Millions of Amazon Prime members could be eligible for refunds after the company agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations involving its Prime subscription practices. The settlement stems from claims that Amazon made it difficult...
Texas Monthly's Daniel Vaughn discusses how pitmasters can avoid the smoke of rising beef prices.
The suspect is in custody after two people were stabbed in broad daylight in Manhattan on Thursday, authorities said.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has added four additional states to the link of U.S. states that have been impacted by the outbreak of cyclosporiasis traced to iceberg lettuce from central Mexico....
Credit card giant American Express said its second-quarter profits rose 8% from a year earlier, helped by higher spending by its card members, fewer delinquencies and more customers signing up for its premium products like the Platinum Card and Gold Card. The New York-based compa...
Property-wealthy districts say recapture gives the state too much control over local finances. But advocates warn that without it, underserved students could end up worse off....
Amy’s Kitchen is recalling over 184,000 cans of Amy's Organic Lentil Soup – Light in Sodium due to a manufacturer’s defect with the pull tab that could cause spoilage of the soup....
More than half a million Ford SUVs have been recalled over increased risk of fire in the engine compartment.
The pilot of a float plane that crashed on a remote island near Washington's border with Canada, injuring all 11 people on board, changed course to avoid a thunderstorm before it went down, the company that operated the flight said Friday. But it remained unclear what caused the ...
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was detained by ICE while working, according to the flight attendants' union. The circumstances remain unclear as the union provides legal support....
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices , claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other U.S. tech giants. The EU, a day earlier, fined Google 8...
Nearly a dozen Democratic members of Congress came to Houston on Thursday to hear directly from the family of a man killed by federal immigration agents during an enforcement operation that, by the government’s own admission, was never targeting him. Mexico to request criminal ch...
SPØWith swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle. The International Medieval Combat Federation's annual world championship roared into gear in northern Denmark th...
The Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattan's Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the country's busiest transit hub.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was removed from office on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged. The ouster of Karim Khan comes at a time when the court is already facing daunting challenges, including a c...
On Friday's show: We learn how the war with Iran is reshaping the oil industry and its impact on Houston. And we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week....
Hello, Houston.☀️ Tropical Storm Bertha is finally out of our hair Friday morning, and it’s just in time for the weekend! If you were out and about Thursday evening, you may have been caught in the downpours that came from Bertha. Many areas saw flooding, like Missouri City, Suga...
For many people, the end of a marriage is one of life’s most emotionally difficult experiences, even as divorce rates in the U.S. have declined over the past several decades. According to the Pew Research Center, about one-third of Americans who have ever been married had experie...
A new federal program that will allow some airports to replace Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers with private security contractors could eventually expand to other airports, including those in Houston. While George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Willi...
The European Commission on Friday said it found TikTok had not adequately protected children’s privacy rights on its platform by allowing adults to view the accounts of minors. The action exposed children to cyberbullying, unwanted contact and predatory behavior, commission spoke...
What began as a reported shoplifting at a Galleria-area clothing store ended in tragedy Thursday night when two teenagers were hit and killed while running across a Houston freeway following a police chase, according to the Houston Police Department. Assistant Chief James Bryant ...
A United Nations committee on Friday inscribed a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a group of castles in southern Lebanon on the World Heritage List, despite objections from Israel, which had urged the committee to reject the bids. The decision at a U.N. Educational,...
A Russian attack Friday on a site near Kyiv that was hosting a defense industry event killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others, Ukrainian government and industry officials said. The ballistic missile strike came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy m...
Massive forest fires forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, with residents fleeing towns near Madrid and Bordeaux as the flames raged out of control. Firefighters and authorities in both European countries were caught off ...
Chinese coast guard ships blasted water cannons at two Philippine government fisheries vessels Friday in the South China Sea , the third confrontation this week, as top diplomats met in Manila for the annual foreign minister meetings, with the skirmishes in the disputed waters hi...
Cristian Volpato, who represented Australia at the World Cup , has allegedly tested positive for cocaine and also for speeding, New South Wales state police said Friday. They said the 22-year-old Volpato, who switched allegiances from Italy to Australia before the World Cup, was ...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reshuffled top posts on Friday as he tries to boost the fortunes of his deeply unpopular government ahead of regional elections in which a far-right party could get its first state governor. Merz's presentation of an incomplete set of changes, how...
Israel widely deployed troops in the West Bank after clashes broke out Friday across the occupied territory following the killing of an Israeli settler triggered violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Palestinians in the West Bank have been f...
After an eight-year wait, the historic third Michelin star that chef and co-owner Val Cantú and his team at San Francisco's Californios craved is theirs. It's the first for a Mexican restaurant anywhere in the world. So it's understandable he and his 40-person staff have more swa...
