The Justice Department wants the high court to put the restrictive law on hold during ongoing legal challenges. The U.S. government says the legislation is unconstitutional.
The right-hander left Game 4 after four innings because of forearm tightness. No announcement has been made on the severity of his injury, so there is a possibility he could return if the Astros advance to the World Series.
The bill requiring Texas public school athletes to participate only on sports teams that align with their sex assigned at birth appears poised to become law.
The five commissioners took the step following a trial-like hearing Thursday in which he was criticized for offending fellow Cuban-Americans and losing the trust of his officers.
The House measure focuses on giving employees fired for refusing a vaccine the right to sue their former employers, while the Senate bill hews closer to Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order.
He was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan Berman point-blank in the back of the head at her home in December 2000. Prosecutors said Durst silenced Berman to prevent her from incriminating him in the reopened investigation of his wife’s 1982 disappearance in New York.
According to the lawsuit, LyondellBasell became aware of a leak inside of the Acetyls Unit on July 27, and decided to delay permanent repairs. Later that day, more than 100,000 pounds of a mixture of harmful chemicals was released into the complex.
A new report analyzing data gathered by the TECQ finds the drop stemmed largely from the pandemic-related downturn in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, and rising production in 2021 is already leading to a comparable rise in illegal pollution.
What happens when hip-hop stars age? Award-winning artist and member of the rap duo UGK, Bun B., and hip-hop historian, Maco Faniel, candidly discuss aging in hip-hop.
The author of Plant-Powered Protein: Meat Alternatives, and 5-Ingredient Vegan: 175 Simple Plant-Based Recipes for Delicious Healthy Meals in Minutes shares tips on the best way to prepare vegetarian meals.
Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in national and local politics.
What happens when hip-hop stars age? Award-winning artist and member of the rap duo UGK, Bun B., and hip-hop historian, Maco Faniel, candidly discuss aging in hip-hop.
The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it's still relevant.
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is an evangelist for stakeholder capitalism — the belief that companies should be driven by more than profits: They should also take care of the broader social good.
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente and cereal workers at Kellogg are among those protesting their companies' proposals for a two-tier wage system under which new hires would earn less for the same work.
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora will look to take down his former team in the AL Championship Series for the second time in four years after beating the Houston Astros on the way to a World Series title in 2018.
On Friday's show: employees of Harris County have filed suit against county leaders, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and bidding farewell to a longtime News 88.7 reporter.
Experts examine the role of challenged books in society and education.
KINETIC performs works by living American composers, including Higdon, Adams, and Abels.
“Being able to have a community-wide system that really supports high quality early childhood education helps all of us.”
“The answer to that is not necessarily, what you need to do is then push to the right. The answer to that is … invest more in the ground game; invest more in outreach.”
On Thursday's show: Suing a former employer who fired you for not getting vaccinated, DJ Flash Gordon Parks on Houston music history, and the different kinds of Mexican cuisine in Texas.
Experts on family violence and psychology join Town Square to look facts behind the statistics and how victims can escape abusive partners and situations.
It’s far from clear whether House Speaker Dade Phelan will force through a bill that would ban businesses from requiring their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The department says it’s looking into whether the Texas Juvenile Justice Department provides “reasonable protection from physical and sexual abuse by staff and other residents, excessive use of chemical restraints and excessive use of isolation.”
Researchers are looking at what needs to be done to get more working families into electric cars and how to create the infrastructure needed to support those vehicles.
The United States will lift pandemic travel restrictions at border crossings with Mexico next month, reopening the border to fully vaccinated individuals and ending a virtual shutdown that separated families and hurt businesses that relied on shoppers from Mexico.
Members considered more than 50 amendments to the proposed map during debate that began Tuesday and ended early Wednesday. Some of the biggest changes focused on Dallas and Harris counties.
On Wednesday's show: Businesses push back on the governor's latest executive order, the latest developments in politics, examining the future of downtown, and poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton on writing opera.
City council is considering stronger requirements to make landlords more accountable for unsafe conditions.
The illegal modification can essentially turn a semi-automatic handgun into a fully-automatic weapon, according to police.
A pediatric infectious diseases expert and a health economist discuss vaccines for children under 12 and the cost of the pandemic. Plus, we dive into Governor Abbott’s latest executive order to prohibit vaccine mandates.
The Houston Astros eliminated the Chicago White Sox with a 10-1 victory in Game 4 of their AL Division Series.
Houston attorney Jared Woodfill, who currently represents almost 200 healthcare workers in multiple lawsuits against Methodist, said executive order GA-40 makes the hospital's policy illegal.