Bridgette Smith-Lawson
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A Grambling State University student working at a Houston café and a century-old downtown hotel are among the local businesses feeling the financial impact of FIFA World Cup 2026 and the numbers tell the story.Mia Gordwin works at Day and Night Wall Street Café, located on the corner of Almeda Ro...
State Representative Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, wants to give every Texas household $1,500.
An investigator says the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt and bought a meal at Chick-fil-A on the morning of the conservative activist's assassination.
ICE agents were involved in a deadly shooting that stemmed from a targeted enforcement operation on Tuesday, according to the agency.
The suspect, identified as Michael Driver, allegedly told police he was involved in a fight, and during that fight, he took out a gun and fired it, wounding the 45-year-old victim, records state.
A ground stop has been lifted for Hobby Airport due to thunderstorms in the area.
Waymo called San Mateo, California police on teens for drinking and shooting toy guns from a driverless vehicle.
Saharan dust will return to Southeast Texas, but the rain chances come right back up this weekend and beyond.
A man was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston on Tuesday morning, officials confirm.
U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, the second straight month that fuel costs topped $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday.The May figure was 84% higher than a year earlier. Airlines spent $6.47 billion on fuel in April, the Bureau of Transportation Statistic...
'Star Wars: The Experience' will make its world debut in February, 2027 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia as part of the Star Wars 50th anniversary celebration.
The Texas General Land Office believes Galveston may not finish a flood mitigation project on time, and in a letter, has asked the city to consider a scaled proposal.
A ground stop has been lifted at Bush Intercontinental Airport due to thunderstorms in the area.
Houston leaders and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are calling for an independent investigation after an ICE agent fatally shot an undocumented immigrant during an attempted arrest Tuesday in east Houston.Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegal...
The ABC13 Loves Teachers School Supply Drive on Friday, July 31, 2026, will collect donations to help educators who spend out of pocket to stock their classrooms.
U.S. forces are carrying out "powerful" airstrikes against Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
In what he is calling “a continuation of the political theater manufactured by the County Attorney and partisan actors,” Interim Fort Bend County Judge Daniel Wong says the County Attorney has now used the resources of her office to try…
Maryland lawmakers will meet for a special session next month to consider a constitutional amendment dealing with future congressional redistricting, legislative leaders announced Tuesday, following a failed effort earlier this year to redraw the state's maps to boost Democrats.The move is the la...
In the wake of the report, a number of Democrats across the country called for Platner to get out of the race.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office has confirmed a vehicle stolen by a domestic violence suspect on Sunday was the car shot at by Houston police on Monday.
President Donald Trump, during the first day of the NATO Summit in Ankara on Tuesday, said he will consider allowing Turkey to buy American F-35 fighter jets.
The Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held a public hearing Tuesday to gather information that will shape future legislation on THC products sold in the state.Lawmakers made arguments against THC that harkened back to the days of the “Just Say No” campaigns of the ’80s regarding...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in Houston early Tuesday after he allegedly tried to run over the agent, according to the federal agency.Federal agents were conducting a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation just before 7 a.m. when Lorenzo Salgad...
2 children were found living with dead animals in a squalid Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home.
Fal Skye performs “I Shot the Sheriff” during the Foley Freedom Fest 250 on Friday in Pecan Grove. The band performed several sets through the evening, playing everything from classic rock to new hits.
Clear Falls High School sophomore Carter Burns, 15, spent all day Friday, July 3, peddling fireworks at the Foley’s Freedom Fest 250 site in Pecan Grove.
Robert Gulley, 59, of Pecan Grove attended Foley’s Freedom Fest 250 for the music, fireworks, carshow and libations on Friday. He ended up winning the hot dog-eating contest and a box of prizes, including a handsome watch. Sean Foley hosts…
Robert Gulley, 59, of Pecan Grove attended shows off the trophy he won by eating 10 hot dogs the fastest during Foley’s Freedom Fest 250. The event included music, fireworks, car show and libations on Friday.
Robert Gulley, 59, of Pecan Grove, holds up the trophy he won by eating 10 hot dogs faster than the other contestants could eat theirs during Foley’s Freedom Fest 250 last weekend. Gulley also won a box of goodies, which…
Standing next to their 1955 Chevy 310 pick up are Ray and Tanya Jennings of Rosenberg. The classic truck was among a dozen or more on display at Foley’s Freedom Fest 250 on Friday, July 3.
Hago and Jennifer Farley pose beside the 1968 Camaro SS they entered in the vintage car show during Foley’s Freedom Fest 250on Friday, July 3.
A ground stop has been issued at Bush Intercontinental Airport due to thunderstorms in the area.The FAA says the ground stop is currently scheduled to last until 5 p.m. with a medium probability of being extended.Current radar as of 4 p.m. show thunderstorms near and just south of the airport.
Packages of pounded yams were recalled across multiple states this week because a “temporary breakdown” between the maker’s production and packaging processes resulted in an allergen not being included in the ingredient list.
The oldest standing church in New York State has witnessed the rise of colonial New York, the American Revolution and the history of the nation.
Deputies say that 20-year-old Noel Walker, of Conroe, Texas, is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and one count of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll.
FIFA Fan Festival in Houston has announced they are closing early for Tuesday, July 7. According to a post on X, FIFA Fan Festival is closing due to continued weather conditions.
Aides to McConnell have declined to release any information about his condition, fueling speculation about his prognosis.
Brittany Armstrong was charged with involuntary manslaughter after illegal fireworks started a fire that killed Cashmere Elijah Parker in Dunn, North Carolina.
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