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Social media is abuzz with Super Bowl LVIII logo theory

There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl.

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Performing Arts Houston presents Time For Three

Performing Arts Houston presents the GRAMMY-winning trio Time For Three, performing original music, arrangements of popular songs, and covers of classics in their unique, genre-blending style at Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater on February 9. The group will also participate in a post-performance Westwood Creative Chat panel discussion open to all audience members. Tickets start at $29, at performingartshouston.org.

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King Charles discharged from hospital hours after Princess of Wales

Britain’s King Charles III has been discharged from a hospital in London after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate.

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Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now the state’s attorney general wants to help other states interested in using the new form of capital punishment.

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Brady Renard Shines as a Graduate from the Prestigious Louisiana Tourism Leadership Academy

The city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, beams with pride as Brady Renard, the accomplished Director of Content/Video Marketing at Visit Lake Charles (VLC), takes center stage as one of the distinguished graduates of the 2023 Louisiana Tourism Leadership Academy (LTLA). His commendable achievement was acknowledged during the Louisiana Travel Association's Annual Meeting in New Orleans this month.

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Alabama plans to carry out first execution by nitrogen gas today

Alabama is poised to carry out the first known execution using nitrogen gas Thursday to put Kenneth Smith to death for his role in a 1988 murder for hire.

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Jason Dirden Takes Center Stage: August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson' Returns to The Ensemble Theatre

Jason Dirden, best known for his role as Basie Skanks on OWN's 'Greenleaf,' expresses his excitement about returning to The Ensemble Theatre for this production. Having his acting roots at the theater, Dirden reflects, "Coming home to do August Wilson is an absolute gift! 'The Piano Lesson' is no exception, and with the central story being about legacy and honoring our ancestors, it’s only fitting to come back home and reunite with so many artists I grew up being inspired by."

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Louisiana Food & Wine Festival Wins Festival of the Year

The Louisiana Travel Association (LTA) introduced the Louisiana Food & Wine Festival as the Festival/Event of the Year winner during its Annual Meeting in New Orleans last week. Visit Lake Charles nominated the festival for the award.

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Snoop Dogg is Coach Jaycen “Two Js” Jennings in the Underdoggs

also starring Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz, and George Lopez

Amazon MGM Studios Presents A Khalabo Ink Society Production A Death Row Pictures / SMAC Productions Production A Panoramic Media Company Production

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Houston Symphony Presents Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue

The Houston Symphony celebrates Valentine’s Day by welcoming the world-renowned Marcus Roberts Trio and Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Catherine Russell to join Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke and the orchestra for Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue.

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Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch has grudge against federal agencies - holds their fate in his hands

Anne Gorsuch, a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, cut a flamboyant, defiant figure in early 1980s Washington as she slashed air and water quality regulations.

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How to watch and stream the 2024 Emmys

The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, television’s top prize, will take place on Monday night after a delay from September due to industry strikes.

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Hawthorn Park Landfill Will Not Be Expanded into Neighborhood

USA Waste of Texas Landfills, Inc. announced that they withdrew their application to expand the Hawthorn Park landfill. Their previous plan to expand the existing landfill would have caused it to be positioned closer to the Carverdale neighborhood.

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Texas Gulf Coast Region Interim Executive Shawn Schulze: “Service is in my Blood.”

Shawn Schulze says he learned the power and value of the American Red Cross decades before he assumed a leadership role in the organization.

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SMU's Annual 'Dream Week' Celebrates the Life, Legacy, and Leadership of MLK

Dallas community invited to oratory competition, Unity Circle and Brian Williams lecture

SMU will honor the life, legacy, and influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the University’s annual Dream Week celebration with a series of events planned to honor King’s legacy.

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Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting

The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private mission to the moon — set to launch in days — after the largest group of Native Americans in the United States asked the administration to delay the flight because it will be carrying cremated human remains destined for a lunar burial.

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St. Louis Fed names Alberto Musalem as its new president

Latino economist Alberto Musalem has been named as the next president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the bank announced Thursday.

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Haley campaign announces $24 million haul in 4th quarter

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign said Wednesday that it raised $24 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 across her political operation, hauling in more than double than any other previous quarter last year.

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Texans Still Have Time to Sign Up for Affordable, Low-Cost Health Coverage

More than 15 million nationwide have signed up for a plan through the ACA Marketplace, a 33% increase over last year.

Uninsured Texans have until Jan. 16 to choose a health plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace. In a study released last month, Texas 2036 found that millions of uninsured Texans could obtain free or subsidized coverage on the ACA Marketplace.

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Megalosaurus, the first ever dinosaur discovery

Huge fossilized bones that emerged from slate quarries in England’s Oxfordshire beginning in the late 1600s were immediately puzzling.