The Houston Parks and Recreation Department (H.P.A.R.D.) has received $15,000 in grant funding to implement a Youth Ambassador Program as part of its pledge to Commit to Health through the National Recreation and Park Association (N.R.P.A.).

Donald Trump gave a lengthy description of his electoral victory, and lavished praise upon a Dubai business partner, during a ten-minute speech to 800 paying guests at his Florida estate Saturday night.

Chicago marked 2016 as the deadliest year in nearly two decades, data released by the Chicago Police Department shows.

A federal judge ruled Monday that Dylann Roof, convicted of killing nine people inside an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, is mentally competent to represent himself at the sentencing phase of his trial.

Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said.

Gutting the watchdog and passing the blame. Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

A good birth story is an enduring piece of family lore that can be trotted out time and time again for birthdays, embarrassing wedding speeches and any given lull at holiday dinners.

NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks will join with local Alabama chapters of the NAACP for a statewide protest of the nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for U.S. Attorney General.

Houston blogger, Mallory Henderson, is doing it bigger and better with her second annual birthday party with a cause. On Saturday, January 7, 2017, she will host The Premier, a birthday celebration benefitting mental health awareness. The party is to …

For the ninth year in a row, respondents to a Gallup poll ranked President Barack Obama as the most admired man in America.

RespectAbility, a nonprofit organization fighting stigmas and advancing opportunities for people with disabilities, recently announced that the Ford Foundation awarded the charity a grant, which has enabled RespectAbility to create and offer Harriett Tubman Fellowships to select participants in the …

Mama Ayesha’s in Washington D.C. is known not only for the Middle Eastern food it has been serving since 1960 but also for the mural depicting every president since Eisenhower.

It is finally official for newly elected Harris County officials as they sworn into office on Sunday, January 1, 2017, by Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart.

By Tony Marco CNN (CNN) -- Two small planes collided in Texas on Saturday, killing at least three people, the McKinney Police Department tweeted from its verified account. The planes collided in the air near Aero County Airport and came …

The young pastor stood in a house filled with mourners ready to minister. His parishioner had been strangled, her body dumped.