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Electric supercar maker Rimac receives over $500 million investment from Porsche and others
Rimac Group, the Croatian maker of exotic electric supercars that now controls Bugatti, announced that it received €500 million, or about $536 million in new investment. Among those involved in the new investment round is Porsche, which already owns about one quarter of the company.
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Gunman who killed 4 at Oklahoma medical building had been a patient of a victim, police chief says
[Breaking news update, published at 11:46 a.m. ET] The gunman who killed four people at an Oklahoma medical building Wednesday had been a surgery patient of one of victims, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said in a news conference Thursday.
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Rise of ESG: Protect the Environment with the World's First HDMI Air Quality Monitor from Sysinno
Cloud-based Plug-and-Play monitor for Energy-saving and Environmental Sustainability
In recent years, extreme weather events have affected many regions across the globe and rang the alarm clock on environmental issues. To protect the planet, the governments set out environmental plans and policies. Meanwhile, the industry also responds to the call and moves towards the ESG focus of environmental sustainability. Sysinno Technology Inc. (Sysinno), an Innodisk shareholding company, announces its devotion with the world's first HDMI air quality monitor, iAeris5 HDMI, to helping companies improve air quality to fulfill the fundamentals of ESG and do its part for environmental sustainability. Sysinno's iAeris5 HDMI features comprehensive air quality detection with up to nine factors. By integrating with AIoT cloud-based data analytics and connecting to various smart devices, corporate users may envision the success of environmental sustainability.
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Harris County DA Kim Ogg, law enforcement partners launch billboard campaign on safe storage of firearms
For a third year, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg will be joined by other law enforcement leaders, a pediatrician and researcher, and partner Clear Channel Outdoor on Friday to kick off a billboard campaign promoting the safe storage of firearms.
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Grant-funded breast cancer screening, wrap-around services available through Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is now providing breast cancer screening, among other services, for African American and other ethnic minority women in Harris, Grimes, Matagorda, Walker, and Wharton counties, as part of a grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The $1 million grant, which TSU secured in fall 2021, also provides patient navigation/barrier reduction services, and evidence-based culturally appropriate breast cancer awareness and education services for a population that has traditionally been underserved and at higher risk for breast cancer.
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Can I get monkeypox from surfaces? Can pets get the virus? Experts answer your questions
Amid growing concern about the spread of monkeypox infections, experts around the world are working to monitor the chains of transmission and try to stem the unusual outbreak.
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'Top Gun: Maverick' brings back the Taiwan flag after controversy
"Top Gun: Maverick" is now showing Taiwan's official flag after an outcry, putting its release in mainland China in jeopardy.
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Paxlovid is widely available, but details on who's getting it are sparse
Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment for Covid-19, was hailed as a game-changer in the pandemic thanks to its strong performance in lowering the risk of severe disease. Early supply challenges have been overcome in the United States, and the drug is perhaps more important than ever as case counts rise and more contagious variants spread amid stalled vaccination rates.
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Brace yourselves for an economic 'hurricane,' Jamie Dimon says
Jamie Dimon is no meteorologist, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO is predicting an economic "hurricane" caused by the war in Ukraine, rising inflation pressures and interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
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Assault-style weapon in deadly Tulsa medical facility shooting was bought that day, sources say
An assault-style weapon found at the scene of Wednesday's deadly shooting in an Oklahoma medical building had been bought that day, according to three federal sources briefed on the investigation.
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Buffalo mass shooting suspect to be arraigned Thursday on 25 counts, including murder
The 18-year-old indicted in last month's racist supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 people dead is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Erie County prosecutor said.
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Foundation for Jones Hall announces $50 million renovation plans for iconic performing arts facility this summer and beyond
Will build upon earlier renovation work and improve patron and performer experiences through technology and infrastructure enhancements
The Foundation for Jones Hall (FJH) announces renovation plans for Jones Hall, Houston’s iconic performing arts center, focused on significantly improving patron, musician and artist experiences. This renewal is designed to bring the building up to the highest standards in technology and operations, while incorporating modern amenities. Renovations, which range from state-of-the-art acoustical and infrastructure improvements to new, relocated restrooms; new, wider stairways; an expanded Green Room and lobby expansion/improvements, will continue over the coming summers and will build upon the first phase of renovations completed in 2020 and 2021.
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Bayou City Art Festival Announces Featured Artist for 50th Annual Downtown Festival: Cindy Olmes
Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc., announced the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown featured artist is Cindy Olmes, a mixed media artist from Cincinnati. Olmes along with 250 artists from around the country, representing 19 different disciplines, will showcase their art at Bayou City Art Festival Downtown on Saturday-Sunday, October 8-9, 2022.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Department Announce Decrease in Homicide Rates
Overall Violent Crime and Homicide Numbers in the City of Houston are trending down for the first five months of 2022
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston Police Department announced today that for the first time in more than a year, Houston’s homicide rate is showing a decline. As of today, there is an unofficial number of 187 homicides in Houston thus far in 2022 compared to 192 homicides at this time last year.
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Fire and explosions rip through Omaha chemical plant, prompting temporary evacuations
A blaze that sparked explosions and burned part of a chemical plant in Nebraska's most populous city Monday is no longer a threat to the public, a fire official said Tuesday morning.
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Changing our DNA: 'The age of human therapeutic gene editing is here'
When popular YouTube star Adalia Rose died earlier this year, she looked like a diminutive, sickly woman in her 80s. In reality she was only 15 years old, a victim of progeria, an extremely rare genetic disorder caused by a single mutation in one of 3 million base pairs that make up human DNA. Completely normal in mind and spirit, children with progeria age at a very rapid pace, typically dying in their teenage years.
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Jeff Gladney, Arizona Cardinals cornerback, dies at 25
Jeff Gladney, a cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, died in a car crash Monday morning in Dallas, according to the team's official website.
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White House unveils a monthlong focus on the economy as prices rise and poll numbers fall
Facing rising prices and deep voter dissatisfaction, the White House this week is launching a month-long effort to signal heavy focus on the economy as inflation worries become the top concern for the White House before this fall's midterm elections.
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'She was going to be someone.' Families and friends remember the victims of the Uvalde school massacre as the first funerals are held
Ten-year-old Maite Rodriguez wanted to be a marine biologist before she could say the words.
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Russia is about to shut off some of Germany's gas
Russia is about to shut off its natural gas supplies to Shell's German customers.
