Oktoberfest is underway, and you don’t have to travel to Munich to celebrate. The annual festival runs from Sept. 19 through Oct. 4 this year, and James Simpson of What’s on Tap Radio joined Houston Life to talk about the beer, food and traditions behind the celebration. Simpson has been hosting...
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The governor is allowing the used of dyed diesel on roads. Diesel prices reached a record high last week, seven months into the U.S.'s war with Iran.
safety
The Houston Police Department is responding to a reported murder-suicide in southeast Houston Friday afternoon. HPD said they received the call around 1 p.m. to the 11500 block of Panay Drive. A KPRC 2 news crew is en route to gather more information. This is a developing story. ...
safety
Editor’s note: In recent shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the federal government has withheld the names of the officers involved. This is a departure from the practice of many law enforcement agencies — including Texas’ biggest police departments — and con...
safety
A 26-year-old Houston man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for his role in a cartel-linked human smuggling ring tied to a fatal 2022 Texas car crash....
business
The Texas attorney general and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate blamed Democrats for standing in the way of a deal, arguing one could have been passed during the first Trump administration....
Local
When Don Lewis started noticing bees around the side of his home in southeast Houston, he knew he had a problem. The bees had built a colony underneath the window of his master bedroom in the 5600 block of Malmedy Road. Lewis, a retiree from the City of Houston, had been living w...
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From smart glasses to concerns over rouge AI agents, this Texas Standard special takes a look at this new tech frontier — and a glimpse at what may be over the horizon....
Local
For our busy Houston commuters, we have – The Commuter Cut – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.
schools
The 17-year-old accused of killing LePaul Warren outside Westbury High School on Friday will be held without bond at least for the next few weeks. Westbury High School students return after senior is shot dead Travoris Hines, 17, is charged with murder. He is expected to return t...
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When former New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau stood in front of Kelvin Sampson’s University of Houston basketball team, he knew he had his kind of audience. So Thibodeau told Sampson’s revamped squad one of his favorite basketball stories. One that has an in-his-prime LeBron Ja...
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An alleged drug lord and terrorist was extradited to California on Monday and faces several charges tied to his involvement with a Columbian paramilitary organization....
government
Today: We break down the latest in Texas politics ahead of the midterm elections, sociologist Harel Shapira talks about his new book “Basic Pistol,” and we discuss a new study that looks at how proximity to food influences our eating habits....
