The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available. It's also res...
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Two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner on top of its spire, which is 1,454 feet above the ground.
Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him.Brennan said in the lawsuit that the records would be essential for him to mount a defense on vi...
After an earthquake hit Venezuela last week, places in Houston have got together to allow residents of the community to donate to help those in need.Places to donate products:Houston Astros (Daikin Park)When: Thursday from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. and during their Friday game against the Tampa Bay RaysWhe...
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Hot weather heroes: 15 best portable cooling accessories in 2026 for on-the-go relief.
A Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison bus overturned during a crash just east of Waco.
Gov. Greg Abbott called for a ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods during a campaign stop Tuesday night.
Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Tuesday, before starting to descend, embracing and taking selfies, news helicopter video showed.Dressed in black and wearing masks — but not tethers, it appeared — the two ba...
Traffic in the area was backed up to Fry Road as crews worked to clear the 18-wheeler crash that happened just after 5 a.m Wednesday, HPD said.
World Cup players were warned before the tournament about a new rule that would result in an immediate red card for anyone covering their mouth when verbally confronting another player.Officials are actively enforcing that rule change.The latest incident came on Tuesday night when Ecuador defende...
The first funding for Texas school choice accounts will be disbursed Wednesday, according to the state comptroller’s office.
Increasing moisture levels will lead to higher rain chances as we head into July.
A woman was killed when a truck crashed into a Nothing Bundt Cakes in Atascocita on Tuesday afternoon, authorities say.
A weak free-agent pool has NHL teams turning to the trade route and also securing their own players to long-term extensions, in developments that became evident as the market opened on Wednesday.New Jersey locked up captain Nico Hischier long term, signing the Swiss center to a five-year extensio...
America is celebrating a historic milestone as the nation marks its 250th anniversary, and Houston Life is taking viewers on a patriotic journey through the people, places, and stories that helped shape the United States. In this special Fourth of July edition, we featured interviews, fascinating...
A chase suspect is dead following the crash that shut down the southbound lanes early Wednesday morning.
At the end of my first term covering the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer departed from his prepared remarks to offer a sharp courtroom rebuke of his conservative colleagues.“It is not often in the law that so few have so quickly changed so much,” Breyer said, dissenting in a school integrat...
An elementary school music teacher allegedly strangled his sister-in-law to death in a home where they had separate apartments.
A week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors on Wednesday said the biggest dangers now facing survivors are untreated wounds and infectious diseases.Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary ...
A Democratic member of Congress is calling for the federal government to investigate the growing “rent now, pay later” industry, saying Americans may not understand the fees and cost structure of these products as the services become more widely available.Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, sent a let...
Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease.The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today” and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive,...
Add Norman Powell to the list of this past season's All-Stars who are changing addresses this summer in NBA free agency.Powell has agreed to a two-year deal that could be worth up to $45 million with the Chicago Bulls, a person with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday. Powell also had received ...
The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available. It's also res...
The chips were initially recalled in May by Utz Quality Foods.
Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People, co-wrote the disco group's classic hits “Y.M.C.A.,” ″Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” and delighted crowds while dressed as the band's helmeted and mustachioed police officer, has died. He was 74.“We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor...
Who is the most influential Texan in history?That’s the question Chron set out to answer with its new Texas 250: Who Shaped Texas? project, a first-of-its-kind ranking of the 250 people the publication says had the greatest impact on the Lone Star State since 1776.The rankings feature politicians...
Now permitted to spend freely in coordination with GOP candidates, national Republican committees can use their flush war chests to help candidates like Paxton close fundraising deficits.
New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President Donald Trump has sought. In remarks at a central bank conference in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh said that if businesses or h...
In this month's installment of The Full Menu, Houston foodies dish on their favorite places for happy hour food and drink -- or even late-night "reverse" happy hours.
After the Flood, a collaboration of The Texas Newsroom and PBS' Frontline, is an intimate and deeply reported look at the catastrophic Central Texas flooding that killed more than 130 people over the Fourth of July weekend in 2025.
Millions of Medicare beneficiaries could soon pay significantly less for popular GLP-1 weight loss medications under a new pilot program launching Wednesday.For the first time in the program’s history, Medicare will provide coverage for weight loss drugs through a temporary initiative aimed at ma...
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.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate 250 years of Independence on July 4, American flags will be flying prominently throughout the country. Here is the proper way to display Old Glory.
Many restaurant chains and food establishments are offering special discounts and freebies on July 4 in an effort to sweeten the holiday.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One — a retrofitted Boeing 747 worth $400 million gifted by Qatar that embeds his personality more deeply into the institution of the American presidency.Gone is the trademark light blue hull that helped Air Force ...
Here are the best 4th of July 2026 furniture sales to shop right now.
The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Texas is $3.30 per gallon, according to AAA.
One person is dead and two others were detained after the vehicle they were in crashed during a police chase near the Mission Bend area, Houston police said.
A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to temporarily halt a requirement that journalists be accompanied by an official escort, another legal setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict media access at the Pentagon. It was not immediately clear whether the order applied...
Within minutes of walking on a San Diego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses — one after another.Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks.Each month, scientists and volunteers conduct surveys of dead seabirds and find what Russell describ...
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