Sports
Dynamo blank Sporting KC 1-0 to advance to Western Conference Final
Posted on · The home side has won eight of the last 10 matchups with two draws. The last win by the road team was Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory in October of 2020.
Transportation
American Airlines flight attendants ask for permission to strike. Southwest pilots could be next
Posted on · Strikes and lockouts are legal only if federal mediators take the rare step of declaring that negotiations are at an impasse and that either side may resort to “self help.”
Education
Texas pushes some textbook publishers to remove material on fossil fuels
Posted on · In recent years, the panel has faced other heated curriculum battles surrounding how evolution and U.S. history are taught to more than 5 million students.
Politics
Texas businessman at center of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment facing new charges
Posted on · The new indictment of Nate Paul alleges that he defrauded business partners. It adds to earlier charges that the Austin-based real estate developer made false statements to mortgage lenders to obtain $172 million in loans.
Health & Science
Mary Lou Retton in ‘recovery mode’ at home after hospital stay for pneumonia, daughter says
Posted on · The family disclosed earlier this month that Retton was “fighting for her life” and unable to breathe on her own.
Business
Chevron buys Hess for $53 billion, marking second major buyout this month as oil prices surge
Posted on · The Chevron-Hess deal comes less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil said that it would acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion. Crude prices are up 9% this year.
Education News
Houston-area Black student suspended over hairstyle to be sent to alternative education program
Posted on · Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and has been suspended since Aug. 31. He will be sent to EPIC, an alternative school program, from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29 for "failure to comply" with multiple campus and classroom regulations, the principal said in a Wednesday letter provided to The Associated Press by the family.
Sports
Astros beat Twins to set up all-Texas ALCS against Rangers
Posted on · Jose Abreu and Michael Brantley hit home runs to help Houston reach the ALCS for the seventh consecutive season.
NASA
NASA shows off its first asteroid samples delivered by a spacecraft
Posted on · Scientists and space agency leaders took part in Wednesday's big reveal at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Sports
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton in intensive care with pneumonia
Posted on · Retton's daughter, McKenna Kelley, said in an Instagram post that the 55-year-old Retton, who trained in Houston before becoming the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title, is "fighting for her life" and not able to breathe on her own.
Sports
Twins sweep Blue Jays, will face Astros in 2023 ALDS
Posted on · The Twins advanced — for the first time in 21 years — to play the defending World Series champion Astros. Game 1 of the best-of-five AL Division Series is in Houston on Saturday.
Sports
Astros beat Diamondbacks 8-1 to earn third straight AL West title
Posted on · The Astros have a first-round bye in the AL playoffs while Arizona will play at Milwaukee in a best-of-three NL wild card series that starts Tuesday.
Medicine & Wellness
A popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say
Posted on · The FDA asked advisers to take another look at phenylephrine, which became the main drug in over-the-counter decongestants when medicines with an older ingredient were moved behind pharmacy counters.
Sports
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. charged with assaulting girlfriend at Manhattan hotel
Posted on · Porter is accused of hitting the woman several times and putting his hands around her neck, police said. The woman was taken to a hospital with a cut to the right side of her face.
Sports
Jose Altuve completes first cycle of his career, first Astros player to hit one in 10 years
Posted on · Altuve completed the first cycle of his career with a two-run homer over the Green Monster, and the Houston Astros rolled past the Boston Red Sox 13-5 on Monday night.