The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1605: The Rush to Height
Episode: 1605 The brief race to build very tall buildings: 1885 to 1931. Today, the brief day of the first skyscrapers.
Episode: 1605 The brief race to build very tall buildings: 1885 to 1931. Today, the brief day of the first skyscrapers.
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The National Hurricane Center is expecting a tropical depression later today or tomorrow in the eastern Gulf.
Hot and dry locally, but a developing tropical system in the eastern Gulf is worth keeping an eye on.
The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is something much harder to see. Tiny particles in the air can cause a range of short-term and chronic health issues, experts say.Wildfire smoke can settle over cities for days — li...
A second person has died in connection to the ongoing Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City.
A shooting outside a business along the North Freeway left one young man dead and another hospitalized early Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were called around 1:30 a.m. to the 12901 block of the North Freeway near Airtex, where they found two male victims — ages ...
Check your fridge. Iceberg lettuce sold in 27 states has been recalled due to potential cyclospora contamination.
The U.S. military reports two more service members have been killed in the conflict with Iran, bringing the total to 16.
One person was killed and another seriously injured early Sunday in a two-vehicle crash on the Southwest Freeway near the Chimney Rock Road exit, according to the Houston Police Department.Officers were called to the inbound lanes around 1:45 a.m. after an Acura and a gray Ford Mustang were invol...
The World Cup final between Spain and defending champion Argentina marks the end of the biggest tournament in the competition’s history. At the final whistle in New Jersey on Sunday, a record 104 games will have been played across almost six weeks and three countries.The supersized tournament del...
Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when the last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for a second time. She was barely feeding the 18-month-old regularly, let alone with nutritious foods.Although the family in northwest Nigeria has struggled with economic hardship, their s...
There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan.This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more than 1,000 years ago as a ritual to ward off epidemics and ...
Lionel Messi and Argentina on one side. Lamine Yamal and Spain on the other.The World Cup final is finally here.Kickoff is at 3 p.m. EDT at MetLife Stadium. Argentina is seeking its fourth title, Spain its second — and could become the first nation to simultaneously hold the World Cup crowns in b...
Episode: 1605 The brief race to build very tall buildings: 1885 to 1931. Today, the brief day of the first skyscrapers.
The U.S. military launched new airstrikes against Iran to "swiftly punish" the country's Revolutionary Guard for an attack that killed two U.S. troops
Russia attacked Kyiv overnight with ballistic missiles and other weapons, killing one and wounding 16 people, local authorities said Sunday, again highlighting Ukraine’s shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems.Moscow has in recent weeks stepped up its use of ballistic missiles as it see...
The families of two men discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago.
A Southlake police officer conducting a routine traffic stop on Highway 114 leaped into action to pull a trapped driver from a burning Nissan just moments before it was engulfed in flames.
President Donald Trump is set to present the World Cup trophy to the winner of Sunday’s final between Argentina and Spain. But to him, the real victor of soccer’s premier tournament just might be the United States.“It turned out we were a soccer country, and I think it’s going to remain,” Trump s...
Days of heavy rain triggered dangerous flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country, resulting in two deaths and destroying multiple homes and businesses in the Kerrville area.
The U.S. military launched airstrikes Sunday targeting Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan, further widening the exchange of fire between them as an interim deal seeking an end to their war has collapsed.The strikes are part of a weekl...
Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn lost his bid for a no-hitter Saturday night against the Washington Nationals when Keibert Ruiz lined a clean single to center field with one out in the seventh inning.After the base hit, Ginn was removed from the game by manager Mark Kotsay and received a standing ovat...
The Bellaire community is rallying around an 18-year-old Bellaire High School student who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Houston’s Hobby Airport.Teachers and friends identify the student as Alim Garipov, an 18-year-old originally from Russia. According to those ...
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a woman was killed in a shooting that was suspected to be an incident between "intimate partners." HCSO said the suspect's stepfather is the one who called 911.
Lionel Messi has quite a climb to catch Kylian Mbappé for the Golden Boot.The Argentina superstar has won just about everything in soccer except for the award for being the leading scorer at the World Cup, and he’s now two behind Mbappé after the France striker upped his total to 10 goals in a wi...
The family of a man killed while searching for his stolen truck spent a morning doing the community service he liked to do, calling it "Loving like Lou."
Court records allege a man is in custody for attacking two homeless men in brutal assaults with a metal pipe that left one of them critically hurt and the other brain-dead.
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes on Iran on Saturday night, aiming to “swiftly punish” the nation’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for an attack on a Jordanian base that killed two American service members.
Two suspects are facing charges in a string of car break-ins along the 8700 block of Seawall Boulevard.According to a Galveston Police Department Facebook post, the break-ins happened Tuesday and Wednesday.Investigators have found many victims on local Facebook pages and believe there may be more...
The H-E-B Disaster Response Unit is deploying to the Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville to provide free daily meals and cleanup supplies from Saturday through Monday for residents recovering from recent devastating floods.
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on Saturday after British prosecutors filed another round of rape and sexual exploitation charges aimed at the brothers. A Marshals Service spokesperson told the Associated Press that the pair was detained...
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges.
A man is now charged in connection with a deadly shooting that happened Saturday evening in northeast Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies were called to a home in the 11100 block of Maritime Drive in the Sheldon area just after 6:30 p.m. Investigators said they...
The tropics have been quiet but now all eyes are on the a tropical disturbance trying to organize in the eastern Gulf. There is an upper-level low pressure area off the coast of Florida. If this low can sink to the surface, it could become our next named storm. The chances of this forming over th...
Operation Slowdown began July 18, and TxDOT said law enforcement will increase their presence on Texas roads to "remind motorists what a safe speed looks like."
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking ...
A historic Vultee BT-13A emergency landing disrupted traffic in North Georgia after the World War II-era plane suffered mechanical issues
President Donald Trump approved a federal emergency declaration for 28 Texas counties on Saturday, authorizing FEMA to coordinate disaster relief and reimburse 75% of emergency response costs following severe regional flooding.
A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country. Alcántara, 38, was greeted at the airport by a crowd that was cheering, singing and holding the...
Kylian Mbappé made history at the World Cup on Saturday. He would have preferred a different outcome.The France star moved past Argentina's Lionel Messi for the career World Cup scoring record with 22 goals, scoring twice in a 6-4 loss to England in Saturday's third-place match.Mbappé finished th...
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S.Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were...
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