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TRENDING
  • Defensive end J.J. Watt #99 of the Arizona Cardinals on the field during the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on October 24, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the Texans 31-5.
    J.J. Watt tweets the 2 things he doesn't miss about Houston
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, pictured here in July during the Conservative Political Action Conference, successfully fended off challenger George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
    Texas AG Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in primary runoff
  • A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Tuesday, top administrative leaders for the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.
    Hundreds of Southern Baptist leaders on secret list of abusers
  • STOCK IMAGE Cross on top of church roof
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Social Justice
  • Protesters on Jan. 22 gathered at the corner of Westheimer and Post Oak in The Galleria area to object to an oil terminal expansion project by Enbridge they say will encroach on a Karankawa settlement. 
    Karankawa Kadla fight oil company Gulf Coast expansion
    The indigenous people native to Texas want to protect what remains as evidence of their existence. 
    By Ariana Garcia
  • Sarah Weddington, Texas lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
    By JAKE BLEIBERG
    Harris County election worker Romanique Tillman prepares mail-in ballots to be sent out to voters Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    TX’s voter review still flagging 'possible' non-citizens
    By ALEXA URA
    An activist, who declined to provide her name, speaks outside the Supreme Court in protest against the new Texas abortion law that prohibits the procedure around six weeks into a pregnancy on September 2, 2021 in Washington, DC.
    TX abortion-rights supporters see no clear path to victory
    By Reese Oxner
    Chauvin expected to plead guilty in Floyd civil rights case
    By AMY FORLITI
Today's Picks
  • HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 30: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the George Floyd Commemorative Concert at The Fountain of Praise Church on May 30, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
    Houston will guarantee some residents $375 a month
    Applications for the pilot program are due by midnight Wednesday. 
  • US Jackie Galloway celebrates after winning against Mexico's Maria del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza in their womens taekwondo bronze medal bout in the +67kg category as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on August 20, 2016, at the Carioca Arena 3, in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
    Texas Olympian blames H-E-B supplement for failed drug test
    The Taekwondo martial artist claims multivitamins led to her failing a drug test.
  • Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner candidate Ben Chou's facial features appear to have been doctored in a series of ads by opponent Lesley Briones. 
    Harris Co. commissioner candidate apologizes after 'racist' ads
    Several Houston-based organizations have condemned the photos. 
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Latest News
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  • Social Justice
    Texas abortions hang in the balance as SC considers Roe v Wade
    BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, UNITED STATES - 2021/10/02: A demonstrator holds a placard saying "My Body My Choice" as they gather at the Sample Gates at Indiana University to rally in support of womens reproductive rights, in Bloomington. Women and their supporters rallied and marched in cities across the United States ahead of the United States Supreme Court reconvening October 4. A new law in Texas recently banned abortions after 6 weeks, which is before most women know they are pregnant. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Texas has passed legislation that ensures abortion would be made a felony if Roe v. Wade is overturned “wholly or partly,” as the court considers Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. By ELEANOR KLIBANOFF
  • Social Justice
    French ambassador to honor civil rights icon in Louisiana
    The new French ambassador to the U.S. Philippe Etienne talks at the French residence, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Houston. France’s ambassador to the U.S. is visiting Louisiana to strengthen longstanding ties between his country and the state and plans to attend a ceremony honoring Homer Plessy.
