Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing that prosecutors said links the defendant to the suspected murder weapon when a weeklong hearing continues Wednesday.
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<p>Multiple lanes of the East Freeway are blocked off after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge over the highway.</p><h2>Houston traffic: I-10 East bridge strike</h2><p>The accident happened on the westbound lanes of I-10 East <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/E+Freeway+Service+Rd+%26+Hwy+90+A...
Saharan dust will return to Southeast Texas, but the rain chances come right back up this weekend and beyond.
Justin Verlander, who has amassed three Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships and an MVP award in what undoubtedly is a Hall of Fame career, on Wednesday announced that he'll retire at the end of the 2026 season.
The three-judge panel agreed with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in its action against Judge Natalia Cornelio.
Multiple westbound lanes of the East Freeway are closed at Wayside Drive after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge and lost its load on Wednesday afternoon.
A 71-year-old Bacliff man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material for the second time, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.Wesley Joseph Slanina pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2024.Slanina will serve 186 months in federal prison. The sentence will be...
The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
"Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States," President Claudia Sheinbaum said after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
Multiple westbound lanes of I-10 are closed at Wayside Drive after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge and lost it’s load.Houston Transtar cameras show the 18-wheeler under the bridge. Only one lane appears to be getting by at this time.Prepare for delays or seek an alternate route.
Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation’s largest in years.No deaths have been reported and the source of the cyclospora infections hasn't bee...
"The Pitt" led all nominees with 25, while "Hacks" led all comedies with 24 for its final season as the Emmy nominations were announced.
Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing that prosecutors said links the defendant to the suspected murder weapon when a weeklong hearing continues Wednesday.
Police say an Arizona toddler discovered in a backyard pool in February was declared dead at a hospital but later discovered to be alive.
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup's star-studded, Super Bowl-style halftime show, joining fellow headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS, FIFA announced Wednesday. Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elementary school studen...
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The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign, and the first fatality amid a newly intensified push by the administration to carry out its mass deportations agenda.Dep...
The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose to their highest point in weeks after President Donald...
Eight teams are left in the World Cup, and the quarterfinals feature the top four countries in FIFA's pre-tournament men's world rankings.
Trump criticizes NATO allies at a summit, expressing frustration over their resistance to his Greenland ambitions
NATO’s summit in Turkey on Wednesday had threatened to go off the rails even before U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterparts sat down to work. But the leaders renewed their vow to defend each other should any of them come under attack.It came despite a fresh storm of old Trump criticism t...
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released Wednesday. In the first set of minutes released under new chair Kevin Warsh, “many” of the Fed's 19 officials...
Trump had resumed defamatory attacks against Carroll as his lawyers considered asking the high court to reconsider its decision.
The future of Houston Life won’t be measured by one hour of television. It’ll be measured by how we show up everywhere else.We’re looking for a Digital Content Producer to help build that future.You’ll build and operate an always-on audience engine that reaches people across platforms throughout ...
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don't make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.Letters to states and grant application d...
Mayor John Whitmire also shared his condolences and called the shooting a tragedy, adding that the city is "in touch with federal elected officials, insisting there's a transparent and independent investigation."
The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment.The president has already deposited the money in an account....
Houston leaders on Wednesday said they have received little information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the fatal shooting of an immigrant Tuesday, while his eldest son publicly praised his father and demanded an investigation. “He wanted nothing else in life but to provide fo...
A Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the U.S. and was driving a crew to a homebuilding site when he was killed, his family and a Texas congresswoman said Wednesday.Lorenzo Salgado Arau...
As temperatures are approaching triple digits this month, we’ve got a sweet way to cool off.Since July is National Ice cream month, and National Ice Cream Day is next Sunday July 19 – Cosmic Ice Cream wants you to stop in to check out their new shop and new collab with Houston favorite -- Trill B...
The son of a man fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said Wednesday that he wants his father to be remembered as “a family man,” not simply as another immigration headline.Speaking during a news conference alongside Latino civil rights leaders, Ronaldo Salgado described h...
A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while the board appeals an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal and had it rescinded.It's another setback for the board of trustees, of which...
<p>Law enforcement agencies are at the scene of an ICE-related incident in the Spring-area, according to reports.</p><p>At this time, officials have only confirmed they are working on an incident on Saint Winfred Street near T.C. Jester Boulevard.</p><p><i>No other information has been released a...
An incident involving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was reported at a residence in Spring, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.The incident unfolded in the 22000 block of Saint Winfred Drive in the Chancel subdivision.ICE agent shoots, kills undocumented immigrant from ...
Oil prices are rising, and stock markets are dropping worldwide after President Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran.
"He did not deserve to die," Ronaldo Salgado said of his father, Lorenzo Salgado, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent Tuesday.
Jamarcus Oneal Spates, 30, is accused of assaulting his mother and taking her vehicle without her permission from the Fort Bend County area before he was shot by nine officers, according to court documents.
<p>One of the most-watched hurricane forecasts has been updated for the remainder of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.</p><p>Colorado State University released its revised forecast Wednesday, and it now calls for a "well below-normal season." </p><p>Forecasters are now calling for nine named st...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directly asking Sen. Mitch McConnell, the state's most powerful figure in Congress, to disclose more about his condition after three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old since he was hospitalized in Washington. The letter released Wednesday from Beshear, a Democrat ...
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has kicked off its annual back-to-school supply drive to help children in need start the school year with the essentials. Community members can support the effort by dropping off items at designated collection sites, buying supplies throu...
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