It wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks. Most people know to be careful while lighting firecrackers, fountains, Roman candles, and more, but fewer realize that just as much danger lies in what happens after. Improper cleanup and disposal of spent fireworks is a leading cause of...
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An Adolf Hitler baby photo in a Paramus, New Jersey East Brook Middle School yearbook sparked an investigation.
A young employee was killed and a customer was injured after a vehicle crashed into a building in Atascocita on Tuesday, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office
A 38-year-old man from Magnolia faces a murder charge in connection with a woman found dead inside a vehicle in League City, police said.
Whither the U.S. House?As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits.The House leadership on Tuesday abruptly canceled votes and sent lawmakers home early for the holiday recess, Speaker Mike Johnson ’s majority once again ground ...
President Donald Trump earned more than $1 billion from his cryptocurrency ventures, according to his personal financial disclosure released on Tuesday.
Plans are in motion to explore reopening the point that connects St. Charles Street in Second Ward to Preston Street in East Downtown by renovating an abandoned underpass, organizers say.
Records reveal how long it took to share information about a countywide voting problem during May's runoff election in Fort Bend County.
The decision comes more than seven years after two people were killed inside their southeast Houston home during a Jan. 2019 no-knock drug raid that was based on false information.
Law enforcement has seized more than 27,000 counterfeit FIFA-related items worth more than $6.1 million across the Houston area in approximately the past two weeks, according to court records and officials — and with the tournament wrapping up in Houston on Saturday, experts are warning fans not ...
Police said the discovery was made while crews were clearing debris from the construction site. Construction workers reported finding what appeared to be headstones dating back to the early 1900s.
A major shakeup to the federal student loan system affecting millions of borrowers will take effect July 1.
As the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, Airbnb is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to help prevent unauthorized parties after a Houston short-term rental gathering ended in gunfire, raising renewed concerns about neighborhood safety and enforcement.The company announced it i...
Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday.“We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods,” Abbott said at the Bullard event, which primarily discussed his plan to ...
It wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks. Most people know to be careful while lighting firecrackers, fountains, Roman candles, and more, but fewer realize that just as much danger lies in what happens after. Improper cleanup and disposal of spent fireworks is a leading cause of...
Increasing moisture levels will lead to higher rain chances as we head into July.
Only on 13, shocking dashcam video shows a man climbing in and out of a smashed truck window during an alleged carjacking involving a pitchfork.
Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. adorned with flower lei from Hawaii residents who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to join him on a pivotal Civil Rights march went on public display Tuesday in the state Capitol in Honolulu. The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Votin...
The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, called Tuesday’s ruling a victory for all Americans, saying it reaffirmed that precedent.“I don't consider this stuff a pe...
Sportsbook operators anticipated this year's World Cup would set betting records because the major elements were aligned.
Texas politics have become deeply engaged in the fight over the future of college football. In this week’s episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Ralph Russo, senior writer for The Athletic and host of The Audible podcast. We discuss the saga of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the influen...
More than a dozen train cars left the tracks after a freight train derailment on Tuesday afternoon in Bensalem, Bucks County.
As the excitement builds for Disney's live-action 'Moana,' fans of the franchise will get a chance to feel closer to the famous wayfinder and voyager.
Catherine Laga'aia won the role of a lifetime in the live-action "Moana." And we're finding out just how many others applied for the part! Watch her shine in "Moana" in theaters July 10.
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed in revenue muc...
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Massachuse...
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of November's midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The convention will be held in Dall...
A suspect has been arrested after assaulting a security officer in Galveston, according to jail records.
2 were killed and dozens injured after a bus carrying a Royal Jordanian crew from JFK to a hotel crashed on the Long Island Expressway in New York City.
A young female employee was killed and a customer was injured Tuesday afternoon after a pickup truck crashed into a store in Atascocita.The incident happened at the Nothing Bundt Cakes store at 19250 W. Lake Houston Parkway. It happened at approximately 3:10 p.m.Construction work halted after wor...
According to Pearland police, the 79-year-old man had just completed a cash withdrawal from an ATM when an unidentified suspect assaulted him and stole his wallet and cash.
The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year.The states and federal government accus...
The New York Public Library has a vast collection of more than 400,000 maps. The maps show where the city has been and where it's going.
A book co-written by the man who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur can be used in trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.The defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis tried to bar the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” from being used in trial, which is scheduled to beg...
President Donald Trump didn't get what he wanted in some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year: tariffs, birthright citizenship and the attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. But he also emerged from the term with even greater power. His immigration crackdown was largely u...
Work at an active construction site in Tomball has been halted after workers discovered what appeared to be headstones and evidence of a possible historic cemetery.Pickup slams into Nothing Bundt Cakes, killing one, injuring multiple people in AtascocitaThe discovery was made at the location in t...
A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks posed by UFOs.Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes and served as head of Harvard’s astronomy depart...
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Frozen yogurt is having a resurgence across New York City, with new shops popping up throughout the area and drawing long lines.
Lebron James will continue his NBA career during the 2026-27 season but has informed the Lakers that the franchise can move on without him.
National Public Radio on Tuesday reported, then quickly retracted, that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring — a mistake by its veteran court reporter that prompted an apology from the news organization's executive editor and an entire column by its public editor explaining what happen...
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