  • Politics
    Abbott remains silent on posthumous pardon for George Floyd
    Sheriff Deputy Anthony Glenn paid his respects to George Floyd in front mural made in his honor outside the Scott Food Mart corner store in Houston's Third Ward. Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. The state's parole board recommended in October that Floyd, murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, be pardoned for a minor 2004 drug conviction in Houston. The governor hasn't acted, and isn't answering questions about what he will do. By JOLIE MCCULLOUGH
  • Transportation
    Houston highway project sparks debate over racial equity
    Harris County judge Lina Hidalgo is among those who will tell her story on “America’s Table” on KPRC.  A $9 billion highway widening project being proposed in the Houston area could become an important test of the Biden administration. By JUAN A. LOZANO and HOPE YEN
  • Education
    4 Texas students arrested during sexual harassment protest
    Handcuffs Students at a suburban Dallas high school are planning more demonstrations after four students were arrested last week at a protest against the school's response to allegations of sexual harassment. By PARKER PURIFOY
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  • Social Justice
    More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain
    Medication abortions now count for roughly 40% of U.S. abortions. By JOHN HANNA
  • Education
    First Black high school principal in Texas town on paid leave
    Historic Downtown Grapevine Texas with its collection of unique hops and its amazing convention center and visitor's bureau The school board doesn't believe he pushed critical race theory. By Steven Santana
  • Politics
    USSC justices express concern about TX abortion law enforcement
    Abortion-rights, and anti-abortion protesters gather outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in challenges to a Texas law that has sharply curtailed abortions in the state. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) Six justices — including two who voted against blocking Senate Bill 8 when it first went into effect — voiced concern that other states could replicate the controversial law’s enforcement mechanism. By REESE OXNER
  • Sports
    Hank Aaron molded careers of World Series managers Snitker, Baker
    'Hank’s footprints are all over this series,' Houston manager Dusty Baker said. By CHARLES ODUM
  • Social Justice
    Texas is getting a National Juneteenth Museum
    Tasia Payne hangs a Juneteenth flag during a Juneteenth celebration at Kasmiersky Park, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Conroe. Juneteenth, which recently became a federal holiday after being signed into law this week by President Joe Biden, recognizes the end of slavery in the United States. It is held on June 19, the anniversary of the announcement of emancipation for enslaved people in Texas in 1865, nearly three years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A museum dedicated to telling the history of Juneteenth with a national scope is set to be built in Fort Worth, Texas.
Culture
  • Culture Trae tha Truth sending truckload of groceries to East...
    Trae tha Truth is helping send food and other necessities to residents in East Buffalo after a shooting cost the area its only grocery store.
  • Culture A pastor confesses to 'adultery,' a woman says 'I was...
    STOCK IMAGE Cross on top of church roof
  • Culture Bright Eyes singer walks out on band at Houston show
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 10: Singer Conor Oberst of Better Oblivion Community Center performs on Day 2 during the 2019 Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage)
  • Celebrities Is Heard v. Depp trial an example of intimate partner...
    Actor Amber Heard listens in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 19, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP)
  • TV & Film 'Stranger Things' is back—bigger (and longer) than ever
    Watch the First Scene of Stranger Things Season 4: Netflix released the first 8 minutes of Stranger Things 4, featuring Dr. Martin Brenner and an experiment gone wrong at Hawkins Labs in 1979.
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  • Education
    Magnolia ISD's gender-based hair policy briefly blocked by judge
    A.J., 9, a fourth grade student gets ready to go drive a go-kart while his father who also has long hair helps him get ready tucking in his child’s hair, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in New Caney. A.J. has stopped attending his local public school due to Magnolia ISD's grooming policy, which mandates that boys keep their hair short. The ruling comes days after seven students, ages 7 to 17, sued the Magnolia ISD alleging gender discrimination over the policy that bans boys — and not girls — from having long hair.
  • Houston & Texas
    2 Houston schools deemed 'unsafe' for LGBTQ students
    Two Houston-based universities were included in a list of worst campuses in the country for LGBTQ students.  Only one Bayou City university made a national list of LGBTQ-friendly campuses.  By Ariana Garcia
  • Social Justice
    TX border agent among staff fired for offensive Facebook posts
    Two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers. By ELLIOT SPAGAT
  • Social Justice
    Supreme Court doesn't block Texas abortion law, sets hearing
    The justices said Friday they will decide whether the federal government has the right to sue over the law. By MARK SHERMAN
  • Houston & Texas
    Houston Holocaust survivor given France's Legion of Honor
    Consul General of France Valerie Baraban presents Ruth Steinfeld with the French Legion of Honor in the Holocaust Museum Houston on Sunday, Oct.17, 2021, in Houston. Ruth Steinfeld was an 'invaluable witness' to the horrors of genocide.
Weather
  • Weather | Chron 'Insane' tornado touches down near Morton, Texas
    A monstrous tornado touched down near Morton, Texas on Monday, astounding storm chasers and awing locals. 
  • Weather | Chron Houston braces for two days of severe weather
    Songs you should play when it's raining in Houston. 
  • Weather | Chron How the Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current affects hurricane...
    This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 4:50 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Laura over the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Laura strengthened Wednesday into “an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane," The National Hurricane Center said. Laura is expected to strike Wednesday night into Thursday morning along the Louisiana-Texas border. (NOAA via AP)
  • Weather | Chron Saharan dust 'cloud' is headed for Houston—sort of
    It's apparent when Saharan dust blankets the city of Houston, seen here in recent years. 
