The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1623: Joel Dorman and Ester Steele
Episode: 1623 The textbooks of J. Dorman and Esther Steele. Today, we meet two very special teachers.
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Heat and humidity are back for Wednesday and our fall front is still on track for this weekend!
Wednesday’s Forecast: Humidity and moisture continue to stream in. Less coverage and fewer chances of any rain or isolated thunderstorms on your Wednesday. We’ll still remain hot and humid. Tuesday evening’s heat indices reached into the upper 90’s still! Yikes. Early Week: After...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3419: A Better Spacesuit
Episode: 3419 NASA's 21st Century Space Suit. Today, building a better spacesuit.
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Baytown mother holds community meeting to discuss proposed 'Andrew's Law'
A Baytown mother is pushing for change after her teenage son was allegedly stabbed to death by a classmate at school last year. On Tuesday night, Rebecca Meismer held a community meeting in Baytown, bringing together school district leaders, city council members and community adv...
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Houston film studio targeted in string of camera equipment burglaries
A Houston film studio owner says his business was burglarized in late August, possibly making him one of the first victims in a series of break-ins targeting production studios....
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Gov. Abbott activates Texas emergency resources as remnants of Hurricane Simon pose flood threat
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources as heavy rain and potential flash flooding threaten West Texas and other portions of the state....
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'People are big mad in Texas': Hinojosa challenges Abbott's data center policies
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, discussed her stance on data centers during a press conference in Dallas on Tuesday.
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‘He is our spiritual father’: Houston Catholics gather in prayer for Pope Leo XIV after lung cancer diagnosis
Catholics around the world are praying for Pope Leo XIV after the Vatican announced the 71-year-old pontiff has lung cancer and underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. Here in Houston, members of the city’s oldest Catholic church are gathering in solidarity....
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Black TV couples we couldn’t stop rooting for
There are television couples. And then there are our television couples. The ones whose relationships somehow became our business. We rooted for them. We argued about them. We celebrated their weddings and took their breakups personally. We knew when somebody was wrong, when some...
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Ai raises the stakes for kid influencers
For some reason, social media algorithms love dropping me off on kid influencer pages. I’m not sure if it’s because so many of my friends have been pregnant, hosting baby showers and children’s birthday parties, but it’s been in overdrive. One minute I’m scrolling past recipes, a...
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Bellaire senior, Cameron Johnson makes the most of an unexpected opportunity
Cameron Johnson spent his first two seasons at Bellaire High School doing what came naturally, catching passes as a wide receiver. Now, as a senior, he is being asked to do something he has never done before: Lead the Cardinals from the quarterback position as their previous two ...
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Houston HBCU homecoming brings generations back together
When Dr. Antrece Baggett marched with Texas Southern University’s Ocean of Soul band in the 1980s, homecoming came down to one weekend. “It was still a lot of fun, but we really got into it Friday and Saturday,” said Baggett, who graduated from TSU in 1992. “We did a few things o...
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Everything you need to know before you vote
Voters are encouraged to review their ballot, confirm their registration status, and understand key election information before heading to the polls on Nov. 3. Credit: ChatGPT Voting shouldn’t be complicated. But between figuring out where to go, what identification to bring, whe...