Houston Native Trains to be a U.S. Navy Future Warfighter
Sailors are some of the most highly-trained people on the planet, according to Navy officials, and this training requires highly-dedicated instructors.
Damaged hearts rewired with nanotube fibers
Texas Heart doctors confirm Rice-made, conductive carbon threads are electrical bridges
Thin, flexible fibers made of carbon nanotubes have now proven able to bridge damaged heart tissues and deliver the electrical signals needed to keep those hearts beating.
Pro-Vision Inc. Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebration in Sunnyside
Janice McNair and McNair Foundation to Announce 5 Million Dollar Gift to Housing Initiative
Pro-Vision Inc. will host a ribbon cutting and community celebration at the Sunnyside campus for a new multi-purpose building on Tuesday, August 13th beginning at 11:30 a.m. at 4590 Wilmington St., Houston, TX 77051. The celebration will also include the announcement of a generous $5 million gift by Janice McNair (who will be in attendance) through The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation for the organization’s new housing initiative.
Houston universities team up to boost minorities in academia
NSF grant to Rice, UH, Texas Southern will help future science, engineering professors
Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the University of Houston (UH) have won a multimillion-dollar grant to help increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers in engineering and science.
Super Bowl Champ Expands Post-football Dedication to Children with Two Additional Metro Houston Kiddie Academies®
Former Super Bowl Champion James Ihedigbo and his wife, Brittany, are expanding their post-football family business to include two additional Kiddie Academies in League City, Texas.
Attorney demands release of Galveston police body cam video of horseback arrest
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has requested the release of body camera footage recorded by two mounted Galveston police officers who led a handcuffed black man down the city's streets.
For Jeffrey Epstein's accusers and their quest for justice, what now?
The alleged victims of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are angry they will not get the opportunity to face in court the man they say raped them as girls.
Liam Hemsworth wishes Miley Cyrus 'nothing but health and happiness going forward'
In the wake of his split from Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth has posted on social media wishing her the best.
Another NRA board member leaves amid leadership turmoil
Another National Rifle Association board member is stepping down amid turmoil in the gun lobby group's leadership. Julie Golob, a professional sport shooter, announced that she will not be finishing her full three-year term as an NRA board director, making her the fourth member of the group's board of directors to reportedly resign in the past month.
Alanis Morissette announces the birth of her third child
Alanis Morissette is now a mom of three. The Grammy award-winning singer announced the birth of her third child, a baby boy, Monday on Instagram.
Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services in a new interview revised the iconic poem on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal to suggest that only immigrants who can "stand on their own two feet" are welcome in the United States.
Priyanka Chopra's blind patriotism
"Whenever you're done venting ... got it, done? Okay, cool," is the dismissive way Bollywood starlet and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra began her response to a question posed by Ayesha Malik, a Pakistani woman, who confronted the actress over why (despite her role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador) she had "encourage[ed] nuclear war against Pakistan"
The shirt that police believe Jennifer Farber Dulos was wearing the day she disappeared more two
There's a scene in the new movie "Blinded by the Light" where British protesters harass and assault a Pakistani family on their way to a wedding. Their teenage son is nowhere to be found; he's off buying Springsteen tickets.
Dow rises 100 points after Monday's bloodbath
Stocks rose just after the opening bell Tuesday, erasing an early deficit after the US government reported a bigger uptick in a key measure of consumer prices than expected.
'Accidents happen,' says Kremlin as it breaks silence on suspected nuclear missile explosion
The Kremlin broke its silence Tuesday on the apparent explosion of a nuclear-powered cruise missile during a test, saying that accidents "happen" but that Russia remained "far ahead" in the development of advanced weaponry.
Bowie State to Launch the Center for Research and Mentoring of Black Male Students and Teachers
According to jbhe.com, Julius Davis, an associate professor and mathematics education researcher at Bowie State University, has been selected for the Wilson H. Elkins Professorship by the University System of Maryland.
A father was detained during the ICE raids in Mississippi last week. His family still doesn't know where he is
At least 300 of the nearly 700 people detained during the ICE raids in Mississippi last week have been released. But Andres Gomez-Jorge isn't one of them.
The number of NYPD officer suicides this year has risen to 8
Another New York Police Department officer has died by suicide -- becoming the eighth to do so this year -- a law enforcement official told CNN.
Heating Up Texans Training Camp: Day 13
Texans head coach Bill O’Brien gave his players a much-needed break from the heat today as they practiced inside the bubble for the first time in over a week. Although the temperature wasn’t as hot on the inside, the competition and drills were. Here are a few of my observations from Texans training camp day 13.
Scientists are one step closer to an Ebola cure in the Congo
Two new Ebola treatments are proving so effective they are being offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current outbreak is the second-deadliest ever.