U.S. President Donald Trump's latest set of tariffs drew immediate objections from America's trading partners including China and Japan, with Australia's trade minister slamming them as “completely unjustified” on Friday. The administration announced tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60...
Stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street Friday as oil prices slipped for the first time in a week. Every major index lost ground overall for the week amid increasing pressure from a sharp escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. Investors are also contending with new tariffs...
Episode: 1606 The Skycity: a concept struggling against its own Gothic weight. Today, the skycity.
The U.S. military said Friday that it fired on another merchant vessel that was trying to breach its blockade of Iran's ports, while the Islamic Republic targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf. The U.S. and Iran showed no sign of backing away from their conflict af...
At 6-foot-2 and 292 pounds, hard-hitting Shadre Hurst isn’t the typical image of a painter, but the Houston Cougars offensive lineman enjoys putting paint to canvas to de-stress and escape from the intensity of college football. His latest work is a self-portrait where the backgr...
After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, after presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. He turned to the...
Text messages between singer D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez shown in court Friday indicate she had gotten pregnant at age 13 and had an abortion more than a year before she was killed. In one exchange in early January 2024, D4vd , whose legal name is David Burke, apologizes for...
As officials review widely circulated bystander videos of the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in Madison, Wisconsin, one key perspective won’t be emerging: footage from the officers’ body-worn cameras. Unlike nearly every other similarly sized city, Madison doesn’t requir...
Canada on Friday celebrated the completion of a new bridge to the U.S. over the Detroit River, cutting a ceremonial ribbon on a multibillion-dollar, multiyear project that will serve as a critical path for trade, jobs and tourism between the countries. As the six-lane Gordie Howe...
A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts, including murder, in a shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia that killed two students and two teachers. Colt Gray, 16, entered the plea Friday without having reached a deal with prosecutors. The Sept. 4, ...
South Carolina was selected Friday to once again lead off the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nominating schedule , cementing a dramatic break from decades of tradition by leaving Iowa out of the early-state lineup altogether and elevating more racially diverse states. The d...
So far, eight cats have been rescued, and the search continues for a German Shepherd mix wearing a collar. People in Huffman refer to the spot as McKay Island....
A group of strangers refused to drive past a horrifying crash using sledge hammers, poles and their bare hands to pull 3 trapped women from a crushed car after it flew off a Beltway 8 HOV overpass and landed upside down on the Southwest Freeway. The crash happened Wednesday eveni...
The family of the Spring man accused of setting his apartment complex on fire had placed multiple calls to law enforcement about him.
What is left of Bertha is moving through the Houston area Thursday night. As it got close earlier today it brought flooding rains cities like Missouri City, Sugar Land and Cypress. Try to remember this storm. The name Bertha won’t be used again for another six years, and by then ...
Tropical Storm Bertha entered Texas on Thursday afternoon as rain spread across the Gulf Coast and has since been downgraded to remnants only.
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday that helped galvanize a youth movement that’s become one of India’s largest protests in recent years, as demonstrators took to the streets, vowing to continue protesting until the education minister resigns. Wa...
More than two weeks after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent, East End residents tell FOX 26 their neighborhood is still grieving. As multiple investigations continue, neighbors say they're balancing sadness and anger with a determination to honor Lorenzo's m...
Supporters and labor organizations are rallying to raise awareness after ICE agents detained a Southwest Airlines flight attendant following a work flight. Lorenzo Thompson, a Jamaican national, was taken into custody on July 14 at Nashville International Airport....
A Harris County Sheriff's Office Sergeant has been arrested and charged following an incident on Thursday morning.
San Diego Comic-Con is back, and fans are already lining up for exclusive collectibles, epic cosplay and can't-miss pop culture moments.
City officials say the contractor was standing next to a protective box placed in the ground for worker safety when the ground beneath gave way.
Ezra Jin Mingri was inside a detention center in southern China on the morning of July 3, worrying that he would likely spend at least 15 years behind bars. The 57-year-old Chinese Christian pastor had even previously wondered whether he would live to see freedom again . In the s...
"I think it was a life-changing experience for all of us." The creator and stars "Desperate Housewives" talk about the lasting legacy of the ABC drama. All eight seasons are streaming now on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+...
On Thursday, Walk of Famers Ming-Na Wen and Sheila E. announced the list of names to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2027.
SkyEye13 video shows the dangling 18-wheeler on I-10. Officials say two people involved in the multi-vehicle crash were hospitalized.
A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis , providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections. A three-judge panel on Thur...
The manhunt for murder suspect Isabelle Johnson continues one month after finding human remains.
The state has sent more than 3,000 letters to Alaska voters asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, a number a top state elections official said is unusually high. The letters have raised concerns among some state lawmakers, including one who said so...
The fight over who should be in charge of Fort Bend County stretched from the historic courthouse to civil courthouse.
The U.S. military announced Thursday that they are conducting their 13th night of strikes against Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes.
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