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Here's why gas is $6 a gallon in California, even as prices fall elsewhere

For many drivers in California, the possibility of paying $6 a gallon for gas is no longer something to worry about down the road. It's already a reality.

The future of the Oscars is global. Watch this year's best international feature nominees to know why

The best international feature film category at the Academy Awards could, in some ways, be compared to flying economy. Often, the five films that get a seat aboard the Oscars seem squashed in the back, lest they take up space that Hollywood might want to luxuriate in. You'd like to upgrade to best picture? With twice the room and more prestige, who wouldn't. But many of those seats still appear to be reserved for English-language pictures.

1st Annual Shero Awards Curated to Commemorate Women's History Month

Her-STORY, Her-STREGNTH, Her-LEGACY: Honoring Women That are Creating Their Own Narrative

The Inaugural Shero Awards was created by the ladies of Never Satisfied Studios in Carrolton, TX. Owned by Business Mogul Radio Raheem, his influence when creating this event was motivated by his own childhood. "Being raised by a single mother, it is important that women are honored and I want the ladies of Never Satisfied to curate this event and honor women that are contributing to the culture."

'People are begging us to sell.' Africa's richest man opens huge fertilizer plant as food crisis looms

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote opened the continent's largest fertilizer plant this week as war in Ukraine cuts off supplies from Russia, threatening a global food crisis.

Nestlé pulls KitKat, Nesquik and other brands from Russia

Following criticism from Ukraine's president over Nestlé's ties to Russia, the company is halting the sale of more of its brands in the country.

Calling Putin a war criminal is a bigger deal than you think

Airstrikes on an art school and a maternity hospital. Residential apartment buildings taking fire from tanks. More than 900 civilians killed in a matter of weeks.

175 Texas fires have torched about 95,000 acres in the past week. But one major fire is now under control

While firefighters grapple with wildfires across Texas, a bit of good news emerged Monday: the Big L Fire is now "under control," Hood County officials said.

CDC: Avoid travel to this 'very high' risk Indian Ocean island

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one new destination to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday -- and it's again an Indian Ocean island nation.

City donates 33 bison to rebuild Native American herds

The City and County of Denver is giving bison from its mountain park herd to three indigenous tribes. Those bison will head to tribal lands across the West.

Dove and the Crown Coalition Applaud the U.S. House of Representatives for Passing the Crown Act

Landmark Federal Bill H.R. 2116 Led by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) Passes on Friday, March 18, 2022 AND the Massachusetts State House Passes the CROWN Act Unanimously on Thursday, March 17, 2022, to Protect Against Hair Discrimination In Workplaces and Schools

Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is Back This Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Iconic art festival celebrates 50 years at Memorial Park March 25-27, 2022

The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA), the producer of the Bayou City Art Festival, will transform Memorial Park into a vivid outdoor gallery and an interactive art event along S. Picnic Loop from Friday through Sunday, March 25-27, 2022, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Bring Back $1 Million Grant Program to Support Historic Small Restaurants

Now in its second year, the Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant Program will again award 25 historic U.S. small restaurants with $40,000 grants.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George Hosts Women’s History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion

Fort Bend County Judge KP George will host an inaugural Women’s History Month Celebration and Panel Discussion on Monday, March 21. The event will be held at the Fort Bend Museum, 410 S 5th St, Richmond, TX 77469 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Texas firefighters have battled 175 fires in the past week that have burned nearly 95,000 acres, officials say

Firefighters in Texas are working to protect people and homes as 175 wildfires have burned nearly 95,000 acres across the state in the past week, the state's forest service said Sunday.

All-Black women's World War II unit to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal

An all-Black Women's Army Corps unit that sorted millions of pieces of mail in unheated warehouses during World War II will finally be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal decades after the fact.

Ketanji Brown Jackson: The personal and legal record of the Supreme Court nominee

Six days after President Joe Biden's inauguration, White House counsel Dana Remus put in a call to Ketanji Brown Jackson to see if the judge might be interested in a new job: replacing Merrick Garland on a powerful federal appeals court.

Pritzker Prize 2022: Francis Kéré becomes first African to win 'Nobel of architecture'

When he was 7 years old, Francis Kéré left his family home to attend school because his village, Gando in Burkina Faso, did not have one of its own. Thirteen years later he moved to Germany on a carpentry scholarship with a dream of returning home one day to build the classrooms that didn't then exist.

Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship found in Antarctica after 107 years

More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition.

Congress just got its secret weapon back

Buried within the 2,700-page omnibus spending bill unveiled early Wednesday that would fund the federal government through September is something called "member-directed spending." It might well be the single most important thing in the bill if you care about Congress actually passing legislation.

Russia accused of 'atrocity' in alleged bombing of maternity and children's hospital

Russian forces bombed a maternity and children's hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "atrocity."

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