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Children's Museum Raises $87K+ in Golf Tournament

24th ANNUAL SPRING GOLF CLASSIC Children’s Museum of Houston raises more than $87,000 during fundraising tournament Chaired by Bradley Bracewell and William Griffin

The Ensemble Theatre Announces Its 2019-2020 Season

The Ensemble Theatre Artistic Director, Eileen J. Morris, announces the theatre's 2019-2020 season including a commissioned world premiere and five regional premieres packed with drama, comedy and musical performances; and a series of alternative programing, youth initiatives, and fundraising events.

Reynolds HCR 150 Press Release

HCR 150 relates to memorializing the 116th Congress to pass H.R. 40 establishing a commission to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans. Your voices were heard and your concerns are being addressed. Filing this legislation is the next step in the fight. Please urge your representatives to support HCR 150.

Prairie View A&M Nursing Student in Desperate Need of Brain Surgery

Texas Mother and Daughter Face the Challenge of their Lives in the Midst of Brain Tumor Awareness Mont

DyAnna Tucker, a first-year nursing student at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, managed to complete her second semester of classes this week despite a cyst in her brain that is causing seizures, blurred vision and massive headaches. After being misdiagnosed by two separate doctors, the 19-year-old student was rushed to the emergency room on December 26, 2018, where doctors discovered a pineal gland cyst, about the size of a marble, right in the center of her brain.

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Houston Native Protects U.S. Navy Forces in the Middle East

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN – Petty Officer 1st Class Chasity Eastland, a Houston native, joined the Navy after speaking with her hometown recruiters and listening to their stories about where they traveled.

Biden takes the fight straight to Trump

Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential bid this week with a video. He looked into the camera and talked about the torch-wielding white supremacists of Charlottesville, Virginia, with an opening argument that aimed to leap over his primary opponents, across the generation gap, straight at President Trump. "We are in the battle for the soul of this nation," he said.

Harry and Meghan's new baby: What we know so far

The countdown is over. Meghan and Harry have welcomed a baby boy.

Analysis: Don't use the royal birth to trot out a dangerous myth

It's hard not to get excited. It's like watching the unfolding of a modern-day fairy tale. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, just gave birth to a boy. The royal baby becomes the "first Afro-American baby born into the royal family," a "gorgeous" symbol of racial progress in the US and Britain.

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Phoenix caregiver training lab available for families and job-seekers

Chances are, at some point you will find yourself caring for an aging family member.

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Florida boy runs with flag in honor of North Carolina K-9 officer killed in line of duty

An officer died in North Carolina, and his sacrifice was felt as far away as the Sunshine State.

What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020?

Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently offered a very blunt assessment of what Democrats need to do in 2020 to ensure a peaceful transition of power in Washington: Win "big."

Cherokee County man arrested for possessing a weapon of mass destruction

A Murphy man has been arrested for possessing a weapon of mass destruction after police found blasting caps at his home.

3 burned in fire at San Diego home that allegedly housed marijuana growing operation

Three people were taken to the hospital Sunday after being burned in a fire at a Mira Mesa home that authorities say housed an extensive marijuana growing operation.

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AboutThatCar.com: 2019 Ford F150 Limited

Ford’s F-150 Limited is a lot of pickup truck. It is the top of the line model of the bestselling vehicle on the American market f

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blink-182 And Lil Wayne Join Forces For Co-Headlining Summer Tour

Multi-platinum, award winning artists blink-182 and Lil Wayne announced they'll be hitting the road together for the first time ever on a co-headlining tour across North America this summer. Special guest Neck Deep will join on all dates. Produced by Live Nation, the massive 38-city outing will kick off June 27th in Columbus, OH and make stops in Toronto, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping September 16th in Cincinnati, OH. The tour will see both artists playing indoors and outdoors in arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada all summer long.

Houston Health Department Launches Campaign to Build Awareness About PrEP and Treatment as Prevention

The Project PrIDE campaign is the city’s first-ever health campaign directly reaching out to African American and Hispanic members of the LGBTQ community.

Crump, NAACP, NNPA to Demonstrate after Police Brutality Incident in Florida

The Broward County Chapter of the NAACP will lead a march and rally to demand the termination and criminal prosecution of two Florida sheriff deputies who were caught on video punching a 15-year-old African American student and repeatedly slamming the child’s head against concrete pavement.

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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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GOP, Not Russia, the Greater Threat to Free Elections

We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the front pages. Too often lost in the furor, however, is the far more damaging TrikiLeaks -- the tricks and laws used to suppress the vote by partisans, largely Republicans here at home.

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Leela James Talks Crossing Genres and Her New EP ‘Are You Ready’

Soul singer Leela James brought her Cali-rooted charm in the form of great weather to Houston in an exclusive in-person interview at The Raven Tower.