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Texas is the latest frontier in the voting rights fight
Republican lawmakers in the Lone Star State were moving closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting until Democrats staged a late-night walkout that left the House short of a quorum.
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Tiktok fire challenge puts teen in ICU
A Portland family believes it was a TikTok fire challenge video that is behind why their 13-year-old is now in the intensive care unit with severe burns on her neck and arm.
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Kentucky State Police searching for jail escapee
Kentucky State Police are searching for a Calloway County inmate who is on the run after leaving a work release program on Monday.
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Texas Democrats celebrate blocking restrictive voting bill, but warn of future threat to voting access
Texas Democrats on Monday cheered their derailment of a restrictive voting bill, while warning of the continued threat of the legislation that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to bring back during a planned special session.
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The most ominous part of Texas' voter suppression move
If you cherish US democracy, you should be outraged by what's just happened in Washington, DC, and Texas. In the US Senate, Republicans managed to block a bill to launch an independent inquiry into the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. And in Texas, the GOP tried to enact new restrictive voting measures that not only would make it harder for people of color to vote, but would alarmingly make it easier for Texas judges to overturn election results -- something Donald Trump was unable to do after he lost the 2020 election.
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John Krasinski directed "A Quiet Place Part II." Amy Schumer recommended the movie. Mandatory Credit: Getty Images
Published on May 31, 2021
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Vaccinated Americans are celebrating the 1st big holiday safely without masks. But for some, returning to normal is not so easy
For the first time in over a year, millions of Americans are gathering for a major holiday without masks or physical distancing -- safely.
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Woman connects with family of father's friend using postcards from 80+ years ago
Imagine someone out there held the history of one of your relatives who served their country more than 80 years ago, including details of their travels overseas, their joys, their frustrations.
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Demonstrators gather outside Nashville hat store that offered 'not vaccinated' yellow Star of David badgesCn
The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, that read "NOT VACCINATED."
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Echoing QAnon forums, Michael Flynn appears to suggest a Myanmar-style coup should happen in the United States
Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the United States on Sunday.
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Las Vegas police release new image of boy found dead on trail
Police have released a new digitally enhanced photo of the boy whose body was found by a hiker on a trail near Las Vegas on Friday morning.
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Man took his shootings skills to the front lines in Europe in World War II
Lavone Chandler says he was a good shot, taking aim at squirrels around the melon farm where he grew up near Ruston.
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Christian diet guru and 'Tarzan' actor are among 7 presumed dead in plane crash near Nashville
Seven people are presumed to have died in Saturday's crash of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, officials said.
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Fort Bend County Judge KP George Honors Mental Health Leaders
Fort Bend County Judge KP George, honored the work of Fort Bend County Director of the Behavioral Health Services Department, Dr. Connie Almeida, and Executive Vice-Chair and Professor of Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Asim Shaw.
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Third Ward Consortium Receives Grant to install new synthetic sports turf surfaces at Jack Yates High School Athletic Field
A consortium of organizations, has received a field valued at $1,250,000 donated by the Houston Texans, Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation-NRG Park, and Hellas Construction, Inc., $250,000 from the NFL Grassroots Foundation Grant, and a $200,000 NFL Foundation Matching Grant through the Houston Texans to install a new synthetic sports turf surface at Jack Yates High School Athletic Field. Rodney Ellis, Harris County Commissioner Precinct One, was instrumental in the designation of Yates as the recipient of the field.
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Congressman Al Green, Area Congressional Representatives Urge GLO to Ensure Houston, Harris County Receive Adequate Allocation of Harvey Funds Appropriated by Congress
Congressmembers Al Green – Chairman of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation (TX-09), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) held a press conference calling upon the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to ensure the areas worst hit by Hurricane Harvey receive the funds allocated by Congress. Congressman Green released the following statement:
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City of Ali Review
Can we ever get enough of Muhammad Ali? No! And so, another documentary about him is automatically good news on some level. Particularly during these troubled times when stirring up memories of “The Greatest” can connect us back to the best in humanity.
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EstrellaTV Breaks with Tradition on Season 24 of Its Hit Show “Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento” with First-Ever All-Female Edition and First-Ever Split of Grand Prize
In Star-Studded Season Finale, Spanish-Language Television Network EstrellaTV, Has Network First, with Ashley Acosta of Houston, Texas and Viririana Sandoval of Tallahasee, Florida Splitting the Crow
EstrellaTV, a leading Spanish-language broadcasting network in the U.S., announced today that its #1 hit show Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento concluded its first-ever all-female special edition with an unprecedented moment in the show’s history, a split of the first-place grand prize between Ashley Acosta of Houston, Texas and Viririana Sandoval of Tallahasee, Florida, who both will share the $100,000 prize.
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Harris County Gender Wage Gap Widens
UH Analysis Reveals ‘Double Gap’ for Women of Color
Even as the gender wage gap narrowed nationwide, the average pay disparity between men and women in Harris County widened, according to an analysis of the latest census data by the Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality (IRWGS) at the University of Houston. Factor in race and ethnicity, and the contrast is even more stark.
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This 'wandering meatloaf' chiton has a rare mineral in its teeth
A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time -- one that bears the pet name "wandering meatloaf."