  • Weather | Chron Storm chasers find severe weather, danger— sometimes death
    FILE PHOTO One of over 100 tornadoes reported in the Central Plains during a tornado outbreak on Saturday, April 15, 2012. 
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  • Social Justice
    Texas House approves bill targeting transgender student athletes
    The Texas House of Representatives opens the second special session called by Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday, August 7, 2021 in Austin, Tx., U.S. The Texas House of Representatives did not have a quorum due to a number of Texas House Democrats being absent and adjourned quickly after opening the session on Saturday afternoon. Under House Bill 25, K-12 student athletes would be prohibited from competing on school sports teams aligned with their gender identity. By ALLYSON WALLER
  • Social Justice
    'We have to be heard': Texas women travel to seek abortions
    'If I had to keep this baby, ain't no telling what would've happened.' By SEAN MURPHY
  • Social Justice
    Texas juvenile facilities under investigation for sexual abuse
    close-up scales of justice The Department of Justice is investigating reports of sexual abuse, excessive force, and incessant isolation at Texas juvenile facilities. By Katie Friel
  • Social Justice
    TX politician accuses agency of 'promoting' transgender policies
    Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas) speaks about open carry legislation during the final days of the 84th Texas legislature regular session on Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) Don Huffines is one of three GOP primary challengers that Gov. Greg Abbott is facing next year.
  • Social Justice
    Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims
    Death Chamber at Huntsville Prison Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise Texas and Missouri have been the only states to execute inmates during the pandemic. By JUAN A. LOZANO
Education
  • Education 5th Texas university achieves Tier One status
    The University of Texas at San Antonio joins the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Tech University, the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Dallas in reaching Texas Tier One status.
  • Education TX to resume grading public schools based on STAAR test...
    Students work during an eighth grade reading class at Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School on Oct. 19 in Houston. Experts said that this year’s STAAR results data doesn’t show the full picture.
  • Education Anonymous donor pays tab for East Texas college graduates
    Anonymous donor pays tab for East Texas college graduates
  • Education Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are, too.
    FILE — Students at Highland High School assemble for a rally on the first day of the fall semester in Albuquerque, N.M., Aug. 11, 2021. Albuquerque Public Schools announced this spring that it anticipates a budget shortfall of about $25 million.
  • Education With teacher shortage looming, TX considers more rigorous...
    On Friday, the 11-member State Board for Educator Certification will vote on whether to adopt a new teacher licensing test.
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  • Social Justice
    Texas board recommends posthumous pardon for George Floyd arrest
    Gov. Greg Abbott who will have final say on whether the request is granted. By Holly Bailey
  • Social Justice
    Texas historian wins 'genius grant,' receives $625K
    Monica Muñoz Martinez was recognized in part because of her book 'The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas.' By DON BABWIN
  • Social Justice
    Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
    This case may find its way to the Supreme Court. By JUAN A. LOZANO
  • Social Justice
    UTSA stops displaying 'Come and Take It' flag at football games
    UTSA fans brought their own “Come and Take It” flags to the football home opener Saturday despite the university making the right decision to end the use of the phrase. UTSA President Taylor Eighmy made the decision to end the six-year-old tradition By KATE MCGEE
  • Social Justice
    Bumble, Match pick a side on Texas abortion debate
    AUSTIN, TX - MAY 29: Pro choice protesters march down Congress Avenue at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Thousands of protesters came out in response to a new bill outlawing abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected signed on Wednesday by Texas Governor Greg Abbot. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images) Bumble says it will continue to fight regressive laws like SB 8. By Priscilla Aguirre
ICYMI
  • Houston & Texas Houston pressures Southwest Airlines to help struggling...
    Southwest Airlines plane lands at Hobby Airport.
  • Food This Texas Hill Country town is the new, cooler...
    President Lyndon B. Johnson's former 142-acre Hill Country property in Johnson City, Texas is for sale for $2.8 million.
  • Transportation Driver on the run after killing cyclist in north Houston
    Drivers travel east along West Mt. Houston Road underneath Interstate 45 North on Thursday, May 12, 2022, hours after a hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist earlier that morning.
  • Space First image of black hole captured by 'Earth-sized'...
    Scientist unveiled this composite image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
  • Arts & Theater Houston's 70-foot blue saxophone statue might have a new...
    Bob "Daddy-O" Wade's Smokesax, a 70-foot statue created out of old car parts, could find a new permanent home along Brays Bayou near Fonde Park.1
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