President Donald Trump has chosen not to sign a sweeping housing affordability bill Friday, in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that lacks sufficient support to pass.The housing measure will become law without Trump’s signature because he didn’t veto it. Still, the preside...
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A weeklong preliminary hearing concludes Friday for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air-defense systems could mark a major breakthrough for Kyiv, but experts and Ukrainian officials warn that turning the idea into real weapons would likely take years.Speaking Wednesday alongside Ukrainian President...
The Texans worked out former Detroit Lions cornerback and first-round draft pick Terrion Arnold this week while he is dealing with multiple legal charges in Florida.Arnold’s agent, Nicole Lynn, testified in a virtual court hearing held in Tampa, Fla., that the AFC South franchise worked out Arnol...
The family of a Mississippi 18-year-old who was found dead after a July 4 boat trip with friends to an island off the Gulf Coast is expected to call for greater transparency at a news conference Friday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump.Crump, who was retained by ...
A weeklong preliminary hearing concludes Friday for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors aim to show they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial.The 23-year-old Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassinatio...
Tropical moisture is coming back, and when it combines with a summer front, storm chances will climb even higher early next week.
President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to put his name on it because of the little progress made in passing a strict voter ID bill that he has been pushing.“I will not sign the Housing B...
The tropics remain relatively quiet for July, no complaints here.
Deputies said the 19-year-old driver was shot by a suspect in another vehicle. It's unclear at this time if it was a road rage incident or whether the shooting was targeted.
<p>Harris County officials are investigating the deadly shooting of a man found in a vehicle north of the Katy area.</p><p>Sheriff Ed Gonzalez reported deputies were called to the intersection of FM 529 and Grand Parkway Toll Road.</p><h2>Shooting on FM 529</h2><p>Sergeant Supervisor Sidney Mille...
Scottie Scheffler was headed for his first missed cut in nearly four years Friday when he missed two key putts in the final holes of the Scottish Open, the last from 6 feet that gave him a 2-over 72 and put him two shots outside the cut line.Instead of trying to make up ground on the weekend at T...
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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.
Eight South Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots have been returned to flying duties following a suspension over a low-flying sweep over beachgoers as part of a July 4 event honoring servicemembers."Effective immediately, the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted,"...
<p>The weekend has arrived and Friday is starting things off with scattered showers amid the high temperatures.</p><h2>Muggy with spotty storms</h2><p>Highs climb into the low to mid 90s today with a steamy humidity area wide. A few spotty storms will develop from late morning through the afterno...
President Donald Trump has chosen not to sign a sweeping housing affordability bill Friday, in protest of Congress not approving a strict voter ID bill that lacks sufficient support to pass.The housing measure will become law without Trump’s signature because he didn’t veto it. Still, the preside...
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering. The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Com...
Rental scams are increasing across the U.S., with Houston among the cities hardest hit. Here’s how experts say you can avoid losing money.If you’re searching for a new apartment or rental home this summer, experts say it’s more important than ever to be on guard against rental scams.Texans carry ...
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Western leaders came to Turkey to discuss security in an increasingly perilous world. They each left with a revolver and six rounds.The unconventional gift from the host of this week's NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was meant to showcase his country's growing defense industr...
<p>A family disturbance in the southwest Houston area quickly escalated Thursday evening after a man reportedly attacked his brother with a knife and barricaded himself inside a home.</p><h2><strong>Barricaded suspect in southwest Houston</strong></h2><p>The incident began on Thursday, around 7:2...
Alexander Zverev will play for another major trophy, this time in the Wimbledon final, a month after winning his first Grand Slam title at the French Open.Zverev ended the “Ferytale” run of British wild card Arthur Fery with an overpowering 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4 victory in the semifinals at the All E...
SK Hynix, one of the world's largest makers of memory chips, is hitting the U.S. stock market at a time when demand for its chips is outpacing its ability to make them thanks to the frenzy over artificial intelligence.The company is already one of the largest in South Korea, along with Samsung El...
Good morning, Houston.☀️Let’s get into some news of the day: The biggest story we are covering right now is the deadly shooting of a man by ICE agents. The shooting happened Tuesday morning, and we are learning more about what led to the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. As always, follow...
Volkswagen reported weak sales numbers on Friday, a day after the giant German automaker announced plans to slash the number of models by nearly half as sales plunged, particularly in China. The Wolfsburg, Germany-based company said group sales fell 8.6% in the second quarter to just under 2.1 mi...
His championship belts draped over each shoulder, boxer Jermall Charlo, the pride of Alief, made it abundantly clear.Charlo, a 34-0, undefeated former middle weight and super middleweight champion, fights Koen Mazoudier on July 25 in Sydney, Australia as part of the undercard of the Errol Spence-...
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the Grand Parkway near FM 529 early Friday morning.A 19-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the Grand Parkway in west Harris County Friday morning, according to the Harri...
Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful chemicals and other hea...
<p>Texas baseball fans will have plenty of familiar names to follow during the 2026 MLB All-Star Weekend in Philadelphia this weekend.</p><p>Players from major and minor league teams across Texas are taking part in events ranging from the MLB All-Star Futures Game with some of the brightest young...
Mysterious, unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks have again raised questions of who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic. The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hit areas across southern I...
The annual Guns N’ Hoses charity hockey game returns Saturday at Ice Skate Memorial City, raising money for a firefighter battling cancer while drawing attention to the rink’s planned closure.A longtime Houston tradition is returning to the ice this weekend, but organizers say this year’s event c...
The European Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” like infinite scrolling. The EU's executive arm issued a fresh set of charges against Meta Platforms as part of its...
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two people were shot during a parking lot takeover in northeast Harris County early Friday morning.Deputies were called around 1:25 a.m. Friday to the area of Eastex Freeway and Little York Road after reports of a shooting.New video, exper...
Houston’s summer pattern is not going anywhere, but rain chances are about to become a bigger part of the forecast.For the next couple of days, we will continue to see typical July heat with afternoon highs in the mid-to-upper 90s and heat index values in the triple digits. A few scattered shower...
When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions.It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects, which have...
A man was arrested after allegedly cutting his brother’s throat during a family disturbance and refusing to surrender, leading to a SWAT response.The man has since been charged with aggravated assault of a family member. Harris County Medical Examiner rules death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo a homic...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.Stephen F. Austin State University will phase out its Early Childhood Laboratory over the next few years because the progra...
When Texans linebacker Jamal Hill sprinted down the field to cover a kickoff against the Arizona Cardinals last December, there was no stopping him.Hill accelerated at top speed before delivering a textbook tackle on Jalen Brooks. The force of the hit dislodged the football with the fumble poppin...
China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.The first stage of a Long March-10B rocket separated from the second stage after liftoff and returned to a platform in the sea, the official Xinhu...
Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research points to how Jewish adults’ attitudes t...
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