Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due in Paris on Monday for talks with two dozen European leaders helping Kyiv fight Russia’s invasion, with the war now in its fifth year.European foreign ministers were also meeting separately in Brussels where they were expected to di...
The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies, denouncing what it called a yearslong cyberespionage campaign to undermine the bloc.The move targeted nine people and four entities accused of links to an onli...
A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition in the Thai capital's most deadly blaze in 17 years.Photos from the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the Thai capital showed peopl...
Support for Israel is a key component of the religious identity of many Jewish adults ages 45 and older in the United States, but younger Jewish adults are more likely to prioritize other forms of connection, like celebrating Jewish holidays, according to a new AP-NORC poll. That...
Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunobl...
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opens Friday, to global anticipation and some controversy over his casting choices — but what do Greeks think?Conversation about adaptations often revolves around how closely they follow a source text. But in a country where Homer’s story is taug...
A Vermont man who was 17 when he and a friend killed a pair of married Dartmouth College professors 25 years ago will have a chance at parole in about 20 years, when he reaches the age of one of his victims, a judge ruled Monday.Lawyers for Robert Tulloch, now 43, and the prosecu...
The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida’s death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.The series of executions, due to be carried out by the end of this month, highlights the nation’s aging d...
Senate Republicans will return to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally with President Donald Trump. Graham, 71, died Saturday evening after a t...
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 4.7% to $79.59 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4.8% to $74.85 per barrel. Prices fo...
More than 100 people gathered outside Houston City Hall Sunday evening, filling the plaza with candles, prayers and chalk drawings as they honored the life of 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and renewed calls for answers following his fatal shooting by an ICE agent.Instead of ...
The U.S. military said Monday it ended its latest wave of strikes targeting Iran, insisting that Tehran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.The U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement that it hit air defense systems, radar sites, missile and drone equipment and smal...
Dallas Stadium is gearing up for its ninth and final World Cup match on Tuesday as Spain faces France in a high-stakes semifinal.
Two people died in a fiery 2-vehicle crash on I-69 this afternoon in northeast Houston.HPD tells us that it happened around 4:45 p.m. near Beltway 8.The crash involved a heavy truck and a passenger vehicle.The southbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway could be closed for several mor...
For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in a row, then in an intersecting line, gradually forming a grid. Then saplings are planted at the center of each small squ...
Ryan Blaney emerged from a three-wide battle on the final lap of overtime to cap a dominant victory in the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta early Monday.Blaney won every stage of the race after starting on the pole, but the Team Penske Ford driver had to fight of...
Video captured by ABC13 Storm Tracker Jaime Garcia showed a large branch downed after heavy winds during a thunderstorm in northwest Harris County.
Businesses across the Greater Houston area are celebrating “713 Day," where the date matches the city's most well-known zip code.
Chad Tracy notices how much baseball has changed in the 13 years since he took his last big league at-bat.“You watch a Triple-A game, most everybody that’s coming out of the bullpen left-handed or right-handed is throwing 95-plus,” the Boston Red Sox manager said. “Back in the da...
Grimes County Sheriff Deputies responded to 911 calls Saturday night about a shooting in the town of Bedias, which is between College Station and Huntsville.They got to the area on Independence Drive and found one man who had been shot several times.That man died from his injurie...
Officials say the crash is in the southbound lanes of I-69 around the exit ramp to Beltway 8.
Conor McGregor's manager said in a social media post Sunday that fighter did not have a previous knee injury prior to his shortened UFC 329 fight with Max Holloway.McGregor's first fight in five years lasted just 1:09 due to a knee injury sustained while attempting an opening rou...
Emergency crews responded to an incident that Houston TranStar described as a "Heavy Truck Accident" and a "Vehicle Fire" on IH-69 near Beltway 8.
Texas is activating emergency resources as heavy rain and flash flooding threaten much of the state this week, with officials urging Texans to stay weather aware and avoid flooded roads....
Sen. Mitch McConnell is revealing for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization.
Alexander Zverev is used to being “the third guy” in tennis. After following up his French Open title with a run to his first Wimbledon final, he's hoping to be more than that in the future. Despite losing to Jannik Sinner on Centre Court on Sunday, the 29-year-old Zverev thinks ...
A woman who went missing after floodwaters swept her Missouri home from its foundation was found dead Saturday as severe storms and heavy rainfall continued to impact parts of the Midwest and South....
