This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization.Nearly two decades had passed since the storm. For many, the memory of what had happened on Goat Island had largely vanished into the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, what residents ...
KERR COUNTY — Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom.Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the fl...
President Donald Trump will visit North Dakota on Wednesday to see the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a massive facility exploring the 26th president's life, built in the rugged, lonely landscape where the young easterner built his conservation values while ranching and...
A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran’s approved route through the water, Iranian state television reported Wednesday. The report identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details.The Iranian state TV re...
Mourners gathered Wednesday in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore to bury 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring center collapsed on Tuesday. Police are investigating whether negligence during ongoing construction work caused the collapse that left another e...
Angelica Mundrain wants the bodies of her son, niece and nephew to be pulled from the rubble of her flattened beachfront apartment. She has spent every minute of the past six days waiting for the heavy machinery needed to remove the slabs of concrete and twisted metal that trappe...
Ice. Urgently and in large quantities.At a Paris-region hospital, emergency medics needed it to plunge patients into cold-water baths to speedily bring down their temperatures so they wouldn't join the growing tally of dead from a record-smashing heat wave. But lacking an ice-mak...
Turkey is rolling out sweeping security measures for next month’s NATO summit, deploying tens of thousands of police and placing air defenses on high alert, while banning public gatherings and imposing controversial restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly.That's meant ...
Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art’s Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Carroll's lawyers said in papers fi...
One man is facing murder charges after being arrested by Galveston police following a shooting in League City on Monday.
A man was shot in the leg after gunfire broke out during an apparent gun sale robbery at a Houston motel Monday evening, while the robbery suspect escaped with a pistol and cash, according to Houston police....
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration. Last month, the Education Department announced it would offload oversight of spec...
Six people who pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration and shooting outside a Texas immigrant detention center are set to be sentenced Wednesday. Other protesters have already been sentenced to decades behind bars, including a former Marine who was handed a 100-year ...
With the threat of schism and excommunication hanging over them, a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics on Wednesday celebrated an ancient Latin Mass in direct defiance of Pope Leo XIV to consecrate four bishops without his consent.Bells tolled through the mountain valley ...
The lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country.Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hour...
It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary ...
In Kimberley Kausen’s home, a passed “sell by” date on a jug of milk means different things to different family members. For her daughter, it means the jug belongs in the trash. For her husband, it means the milk is still good for a few more days.Kausen, a chef and cooking teache...
Standing in front of a large group of football players, Ramon Chinyoung reminded them about what’s possible when you dream big and work hard.Chinyoung is rising on the NFL coaching ladder. His roots are in Houston, though, at the high school football level as the head coach at Wi...
When Morocco advanced to the Round of 32 in the FIFA World Cup 2026, Madiha Bekkali knew she wanted her son to see them play in person and bought tickets to the game in Guadalajara, Mexico, against the Netherlands. Friends of hers told her not to waste her money and to wait until...
Tenants at Palm Village Apartments in Bay City say they have dealt with broken air conditioning, pests and safety concerns. The city confirms two open code enforcement cases....
A Harris County grand jury has decided not to indict a teenager for an alleged school shooting plot.
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday as uncertainty persisted over conflict in the Middle East and access to the crucial Strait of Hormuz despite an initial deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices edged higher. The U.S. dollar rose to 162.68 Japanese ye...
A Montgomery County Precinct 5 deputy has resigned after an internal investigation found he violated department policies by sharing protected information and operating his patrol vehicle in an unsafe manner.The Precinct 5 Constable’s Office announced Tuesday that its investigatio...
Houston-based luxury florist Le Hao Tran has pleaded guilty to filing a false federal tax return after admitting she concealed millions of dollars in business income from the Internal Revenue Service, Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck announced....
Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home.The Ohio Bureau of Investigation and local sheriff's department searched a home in the small village of Hamd...
Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was tossed for a second straight game on Tuesday after throwing his helmet toward Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli during a heated exchange that ended with the benches clearing and multiple ejections.Cavalli struck out Contr...
Whither the U.S. House?As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits.The House leadership on Tuesday abruptly canceled votes and sent lawmakers home early for the holiday recess, Speaker Mike Johnson ’s majority o...
Guardians rookie left fielder Cooper Ingle lost track of the number of outs in the seventh inning Tuesday night and casually tossed the live ball into the stands as a souvenir, allowing the Texas Rangers to score the go-ahead run.With a runner at second base and one out, Ingle, m...
