Juneteenth Houston, formerly known as The Juneteenth Houston Citywide Committee, announced its 160th commemorative series of celebrations and community initiatives for 2025.

Former Houston Rockets guard Mitchell Wiggins has passed away, the team announced Friday. He was 64 years old.

Authorities charged a Kansas City-area man who killed a court employee trying to serve an eviction notice and a police officer who responded.

Authorities say a court employee and a police officer were fatally shot Thursday after the court process server tried to serve an eviction notice at a home in Missouri.

Former Ohio congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is running for Congress again, this time as an independent.

Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.

An overturned 18-wheeler is causing major traffic delays on Independence at SH-225, according to the La Porte Office of Emergency Management.

Concerned and upset parents of students in the Preparing Students for Independence program at T.H. Rogers spoke at Houston Independent School District’s monthly board meeting.

Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on Tuesday to discuss U.S. energy policy and a path to increasing energy security.

A person familiar with the decision tells AP that Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman has been rewarded for the team’s turnaround with a contract extension and new job title.

A Polish court has upheld the Warsaw mayor's ban on an annual march organized by nationalists on Poland’s Independence Day.

After nearly two years of renovations, the Harry S.

Officials from around the globe are beginning three weeks of grueling climate talks.

A new report from the Biden administration targets six large regions nationwide that have economies reliant on fossil fuels for federal investment and aid to create renewable energy jobs.

A United Nations report released on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 says humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. And many of the solutions, such as eliminating fossil fuel use, combat multiple problems including climate change and pollution, she said. The report also tells nations to value nature in addition to the gross domestic product when calculating how an economy is doing.