not an option. FOX 26 spoke with Sean Harris, CEO and founder of Cypherdemics Fitness, about how to stay safe while working, exercising or running errands outdoors....
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district that was at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race and redistricting. The majority Black congressional district was redrawn by the state leg...
Police said two men had a "verbal altercation" on a METRO bus that continued after they exited, before another man walked up and shot the victim.
The latest "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" trailer revisits Tom Holland's "Spider-Man" saga before teasing Hulk, Scorpion and a new mystery villain.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a driver after seizing over 22 kilograms of fentanyl concealed inside a pickup truck's spare tire at the Presidio, Texas Port of Entry....
A man says a United Airlines employee suggested calling ICE on him during a confrontation over a ticketing issue.
A suspect was detained after shooting and killing his brother in Montgomery County, the sheriff's office said.
An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old’s cause and manner of death to be “undetermined” pending further investigation. The civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Wells family, announced the preliminary findi...
Residents at a senior apartment complex in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood say they're frustrated after one of the building's elevators has remained out of service for nearly two weeks....
A Conroe man is calling it a win after the Attorney General's office ordered the City of Conroe to release documents they were trying to withhold related to Flock cameras....
The funeral director whose Third Ward facility was raided by police last November was arrested Tuesday and charged with theft, forgery and tampering, according to officials....
Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that three people died of infections of hantavirus, but stressed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans. The Health Ministry said hant...
Activists took their demands for justice to Houston City Hall Tuesday, laying out plans for a citywide protest as they continue to push for answers in the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Salgado Araujo, a husband and father, was shot and killed by an ICE agent two weeks ago in H...
Community organizers and faith leaders held a press conference outside Houston City Hall on Tuesday to demand an independent investigation and accountability following the fatal July 7 shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent....
The Montgomery County Public Health Department confirms three cases of measles after a family was exposed to another confirmed case from an individual who traveled from out of state. Measles is a highly contagious virus, which can have serious health complications that can be lif...
President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon "a lot" during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country's leader, Joseph Aoun.
Court records show that a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy accused of breaking into his wife's home now has a burglary charge dismissed by a district attorney....
A Houston woman who rents out cars through her private rental company found her stolen vehicle sitting in another family’s driveway — sold to them with a forged title. Brionte Shurn said what started as a routine rental quickly turned into a nightmare involving a fake ID, a stole...
A man in Woodland Heights says the City of Houston has been ignoring his complaints about leaking sewage along his street for more than three decades.
Stephen Curry is headed to the Hall of Fame, making more basketball history with a first-of-its-kind exhibit for an active player. Stephen Curry: Beyond the Arc is set to open Friday, celebrating the career of a two-time MVP and the NBA's career leader in 3-pointers. The Naismith...
A bagel store owner in Galveston is turning a burglary into a slogan and using the words to help cover the costs of damages.
President Donald Trump is set to rally in Michigan next week as early in-person voting begins in the battleground state’s primary, where voters will choose nominees for open Senate and governor’s races. The rally is set to take place in Oakland County on Monday, according to a pe...
A Texas man out on bond for allegedly assaulting deputies is back in custody after law enforcement say he impersonated a peace officer to direct traffic on a Colorado highway....
An unlicensed Houston funeral home director is charged with five felonies after investigators say they submitted forged documents to obtain a state license — and then stole the estate of a man whose family hired them for his funeral. Unique Green, also referred to in court record...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion, so far, as he is facing questions and protests at a Senate hearing....
The skies were mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat had finally broken as 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Dias and his 28-year-old wife, Marina Suyapa Regalado, set out with their two children for some leisurely fishing in an Ohio river. A second Honduran couple and an adult f...
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