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Astros to Host Center Field Grand Opening Event on Wednesday, March 29

Grand Opening to feature full walking tour and tastings from Torchy’s Tacos, Shake Shack and Aramark

On Wednesday, March 29, the Astros will unveil their brand-new, renovated center field to members of the media and select fans. The Center Field Grand Opening event, which begins at 3:00 p.m., will feature a walking tour of all of the new center field concourse and seating areas as well as tastings from Torchy’s Tacos, Shake Shack and Aramark, the official food and beverage partner of the Houston Astros.

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Trump's Air Force Pick Moves Toward Confirmation

The third time seems to be the charm for President Donald Trump's military service nominees.

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Memphis Officials To Help Save Aretha Franklin’s Birthplace

The Memphis mayor’s office is pitching in to help figure out the future of the dilapidated house where soul singer Aretha Franklin was born, a lawyer said Thursday.

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Trump Tries to Make Good On Promises to Roll Back Obama-era Regulation

President Donald Trump, looking to make good on his campaign promise to roll back federal regulations, will sign four measures Monday that halt rules enacted during the final days of Barack Obama's presidency.

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Nunes Says He Was On WH Grounds Day Before Revealing Trump Surveillance Info

It has been something of a mystery, the whereabouts of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes on the day before his announcement that he saw information suggesting that communications of then-President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers may have been swept up in surveillance of other foreign nationals.

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Ex-Freedom Caucus Member: Group needs to 'change their concept'

The congressman who quit the House Freedom Caucus after it helped torpedo the Republican health care bill last week is still railing in anger against what he said is the group's intransigence.

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Obamacare Survived: What All This Means For You

Republicans have shelved their plans to repeal Obamacare, so the sweeping health reform act remains the law of the land.

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33 Reptiles are Dead at Knoxville Zoo - And Herpetologists Don't Know Why

The herpetology team arrived at Zoo Knoxville expecting business as usual, but what they found was a baffling sight: dozens of reptiles on the brink of death.

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Meals On Wheels Saved Her Life. Proposed Cuts Could Cripple The Program.

Martha Daniels moves at a slower pace these days—the pains of growing older and lingering back problems have that effect. Though she slowly steps through her two-bedroom apartment in west Houston, her voice and laughter fill the halls. At 62, she’s a vivacious woman who shares stories with anyone who will listen.

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Firefighters Respond To 3-Alarm Fire At Big Daddy's BBQ On Hwy 6

Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm commercial fire that started at a barbecue restaurant in northwest Houston Saturday afternoon.

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Issa Rae Lands First Big Movie Gig

“Insecure” co-creator and star Issa Rae has landed her first big movie gig, The Wrap reports. Rae will star opposite Bill Hader in Jesse Andrews’ directorial debut “Empress of Serenity.”

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Police Officer in Oklahoma Dies After Shootout

A Tecumseh, Oklahoma police officer died on Monday after he was wounded in a shootout overnight, police said.

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GameStop To Shutter 100+ Stores

The company announced earlier this week that it's shutting down 2% to 3% of its stores. That means as many as 190 stores could be on the chopping block.

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Cincinnati Nightclub Shooting: One Killed, 16 Injured

They came for a night of music and dancing. They left by fleeing past wounded club-goers lying on a bloody floor.

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Woman Leads Police On Chase Through Two Counties

A woman wanted on a stalking warrant lead police on a high-speed chase from Willis to the Heights Friday morning.

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Biden Says If He’d Run For President He Could Have Won

Former vice president Joe Biden says that if he had run for president in 2016 he could have won.

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Ed Hartwell Now Wants Joint Custody Of His Daughter With Keshia Knight Pulliam

Well here’s a shocker of sorts. Ed Hartwell, who basically accused his estranged wife (Keisha Knight Pulliam) of having a baby by someone other him, now all of a sudden, wants joint custody of said child.

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15 Percent Of Undergrad Women At UT Say They've Been Raped

Fifteen percent of undergraduate women at the University of Texas-Austin reported they had been raped, according to the results of a UT System-wide survey released Friday.

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Students From Zimbabwe, Houston Work Together On Water Project

Booker T. Washington High School is a magnet pulling in young minds wired to engineer breakthroughs from all over Houston and way beyond.

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Cincinnati Nightclub Shooting: One Killed, 15 Injured

They came for a night of music and dancing. They left by fleeing past wounded clubgoers lying on a bloody floor.