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Teen admitted to getting in a fight with his father and killing him in his sleep

Broken Arrow Police state in police reports that Hayden Umdenstock admitted to getting in a fight with his father and killing him in his sleep.

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Theresa May warns parliament: Back me or risk no Brexit at all

Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that a failure by lawmakers to back her Brexit deal risks the entire venture being canceled.

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Ayers not taking job as White House chief of staf

Nick Ayers, the leading candidate to replace John Kelly as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, announced Sunday he will not be taking the job, reviving discussions about who will succeed the retired Marine general when he leaves at the end of the month.

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Young, rich and loyal: The rising GOP star who passed on becoming Trump's chief of staff

As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence prepared to gather for their weekly lunch in August 2017, the President told his staff to add two more plates.

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Start your Monday smart: Winter storm, Cohen sentencing, Brexit vote, climate summit

If you're in the Southeastern US, we hope you're warm and cozy as this major winter storm threatens to spread a blanket of snow far and wide. Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.

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Yolanda Ford Unseats 24-Year Incumbent in Historic Win to Become First African American, Woman Mayor of Missouri City

Yolanda Ford defeated incumbent mayor Allen Owen in a runoff election held December 8, 2018. Ford previously served as a member of the City Council for District A since 2013. Owen had held the position of mayor since 1994. Ford is the first African American and the first woman ever elected to serve as mayor of Missouri City and will take the oath of office on December 17, 2018.

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“Remembrance” by Mary Monroe

For weeks, you’ve been scouring the stores. You have a lot to give. Most of it is wrapped up colorfully, beribboned and bowed. Some gifts are in bags with shiny trim, while others are tucked away in closets. You have a lot to give this holiday season, but in the new novel, “Remembrance” by Mary Monroe, when you give of yourself, you also get.

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R&B Songstress Kiara Craft Talks Growth, Love And Her Journey Leading To Her Second Album 'Breaking Character'

R&B Songstress Kiara Craft drops her highly anticipated project 'Breaking Character' and it exudes transparency—it gets juicy.

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Kennedy Edwards Is First African American Miss Texas Teen USA

In speaking with eighteen-year-old Kennedy Edwards one thing is definitely clear. Her goal in whatever she does is to strive for excellence and nothing short thereof. In every undertaking, she puts her all in to give the best performance that she can produce at that given time and at that precise moment.

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Essence + Ford Brings 'My City 4 Ways' to Houston

Do it for the culture has become a mainstream phrase to celebrate the traditions and heritage that defines one’s culture at its core. Essence Magazine and Ford partnered for the ultimate cultural festival that celebrated a city and the people in it through their diverse interests in food, music, art, and lifestyle.

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Nation Says Goodbye to Bush: 'To us, he was close to perfect'

The hilltop cathedral in Washington filled Wednesday with recollections of George H.W. Bush as a modest but mighty president, a man whose characteristic humility was belied one final time with all the pageantry of a state funeral.

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Texans Add Notch to Victory Belt

Houston defeats Cleveland and records 9th victory in a row

For all Houston fans, that phrase should have become very familiar to you over the last nine weeks. This past Sunday, the Texans defeated the Cleveland Browns 29 – 13 to extend their winning streak to 9 games and improve their lead in the AFC South to 3 games.

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Governor Abbott Appoints Three To Texas Board Of Professional Engineers

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ademola “Peter” Adejokun, Rolando Rubiano, and Kiran Shah to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers for terms set to expire on September 26, 2023. The board licenses qualified engineers and regulates the practice of professional engineering.

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Yvonne Guidry Hosted A Latina Leaders Celebratory Dinner This Past Tuesday

December 5, 2018. Hennessy had big plans for Yvonne this month. On top of her third consecutive celebration of Spoiled Latina Day, Hennessy has tapped Yvonne to present the first Latina Leaders Dinner in Houston honoring 25 women who have made a significant impact in the community. Yvonne will take part in the special toast honoring Hennessy’s special guests.

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Essence and FORD Host My City 4 Ways Culture Festival

Over the weekend, Essence and FORD once again joined forces to bring the My City 4 Ways Culture Festival to Houston for its last stop. Ford brought the festival to White Oak Music Hall, to celebrate the city’s most notable tastemakers, innovators and leaders across music, art, lifestyle, and food.

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Live Nation To Exclusively Book California’s Historic Majestic Ventura Theatre

Ventura County’s Majestic Ventura Theatre and Live Nation today announced that the venue will become part of Live Nation’s Clubs & Theatres national portfolio of exclusively booked properties.

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Rebecca Morris: The Ache of Bright - January 11 --- March 16, 2019

Since the early 1990s, the Los Angeles-based artist Rebecca Morris has explored the vast visual language of abstract painting. Inventing an extensive array of original forms, compositional rules, and improvisational associations, Morris creates highly considered images that simultaneously construct and disassemble themselves. Varying widely in scale and density, her paintings are both unpredictable and precise, often featuring an ebullient cacophony of hues, patterns, layers, and gestures.

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Body fat levels linked to breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women

Older women with excess body fat, even if they have what's considered a normal body-mass index, could be at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Oncology.

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Supreme Court double jeopardy case could impact presidential pardon power

The Supreme Court grappled on Thursday with a case concerning an exception to the Fifth Amendment's ban on prosecuting an individual twice for the same offense in a case that could also possibly impact President Donald Trump's pardon power as it applied to the Robert Mueller probe.

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Nicole Kidman and more react to Golden Globe nominations

Hollywood woke up to Golden Globe nominations news on Thursday morning.