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Today: We discuss the current state and future of public radio with NPR President and CEO, Katherine Maher, talk with newly crowned Miss America, Regan Hutsell, break down the latest news concerning AI, and more. Plus, this week’s Five Simple Questions....
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On Tuesday's show: Gov. Abbott has ordered a pause in permits for new data centers until state regulators complete an audit of those projects. And we discuss the role our city plays in women-led movements and organizations....
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Generous philanthropist Margaret Alkek Williams never fails to dress in theme even when the dress code is somewhat removed from her comfort zone. So it was no surprise that for Houston Ballet’s season opener saluting artistic director Stanton Welch’s Pecos Bill, the petite diva d...
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The 28-year-old man who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin on Sunday has still not received adequate medical care, his lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said on Instagram....
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Just a day after a gun was found at Willis High School, officials say two students were taken into custody on Tuesday for making comments about having a bomb....
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Reports to: Director of HR Work location: Houston Description The HR Business Partner serves assigned client groups with trust and understanding of business needs, providing expertise across the full employee lifecycle. This role partners closely with leaders and employees to dri...
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Social media influencer "Clavicular" has been charged in Massachusetts with allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
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NPR has suspended airing pool audio from the White House in the wake of President Trump’s banishing of CNN, MSNow, and Politico. The trio of news organizations are suing to overturn the ban....
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Two students at Willis High School were taken into custody Tuesday morning after making statements about having a bomb, according to school officials, as the campus began implementing heightened security measures following a string of gun-related incidents. The latest incident co...
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Republican railroad commission candidate Bo French is seeing his favorability among Texas voters drop amid his controversial social media posts.
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In his order, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman found that conditions in Texas prisons without air conditioning violate the Eighth Amendment — which protects against cruel and unusual punishment — and that TDCJ’s current response to extreme heat is insufficient....
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A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to probe the lone holdout juror whose refusal to acquit Clancy led to a mistrial in the murder case involving the deaths of her three children....
schools
Three former student-athletes from a West Houston private school are facing felony charges following a law enforcement investigation into alleged sexual assaults and harassment in campus locker rooms, restrooms, and team buses....
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The new security measures come after a student at Willis High School was detained Monday for allegedly bringing a loaded gun to campus, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office....
government
After intense backlash from employees, Pasadena ISD Superintendent Toni Lopez removed the vote from the agenda just hours before the school board meeting and committed to keeping the current medical plan in place....
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Houston book lovers have a new reason to clear their calendars. Readers Fest, presented by Book Club Babes, returns Sept. 26-27 at POST Houston for two days celebrating authors, readers and the local literary community. The festival will feature USA Today bestselling authors, loc...
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The latest poll from Texas Southern University shows Democrat James Talarico holding onto a narrow one-point lead over Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race to become Texas' next senator....
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One of the largest Wendy’s franchisees in the U.S. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a high-stakes dispute with the fast-food chain's corporate parent....
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Pasadena Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Toni Lopez says the district will not move forward with a proposed transition to TRS-ActiveCare on Jan. 1. Lopez announced the decision after withdrawing the health insurance item from Tuesday night’s Board of Trustees meeti...
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If your electric bill feels like it keeps getting more expensive, you’re not imagining it. CenterPoint’s delivery charges have increased. For Houston-area customers, a portion of each monthly electric bill goes to CenterPoint Energy for transmitting and distributing electricity. ...
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A Mississippi grand jury will not indict anyone in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black man whose body was found after a boating trip with friends during the Fourth of July weekend....
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A Maryland hunter is accused of fatally shooting a woman after mistaking her for a deer while she walked through a Delaware field with her children, according to state police....
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Pasadena ISD sent out an announcement to staff on Tuesday morning saying they will not switch the employee health insurance program after some raised concerns....
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A smuggling vessel filled with Chinese nationals and other illegal immigrants was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Coast Guard in what sources called a rare and "extremely dangerous" attempt to enter the U.S. through Florida....
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Affordability has dominated the U.S. Senate race in Texas. Both James Talarico and Ken Paxton have promised to help voters' pocketbooks.
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Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas' five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has youth advocates, experts and former staff wondering if the restrictive protocol is doing more harm than g...
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A group of demonstrators gathering at the Capitol late Monday carried "Abolish ICE" signs and chanted "stand up, fight back."
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The Windy City is once again home to the highest-ranked university in the latest U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Colleges for Veterans," while the school that made the biggest leap into the top five is right along the I-55 corridor as well....
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The man accused of firing five rounds into a car carrying a mother and her five children, killing 5-year-old Zah’Layah Walton, is expected before a judge Tuesday morning. Jeremy Porter, 47, is charged with capital murder in Zah’Layah’s death. Porter was scheduled for an earlier c...
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Traffic had to redirected along a part of a road in the Washington Avenue Coalition area on Monday night after a truck struck a bridge overpass.
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Raise your hand if you predicted an 0-2 start to the Houston Texans season? Very few locally and nationally perhaps saw a potential split in these two games but now for the third time in four years the Texans are winless after two weeks. It will change and they should begin the t...
