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BARC Urges Public to Adopt, Foster, or Volunteer

The City of Houston is asking for the public’s help in adopting more animals and volunteering to foster or rescue animals.

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Astros Sweep Yankees In Doubleheader To Start The Second-Half Of The Season

Yet, the Astros have been the more dominant team since 2017 and showed it once again on Thursday at Minute Maid Park as they swept the Yankees in a doubleheader to start the second half of the season.

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Injustice of Emmett Till's murder resonates to this day

"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine," goes the saying. For the brutal killing of Emmett Till in 1955, just how fine those wheels will grind remains to be seen even to this day.

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Extreme heat safety tips for older adults

As older adults age, their ability to regulate body temperature becomes increasingly more difficult, especially during hot summer months. The heat can have a significant, rapid impact on them – and it can even happen within minutes. A Baylor College of Medicine expert provides tips for older adults to avoid heat-related emergencies.

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Texas Chef Jesse Cavazos to battle 13 chefs from around the country for the title King or Queen of American Seafood

Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser to name America's Best Seafood Chef at the 2022 Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans

Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board are excited to welcome Texas Chef Jesse Cavazos of Cru’ Food and Wine Bar in Houston, Texas, to face-off against 13 other chefs from around the country to the nation’s ultimate seafood cooking competition, the 18th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off.

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Vinson 'Sheku' Irby Masters the Art of Portraying Black Feminine Power

This summer, mixed-media artist Vinson “Skeku” Irby unveils a captivating art exhibition centered around the beauty and power of the black feminine identity. The exhibition titled Turning Inward: The Art of Vinson ‘Sheku’ Irby features 15 works of art and will take place on August 4, 2022, from 6pm-9pm at You’re Cordially Invited [1877 Springfield Ave, Maplewood NJ, 07040.]

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Exploitative overdraft fees strip $15B from bank customers House bill seeks to free cash-strapped consumers from high costs

Runaway prices for food, fuel and housing make most consumers anxious about whether they will have enough money for a given month. Even after adjusting spending to stretch dear dollars are far as possible, a lot of people remain perplexed about what else can be done to hold on in these hard times.

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Harris County DA Ogg agrees conviction in drug case was faulty

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office agreed today with Frederick Jeffery that his conviction for possession of a controlled substance should be reversed due to perjury and false evidence presented by former Houston Police Department Officer Gerald Goines.

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Netflix's vision for the future of streaming: More expensive or less convenient

Netflix lost roughly a million customers last quarter — the most in the company's 25-year history. But it stopped the bleeding in a nightmarish year, and the company believes that its new long-term initiatives will boost sales and subscribers.

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Trump had 'extreme difficulty' with his speech on the day after January 6

The House committee investigating the insurrection plans to show footage at Thursday's hearing of then-President Donald Trump having difficulty working through efforts to tape a message to his supporters on January 7, 2021, the day after the Capitol riot, sources familiar with the committee's plans tell CNN.

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Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane set to be sentenced for violating George Floyd's civil rights

Thomas Lane, one of the three former Minneapolis police officers convicted in February of violating George Floyd's civil rights, is set to be sentenced to federal prison on Thursday.

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Biden tests positive for Covid-19, White House says

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "mild symptoms," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday.

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First on CNN: DHS inspector general tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing texts

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret Service to stop its internal investigations into what happened to text messages related to January 6 that may have been deleted, according to a letter reviewed by CNN.

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More Americans who want abortions are turning to Mexico for help

Verónica Cruz says she's been getting frantic calls from women in the United States. Abortion clinics have canceled their appointments, and they're scared, she says.

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Historic number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office this year, LGBTQ Victory Fund says

A historic number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office this year, according to new data from LGBTQ Victory Fund, a national organization dedicated to helping elect LGBTQ candidates.

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New York police investigating if retired judge's son killed mother before jumping to his own death

New York police are investigating whether the son of a retired New York state judge killed his mother in the family's Manhattan apartment before jumping to his own death, a law enforcement source told CNN on Wednesday.