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'Fuzzy' Fibers Can Take Rockets' Heat

Rice University researchers create tough material for next generation of powerful engines

To stand up to the heat and pressure of next-generation rocket engines, the composite fibers used to make them should be fuzzy.

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Former Secret Service agent: Why we loved Bush 41 (aka Timberwolf)

Just before midnight on Friday evening, I received the news from a current US Secret Service agent. His message said, "We lost Timberwolf -- a part of us is gone."

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Judge Overturns Record Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Trial

Judges in two separate cases have ruled in favor of pharma giant Johnson & Johnson, overturning large financial judgments awarded to plaintiffs who believe the company's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower powder products caused their ovarian cancer. One award was to a California woman for $417 million, and another was to an Alabama woman for $72 million.

To Go or Not to Go

I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental instruction, drugs, and eye glasses to more than 600 children and adults in four remote villages on a tributary of the Amazon.

Local Employers Scramble to Keep Their Office Flu-Free

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm as the 2019–2020 flu season is escalating FAST.

Trump's unfair crackdown on visa overstays

First, they came for the asylees and the refugees. Then they came for the children at the southern border. And now they are coming for the visa overstays. In a memorandum issued on April 22, President Donald Trump ordered the Department of State to work with governments with overstay rates of more than 10%, in an effort to dramatically reduce those numbers. Though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been tasked with reporting back to the President in four months with recommendations, the memorandum indicates that one solution could be limiting or even suspending visas for people from countries with high overstay rates.

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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games to pay $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement

Epic Games, maker of the hit video game "Fortnite," has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government allegations that it misled millions of players, including children and teens, into making unintended purchases and that it violated a landmark federal children's privacy law.

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State Representative Jarvis Johnson Live From FOX 7 Studio Discussing HB625

A Texas lawmaker wants to help bring mental health awareness to police departments across the Lone Star State. State Representative Jarvis Johnson joins us in the FOX 7 studio to discuss this further.

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Majority of House votes for second article of impeachment

A majority of the US House of Representatives have voted to support the second article of impeachment — obstruction of Congress — against President Trump.

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Majority of House votes to impeach President Trump

A majority of the US House of Representatives has voted to support the first article of impeachment against President Trump. House Democrats have 216 votes, which is the number needed to impeach the President. Voting is still happening on the House floor.

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Some North Texans criticizing, others celebrating the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action

Six of the nine Supreme Court justices ruled that using race for college admission is unconstitutional. CBS News Texas' Jack Fink has both sides of the story.

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Man Freed After Lookalike Becomes Suspect In Robbery

What if you landed in prison for 17 years for a crime someone who looked just like you was suspected of committing?

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Lifetime Greenlights New Series - Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam

Lifetime greenlights new Married at First Sight spin-off series, Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam, a self-shot series following the highs, lows, humor, drama and domestic life of fan favorite Married at First Sight couples from ten seasons on the air. Following the couples ongoing stories in real time, in the completely raw and self-shot show, the couples invite viewers into their homes via mounted cameras, diary cams and virtual group chats.

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Far-right Party Wins Seats in German Parliament for First Time in Decades

The co-founder of the first far-right party to win seats in Germany's parliament in almost 60 years has declared that it is ready to "take back our country and our people."

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Joe Biden Targets Trump, Touts Union Ties in First Campaign Rally

Joe Biden began his first rally as a 2020 presidential candidate arguing that President Donald Trump had abandoned voters in white, working-class America -- and that reconnecting with those voters is Democrats' path to victory.

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British broadcaster ITV has suspended "The Jeremy Kyle Show" and launched a review of the long-running program after a guest died shortly after taping an episode.

A little more than a week ago, the man who was watching 4-year-old Maleah Davis told police he, the young girl and her brother were abducted by three Hispanic men who knocked him unconscious. When he awoke on the side of a road after nearly 24 hours, he said the young girl wasn't there.

Creating an oasis of hope in one of Haiti's most dangerous neighborhoods

Staggering poverty, political instability and natural disasters have long plagued Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

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The suspect in the Waukesha parade tragedy was out on bond after allegedly running over a woman earlier this month

The man accused of careening his SUV into a Wisconsin parade, killing five people and injuring 48 others, was a registered sex offender in Nevada and had an active arrest warrant in that state, court records show.

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Washington Prepares for Donald Trump's Big Moment

Donald Trump has arrived in Washington -- and he's going to be here for at least four years.

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Trump Rally Alive And Kicking After First Quarter

President Trump's first report card from Wall Street is out, and the results should leave investors of all political stripes smiling.