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Rothko Chapel to Host 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

The theme of the service is “care for creation”

On Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., the Rothko Chapel will host the 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. In advance of the Chapel’s scheduled 2019 Symposium, “Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis,” the theme of this service will be “care for creation.” Leaders and members of nine different faith communities from across the city will come together to share prayers, readings, chants, and reflections on the theme “care for creation.” This year’s service will include Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Zoroastrian traditions. A reception follows the program. This event is free and open to all, no registration required. The Rothko Chapel is located at 3900 Yupon at Sul Ross, 77006.

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Conn’s HomePlus and the Houston Texans Host “Trick or Texans” with Boys and Girls Club of Stafford

Annual Event is a Spooky Good Time for Families and Fans

Conn’s HomePlus and the Houston Texans host “Trick or Texans,” a family fun Halloween event with Houston Texans player appearance

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The FDA again adds more drugs to its valsartan recall list

The US Food and Drug Administration again added to its list of products that are included in the recall of drugs containing valsartan, a generic ingredient that helps people with high blood pressure and heart failure. That ingredient in the recalled drugs was tainted with a possible carcinogen.

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Khashoggi killing was premeditated, Saudi attorney general says

The killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate was premeditated, the country's attorney general said Thursday, in what marks a further significant shift in the Saudi version of events.

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Trump wants to change how Medicare pays for certain drugs

President Donald Trump will outline a plan Thursday to revamp how Medicare pays for certain pricey drugs -- a step that comes as Republicans seek to bolster their standing with voters on health care in the days before the midterm elections.

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'I ain't scared': California Democrat Maxine Waters responds to being target of suspicious packages

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California says she won't be intimidated even though she was the intended recipient of two suspicious packages intercepted Wednesday.

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Philip Green, Topshop boss, named in UK harassment claims

Philip Green, the billionaire chairman of Arcadia group, the retail empire that includes Topshop, has been named in the UK parliament as the subject of abuse claims.

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Judicial complaints against Brett Kavanaugh may not go far

In the two weeks since Chief Justice John Roberts referred a series of misconduct complaints against Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a Denver-based appeals court, many experts on judicial discipline have predicted the complaints will never be resolved.

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Google abandons Berlin campus plans after local protests

Google has dropped plans to build a large campus in Berlin after months of fierce protests from locals. The tech giant had intended to open a 3,000-square-meter facility for start-ups in the Kreuzberg district of the German capital.

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Who got what, when: A timeline of when the bombs were found

A number of similar crude explosive devices have been sent since Monday to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, other top political figures and CNN's New York offices.

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Device sent to Maxine Waters similar in ways to other suspicious packages

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California was the intended recipient of a suspicious package intercepted at a congressional mail sorting facility outside Washington, according to two sources.

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'Act of terror': Bombs sent to CNN, Clintons, Obamas, Holder

Authorities have intercepted bombs intended for former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and several other top political figures were targeted in what authorities are investigating as a connected series of incidents.

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Man accused of breaking into police department, sleeping in ceiling

Mesa police officers and detectives arrived to work Wednesday to find a man, who had been released from the Mesa Holding Facility just hours earlier, sleeping in the ceiling of a third-floor office.

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Pho, pierogies and a 7-pound burger: The NFL's strangest stadium foods

Stadium concessions have come a long way since stale pretzels and popcorn were about all that hungry fans could look forward to.

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2 middle school girls waited in a bathroom and planned to cut up their classmates, police say

Two girls at a middle school in central Florida were waiting in a bathroom, planning to overpower at least 15 smaller students, kill them with knives and drink their blood, authorities said Wednesday.

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The migrant caravan could be weeks away from the US border

US President Donald Trump has pointed to a massive caravan of migrants trekking north through Mexico as a major issue in the upcoming midterm elections.

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What we know about the suspicious packages sent to top Democrats, Trump critics and CNN

With every intercepted pipe bomb and suspicious package, fear spread from New York to Washington, Florida, Delaware and California. The devices stashed in manila envelopes and mailed nationwide targeted top Democrats, critics of President Donald Trump and CNN.

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What the bombs mailed to the Clintons, Obamas and CNN could tell us about their maker

The bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN were simple but functional, and there are signs whoever was behind the attempted attacks didn't know much about making bombs or disguising them, experts say.

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Authorities find 2 packages intended for Biden as manhunt ensues

Authorities have now found two packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden that are similar in appearance and contain potential explosive devices that resemble the others sent earlier this week to prominent critics of President Donald Trump and CNN, a law enforcement official said Thursday.