Congressman Al Green and Alpha Phi Alpha brought the fight to preserve the memory of enslaved Americans to the U.S. Capitol, renewing a call for August 20 to be recognized as National Slavery Remembrance Day.

Fort Bend County’s “People’s Clerk” is bringing passport services directly into the community with an August 22 Passport Fair designed to make international travel more accessible for local families.

Houston entrepreneurs can turn promising ideas into stronger businesses this fall through a free five-week program at Houston City College covering everything from business planning and marketing to finance and risk management.

The Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce took its mission to Wall Street, ringing the New York Stock Exchange’s Closing Bell while unveiling a bold new statewide initiative for women’s leadership and business advancement.

After 43 years of telling Houston’s stories, broadcasting icon Melanie Lawson is turning her remarkable career into a lasting investment in the next generation of Black journalists, committing $86,000 in journalism scholarships.

Ukraine is facing a critical shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors as Russian missile attacks intensify, leaving some of the country’s most powerful air-defense systems sitting idle while demand for the weapons surges worldwide.

Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked an “indomitable fighting spirit” while praising the Communist Party’s handling of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, underscoring Beijing’s determination to project strength amid economic and geopolitical challenges.

The death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday has intensified a fierce debate over race, DEI and media scrutiny, with supporters alleging a racist campaign of public harassment while critics continue to challenge his academic record and appointment.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is sharply challenging President Donald Trump’s new vaccine policy, warning that separating childhood shots could burden families, increase costs and leave more children vulnerable to preventable diseases.

As the Iran war enters its sixth month, the Trump administration appears to be narrowing its objectives, with energy prices and preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon emerging as the central goals — a notable retreat from earlier demands for regime …

Across the United States, immigration enforcement fears are reshaping everyday life for mixed-status families, forcing some parents to prepare for separation, others to leave the country, and many to retreat from work, school, church and community.

At 93, Cameroon’s Paul Biya remains one of the world’s longest-serving presidents, but his prolonged absence from the country is raising fresh questions about his health, governance and what comes next for a nation that has known little political change …

President Trump is claiming credit for a historic decline in U.S. crime, but researchers caution that the nationwide drop in murders and violent crime began before his second term and likely reflects a combination of factors rather than any single …

President Trump’s new vaccine policy would split the MMR shot into separate vaccines and spread childhood immunizations across multiple visits, a move experts say lacks scientific justification, could reduce vaccination rates and revive debunked claims about vaccines and autism.

False claims about Covid-19 vaccines and miscarriage are resurfacing in political debates and social media, but decades of pregnancy research and public-health experts say the evidence does not show an increased miscarriage risk from vaccination.