The United States national team has grown tired of hearing about its traditional shortcomings in World Cup knockout matches.The Americans will look to change that narrative on Wednesday as they attempt to win their first World Cup elimination game in 24 years when they face Bosni...
Law enforcement has seized more than 27,000 counterfeit FIFA-related items worth more than $6.1 million across the Houston area in approximately the past two weeks, according to court records and officials — and with the tournament wrapping up in Houston on Saturday, experts are ...
The decision comes more than seven years after two people were killed inside their southeast Houston home during a Jan. 2019 no-knock drug raid that was based on false information....
As the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, Airbnb is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to help prevent unauthorized parties after a Houston short-term rental gathering ended in gunfire, raising renewed concerns about neighborhood safety and enforcement.The compa...
Two fireworks businesses along FM 2100 in the Huffman area are cleaning up and restocking after they say thieves targeted both stands just days before one of the busiest weeks of the year....
Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest – and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle.It adds up. The United States trades $1.9 trillion a year ...
Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle.It adds up. The United States trades $1.9 trillion a year ...
Michael Byrne, an actor known for his work in “Harry Potter," “Braveheart" and “Indiana Jones," has died, according to reports. He was 82.
It wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks. Most people know to be careful while lighting firecrackers, fountains, Roman candles, and more, but fewer realize that just as much danger lies in what happens after. Improper cleanup and disposal of spent fireworks is a...
Kawhi Leonard is headed back to the Toronto Raptors, after they struck a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers to reunite with the player who led their run to the 2019 NBA championship, a person with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday.The Raptors are sending Brandon Ingram, Gradey ...
Records reveal how long it took to share information about a countywide voting problem during May's runoff election in Fort Bend County.
Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. adorned with flower lei from Hawaii residents who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to join him on a pivotal Civil Rights march went on public display Tuesday in the state Capitol in Honolulu. The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized pas...
President Donald Trump earned more than $1 billion from his cryptocurrency ventures, according to his personal financial disclosure released on Tuesday....
The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, called Tuesday’s ruling a victory for all Americans, saying it reaffirmed that precedent.“I don't conside...
Kylian Mbappé put France ahead with a brilliant crossover step in the 45th minute and added a second-half goal to set a World Cupknockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 Tuesday to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay.Bradley Barcola added a 53rd-minute...
Texas politics have become deeply engaged in the fight over the future of college football. In this week’s episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Ralph Russo, senior writer for The Athletic and host of The Audible podcast. We discuss the saga of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan So...
U.S. customs officers are being celebrated for saving the life of a toddler who was suffering a seizure at a Baltimore airport and started choking.
The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.Hinkle — one of the oldest arenas in the country — is iconic, and more than fits the billing that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and ot...
An investigation reveals that technology from U.S. organizations is being used to fuel a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in global fraud....
As the excitement builds for Disney's live-action 'Moana,' fans of the franchise will get a chance to feel closer to the famous wayfinder and voyager.
Catherine Laga'aia won the role of a lifetime in the live-action "Moana." And we're finding out just how many others applied for the part! Watch her shine in "Moana" in theaters July 10....
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s northern coast last week, killing over 1,700 people, according to latest numbers from the Associated Press. Houston organizers said some relief donation sites have reached capacity and paused accepting supplies....
France forward Kylian Mbappé scored his 17th and 18th goals at the World Cup on Tuesday, moving one behind Lionel Messi on the tournament's all-time list and tying him with the Argentina star in the race for the Golden Boot at this year's tournament with six apiece.The 27-year-ol...
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Monday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.Mere startups when took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed i...
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.U.S. District Judge Myong J...
Only on 13, shocking dashcam video shows a man climbing in and out of a smashed truck window during an alleged carjacking involving a pitchfork.
When Serena Williams accepted an offer to play singles at Wimbledon, Maya Joint got to thinking.The 20-year-old Joint had said there was “always a part of me that wanted to experience playing against her."After getting what she wished for — a first-round meeting with the tennis i...
For more than 20 years, United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT) has been on the front lines of one of the most urgent human rights crises in the country. Founded in Houston in 2005, the organization has grown from a coalition of passionate advocates into a leading agency in the G...
President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The convention will be held i...
Plans are in motion to explore reopening the point that connects St. Charles Street in Second Ward to Preston Street in East Downtown by renovating an abandoned underpass, organizers say....
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said she has received death threats and been called racial slurs in the aftermath of her one-game suspension after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in last week's matchup against Indiana.Thomas also criticized WNBA Com...
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