Hello, Houston.☀️ It’s going to be a busy Thursday going into the weekend. Not only are we dealing with the potential for severe weather throughout the Houston area and Texas, but we are also following some breaking news. Overnight, a deputy was shot in the leg by a suspect who then took off in h...
News
On Thursday's show: We discuss our notions about prison and punishment in Texas. And we talk with Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, whose band performs Friday at the Continental Club....
business
A Utah beverage company is recalling more than 77,000 cans of 7UP Tropical after some packages labeled as zero-sugar soda were found to contain the full-sugar version of the drink....
Local
The Houston area is in for several rounds of rain and thunderstorms through the weekend, with storms becoming more numerous at times as a front approaches. Most areas could pick up 1 to 3 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts possible where storms repeatedly move over the s...
safety
Houston police officer was hospitalized after an HPD vehicle was struck while officers were responding to a traffic hazard on the 610 Loop early Thursday morning. According to police, officers were responding to a report of a semi-truck that had leaked some of its payload onto th...
News
Episode: 2643 P ≠ NP (or is it?): an important problem in complexity theory. Today, an educated guess.
News
From the playground to the stage, hip-hop has always thrived on competition. It’s the quick wit, the verbal sparring, the way one artist can weaponize a rhyme to cut down another. Diss songs are the rawest form of that tradition. They don’t just call out rivals—they capture momen...
News
By David Hill, Staff Writer If you were to search Rockets guard Fred VanVleet’s account on X, the first thing you’ll likely notice is a pinned post from June 2016 with the caption, “Bet on yourself.” It’s a phrase that fits the career trajectory of VanVleet, who overcame the chal...
parks
Third Ward community members are again demanding action at one of the Columbia Tap Trail’s most troubled locations: Anita Street, where the trail intersects the 3100 block. Their concerns intensified following the Sept. 6 fatal shooting of 35-year-old Jaleel Rahman at 3119 Anita ...
safety
Daniel Yisa is proving that you don’t need to leave Houston to build a career in fine art. You just need to trust the process. The Houston-based multidisciplinary artist, who works under the name YISA, is behind Don’t Touch the Fire, an immersive exhibition that was featured at t...
Local
The family of a 22-year-old man fighting a rare life-threatening illness wants to bless another family with two club-level tickets to Sunday's Houston Texans game....
safety
Family has identified the 4-year-old girl who was killed in a shooting on Tuesday night as Vivian Savella. Police say Vivian’s mother killed the girl before turning the gun on herself....
Local
Rain becomes more widespread Thursday and Friday as tropical moisture interacts with a slow-moving front.
