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Intel To Buy Israeli Driverless Car-Tech Firm Mobileye For $15 Billion

U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) agreed to buy Israeli driverless car-technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) for $15.3 billion on Monday, positioning itself for a dominant role in the fast-moving autonomous-driving sector.

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Box Office Report: Kong: Skull Island Clobbers Logan With $61 Million

The beastly battle for this weekend’s box office crown wasn’t even close.

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Joe Biden: The Fight Against Cancer is Bipartisan

The fight against cancer knows no party lines. "The only bipartisan thing left in America is the fight against cancer," former vice president Joe Biden said during a keynote speech at the annual SXSW festival.

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The Ultimate Guilt-free Treat? These Salad Cakes Are Made With Vegetables

Imagine biting into a beautiful cake, but instead of a sugary rush you get the fresh flavors of celery, carrot and red cabbage.

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5 Things for Monday, March 13: Preet Bharara, the Netherlands, Michael Brown

Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Searching for Acceptance: Hollywood Adding LGBTQ to Modern TV

It is no secret that the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community has faced many hardships from not being accepted by others because of their sexuality, and even committing self-harm amongst themselves because they feel like they have hit rock bottom.

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Trump's First Big Sale: Rallying Republicans On Health Care

President Donald Trump is going all-in on the House plan to replace Obamacare, deploying the full power of his office to become the face of controversial legislation that is stirring a conservative revolt.

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Yellow Cab Houston Rolls with ZTrip App

The Greater Houston Transportation Company (Yellow Cab Houston) announced it now uses the zTrip platform, a nationwide on-demand transportation application. zTrip offers the safety of a taxi or black car service with all the ease and convenience of a ride hailing app.

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Advocates Call Foul On CDC Cuts in GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill

Public health advocates are warning lawmakers the GOP plan to repeal Obamacare will eliminate nearly $1 billion in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding used for programs like preventing disease outbreaks and childhood lead poisoning.

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GOP Health Care Plan Clears First Hurdle, Debate Continues In Committee

The House Ways and Means Committee needed 18 hours to become the first panel to approve the Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill, nearly a full day after debate began and with no end in sight.

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Notorious B.I.G.'s Legacy Still Hypnotizes 20 Years After His Death

If only it were just a dream. On March 9, 1997, rapper Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was shot and killed. Twenty years later, the hip hop legend's murder remains unsolved but his music remains just as relevant. Working from Wallace's vault, singer Faith Evans, who was married to Wallace at the time of his death, has recorded an album of duets with the rapper titled "The King & I."

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5 Things for Thursday, March 9, 2017: Health Care, Youth Home Fire, Wiretapping Claim

Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Mayor Turner asks Houston Companies to Hire Houston Youth

With the March 27 deadline to sign up just around the corner, Mayor Sylvester Turner called on Houston corporations and nonprofits to join his Hire Houston Youth (HHY) summer jobs program. The mayor has set a goal of providing 5,000 jobs for Houston youth this summer. As of today, there are pledges from companies for just 3,000 positions.

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Airport Lawyer Service Helps Fliers Worried About The Travel Ban

Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, and reinstating a temporary blanket ban on all refugees. But the second time around, many major U.S. airports have lawyers on the ready to support travelers who are worried they'll be impacted by the Trump administration's policy changes.

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Chrissy Teigen Reveals Postpartum Depression, Anxiety

Model, television host and social media maven Chrissy Teigen has developed a reputation as a person who is willing to talk about just about anything in Twitter posts to her more than 4.5 million followers. But she has been silent about one topic until now: Her own struggle with postpartum depression and anxiety, which affects as many as one in seven women in the United States, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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Wildfires Burn Across the Midwest, Colorado and Florida

Fires broke out around the country Monday night, sending fire departments to fight the blazes across Midwestern states and in the swamplands of Florida. Authorities in some of the states credited high temperatures and low humidity with creating hazardous fire-prone conditions, with strong wind gusts fueling the flames. In others, officials had yet to determine the causes.

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You Can Now Buy Neverland At A ‘Bargain’ Price

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is back on the market for roughly $33 million less than its original asking price.

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Houston Metro To Make Safety Upgrades After Recent Crashes

After two deadly wrecks between MetroRail trains and bikes within a month, the head of Houston Metro says the agency is putting in place measures to keep it from happening again.

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Voting Is Underway For the Home Depot 2017 Retool Your School Program

Black Hollywood’s brightest stars rally together to show their support of the popular grant program supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Continuing its commitment to our nation’s accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), The Home Depot® announced today that voting is underway for the 2017 Retool Your School Grant Program. The program is in its eighth consecutive year, and this year, nine HBCUs will be awarded a total of $360,000 for campus improvements.

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The Ensemble Theatre Kicks off Audience Choice “The Nacirema Society”

The Ensemble Theatre kicks off its 40th Anniversary Season audience choice, The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years, by Pearl Cleage and directed by Eileen J. Morris with Opening Night and media reception, Thursday, March 23, 2017.