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Arab Spring failed to deliver on hopes, Baker Institute survey finds
The Arab Spring protests of 2010-12 failed to deliver what many in the Middle East and North Africa region hoped they would, according to a new survey and paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. However, the study's authors found marked variation across the region's nations in how respondents view the protests and uprisings.
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Harry and Meghan will keep royal baby birth private
Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex will keep details surrounding the arrival of their first child private.
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Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex will keep details surrounding the arrival of their first child private.
Published on April 11, 2019
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2 makers of popular baby products just avoided recalls, even as federal officials acknowledge safety problems
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, for the second time in recent months, has sided with manufacturers of baby products that have caused death or injury to infants.
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Travel misery and hundreds of car crashes as a spring storm hits parts of the US
A major spring storm unloaded heavy snow and blizzard conditions from the Dakotas to Minnesota, and is expected to make travel a nightmare for the 1.6 million people in its path as it makes its way toward Canada.
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Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is into intermittent fasting. What is it?
Being a billionaire sounds kind of miserable. This week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed several of his intense wellness habits to CNBC, and most of them sound like things normal people would explicitly avoid if they had gobs and gobs of money to throw around.
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Ilhan Omar is a weapon for Republicans and a headache for Democrats
Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar got in elevator on Capitol Hill Tuesday as CNN's Sunlen Serfaty shouted a final question: Did the Minnesota Democrat believe President Trump was a white nationalist?
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Police arrest Julian Assange at Ecuadorian embassy in London
Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday morning, arresting Julian Assange and bringing the WikiLeaks founder's seven-year stint there to a dramatic close.
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Texas legislators considering making abortion potentially punishable by death
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who undergoes an abortion procedure to possibly be charged with capital murder -- a crime punishable by death in Texas.
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American Diabetes Association Announces Risk Test Campaign in Partnership with Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis
Precinct One Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and members of the medical profession on Wednesday, April 3 announced a campaign to inform people about a 60-second online “Know Your Risk” test for type 2 diabetes.
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Dr. Jerald L. Zarin, medical director of Medicaid and government programs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, left, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Baylor …
Published on April 10, 2019
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis 65th Birthday
Photography by Vicky Pink - Family and friends gathered to wish a very Happy 65th …
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Adidas signs Beyoncé as a creative partner
Beyoncé Knowles found a new home for her Ivy Park athleisure brand -- and Adidas is adding one of the world's biggest celebrities to its ranks.
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NCAA women's basketball championship: Baylor holds off Notre Dame, wins 3rd title
A season ago, there was tragedy. This year, a star went down, but the season ends with a championship.
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Investigators Believe Fires at 3 Black Churches in Louisiana were Intentionally Set
Fires that consumed three historically black Louisiana churches in 10 days are believed to have been intentionally set, a local elected official said Tuesday.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar calls White House adviser Stephen Miller a 'white nationalist'
Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed a senior White House adviser as a "white nationalist" Monday on Twitter.
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The anti-Facebook: Inside Pinterest's slow and quiet rise
For most of its early history, the digital scrapbooking service had grown unimaginably fast. Millions flocked to it in 2011 and 2012, despite minimal coverage in the tech press. Pinterest grew so quickly that its small team of engineers raced to keep the site up and running, fixing outages on street corners, at coffee shops and, in at least one case, on a paddle boat.
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Bibi forever? Supporters in Netanyahu's heartland think so
Israel is voting in an election on Tuesday that's gearing up to be as defining for the country as it is challenging for its prime minister.
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Netanyahu rallying his supporters in Beer Sheva: "They (the left) have the media but we have the people."
Published on April 9, 2019
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How to find your max heart rate for exercise
You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles.