An off-duty member of the Chilean navy driving a private vehicle crashed into an open-air market in the coastal city of Vina del Mar Sunday, killing several people, the navy said in a statement.Footage circulating on social media from a residential security camera appears to capt...
Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night's All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays.The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League's starter. Da...
A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning, killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said.Rescuers said the fire was reported around midnight. Footage shared online by first responders shows huge blaze raging out...
Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate.A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the ...
A disturbance between two men escalated into a fatal shooting in Grimes County on Saturday afternoon, leaving one man dead and another in law enforcement custody, authorities said....
Only 19 years old and a scant 61 years younger than his All-Star Futures Game manager, Nathan Flewelling has tried not to put a timetable on his potential big league debut.Going deep in a major league ballpark sure gives hope in Tampa Bay that Flewelling could fit in fine once he...
Lindsey Graham's relationship with Donald Trump was a roller coaster.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.The agreement would resol...
The Seattle Seahawks are being sold to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, the team announced on Saturday....
When deputies arrived at the scene, they reported finding a man with multiple gunshot wounds and another man who admitted to shooting him.
Precinct 4 officials said an investigation is underway after a vehicle crashed into a residence near Atascocita, causing minor injuries.
The Walt Disney Company’s live action “Moana” may be the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office, but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters.The movie, which cost a reported $250 million to produce, earned just $43 million from ticket sales in the U.S. and C...
New data from pet sitting platform TrustedHousesitters has revealed the most popular dog breed in each state.
The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children next to an airport hub, positioning itself to speed up deportations....
Investigators said the driver was impaired and failed to control his speed before hitting the bicycle, sending the cyclist to the hospital, where he later died....
A domestic dispute escalated into a fatal shooting late Wednesday evening in southeast Houston when a man shot his fiancée’s daughter’s boyfriend in the chest, Houston Police officials said....
NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel have paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties.
Haeran Ryu birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship on Sunday for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.The South Korean golfer backed up her victory at the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club...
Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded over a dozen others, according to local health officials.A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians, according to...
The Houston Police Department said it is looking for the person who shot and killed a man and a woman in a home in southeast Houston.
A judge has set a plea and sentencing hearing later this month for a teenager accused of killing four people in a September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded not guilty to charges including murder in the shooting that killed two students...
Deeper Gulf moisture keeps pouring in this weekend, so expect more clouds and higher rain chances. Scattered showers bring isolated thunderstorms through the afternoon across the Houston area on Sunday....
Prince William joined his wife Kate and two of their children for the men's final at Wimbledon on Sunday in a star-studded Royal Box that also included actors Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Ben Stiller. Kate, who wore a dress in Wimbledon green, is the patron of the All Englan...
The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport's Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.Alexandra Rickham, director of sustainability at World Sailing, said this first-of-a-kind life cy...
Brendon McCullum has been fired as coach of England's test cricket team after four years in charge but will continue to lead the country's T20 and ODI sides.The England and Wales Cricket Board announced Sunday that McCullum "will stand down," with the New Zealander saying in the ...
It’s a matchup of the top two seeds as defending champion Jannik Sinner plays French Open winner Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.The top-ranked Sinner is looking to bounce back from his meltdown at Roland Garros and claim his fifth Grand Slam title.Zverev, who i...
During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training. When he walked into the second grade classroom where he worked as a teaching assistant, students would rush from their seats for a fist bum...
A man is dead after investigators say he was shot by his girlfriend’s mother’s fiancé following a fight Saturday night in southeast Houston.Houston police responded around 11:10 p.m. to the 3700 block of Odin Court after a woman called 911 to report a shooting.Houston Sunday stor...
Fellow elected officials and world leaders are remembering Sen. Lindsey Graham as a dedicated public servant and fighter for world peace.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has died at the age of 71. Graham's office released a statement early Sunday morning saying he died following a "brief and sudden" illness....
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine's government.In a statement on social media, Svyrydenko said she was “proud to have had the honor of leading the government during one of the most ...
Volkswagen's CEO indicated in comments published Sunday that he's trying to avoid closing plants as he seeks to turn around the automaker's performance.The Wolfsburg, Germany-based company faces pressure to cut costs at home and increasingly intense competition in the lucrative C...
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Episode: 3393 In which the 1928 Curtiss Robin airplane was far more than it seemed to be. Today, a ride in a bland airplane.
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