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An early morning tractor-trailer fire shut down all northbound lanes of Highway 59 near Fannin Street in Houston on Tuesday. The fire was reported at 2:47 a.m. The Houston Fire Department is on the scene handling the incident. Injuries, if any, have not yet been confirmed. No fur...
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Black mothers have long carried the weight of a unique and complicated history when it comes to parenting. For generations, the traditional “tough love” approach—marked by strict discipline and, often, corporal punishment/spanking—was seen as essential for raising children to sur...
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Episode: 3410 Some thoughts on how history must get written with vastly incomplete information. Today, fragile history.
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By now, we are all becoming more familiar with the proposed law, the Protect College Sports Act of 2026, which is currently working its way through the U.S. Senate. This Senate bill, which is receiving rare bipartisan support, is essentially designed to bring some sensibility to ...
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For decades, Black Houstonians have voted, marched, organized, and made their voices heard, yet many still feel locked out of the decisions that shape their neighborhoods, schools, and city hall. With midterms six weeks away, that gap between being seen and being in control is at...
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There are moments when a legal case becomes bigger than the person standing before the judge. The prosecution of U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is one of those moments. McIver, a Black congresswoman from New Jersey, is facing three federal felony counts stemming from a May 2025 confro...
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America’s sordid history of anti-Black violence has taken many forms. Few were as public, brutal, and socially sanctioned as lynching. Houston knows this story personally. In addition to the 1919 lynching of John White, who was burned to death near the Harris County courthouse, t...
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Some members of the Hispanic community in Austin said they are afraid to go out on the street following a shooting by a federal agent in North Austin on Sunday afternoon....
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Pasadena ISD employees are raising concerns about a proposed switch to the statewide TRS Active Care health insurance program, saying the change could significantly increase their monthly premiums....
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Pasadena ISD teachers and employees are fighting back against a proposed health insurance change they say could devastate their finance, and some are now seeking a court order to stop the district from voting on the plan tomorrow night. The Pasadena ISD board is expected to vote ...
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Volkswagen Group of America is recalling more than 208,000 vehicles in the U.S. over a steering rack mounting bolt that can corrode and break, potentially causing a loss of steering control....
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The window is now open for people who purchased certain recent iPhone models to begin filing claims to receive their share of the quarter-billion-dollar settlement fund established in the wake of the class-action lawsuit filed against Apple, accusing the tech giant of false adver...
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Nearly two decades after his father donated a kidney to him, former University of Texas baseball player Carson Kainer is sharing how the transplant changed his life and allowed him to pursue his dreams....
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If you have a high school student getting ready for homecoming season across Greater Houston, your wallet might already be feeling the squeeze. Parents and local artisans are reporting a sharp rise in the cost of homecoming mums....
safety
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Blue Bell Creameries, alleging the company unlawfully fired a Jewish technician after he requested a religious accommodation to keep his beard....
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Heat and humidity stick around for the rest of the week, with only isolated rain chances each day. Most areas will remain rain-free, while humidity eases somewhat late in the week. Temperatures remain in the low to mid 90s....
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The PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Houston Best Dressed Luncheon 2026 proved once again to be the hottest fashion ticket for fall, if not the entire year, in Houston. Dress to impress or dress to kill — take your pick. The midday affair presented the pinnacle of style in the B...
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A truck that had become an eyesore in a Sugar Land parking lot for years is finally gone after a local resident spoke up and asked for help. Rich Garza said he had watched the vehicle sit in the 4500 block of Highway 6 for approximately four years. The truck had flat tires, expir...
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Court records detail allegations that at least two students at The Briarwood School, a Houston private school serving children with learning differences, were sexually assaulted and harassed in locker rooms and other school-related settings during the 2025–26 school year. Two stu...
safety
Houston police have confirmed a body was recovered from a bayou in the Near Northside neighborhood.
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Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park in Alaska and this year, the competition is fiercer than ever.
safety
An arrest has been made following the death of a woman back in 2011, authorities said.
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Dolly Parton’s nephew, who announced the singer's death last month, was removed from his longtime security role, according to a termination notice obtained by TMZ....
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The FAA lifted ground stops at Northeast airports after an Amtrak crew accidentally cut a fiber line, though widespread flight delays remain as operations recover....
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Mayor Kirk Watson said he wanted the Austin Police Department to be involved in the investigation of the shooting to offer a “clear-eyed, third-party look” at what happened....
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Wilber Garces Perez is speaking out for the first time, alleging an ICE agent sideswiped and shot him during a DoorDash delivery run in North Austin.
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Republican leaders in Texas are pushing ahead with efforts to crack down on alleged "birth tourism" as birthright citizenship has been at the center of a national legal fight....
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A civil lawsuit has been filed against GLP-1 drugmakers over the potential risk of sudden vision loss, according to multiple reports.
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The Houston County Sheriff’s Office said the bodies of three people were recovered from a private lake after a tragic boating accident on Sunday. The sheriff’s office says they were called at approximately 8:06 p.m. Sunday to the private lake. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders halt t...
