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HISD enrollment losses (Oct. 8, 2026)
19+ hour, 58+ min ago (250+ words) On Thursday's show: We learn what a loss of nearly 10,000 in enrollment at HISD means for the school district. And we talk with the organist who collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the score for the movie "Interstellar." Houston Matters begins…...
Tropical Storm Sara forms in the Caribbean
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (619+ words) Updated on: November 14, 2024 / 10:31 PM EST / CBS News Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, becoming the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The system, previously called Tropical Depression 19, developed in the western Caribbean earlier this week and…...
FBI releases new videos of 2021 D.C. pipe bomb suspect, as case remains unsolved
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (405+ words) October 22, 2025 / 9:08 PM EDT / CBS News The FBI is reupping its call for information about an unsolved case that has vexed the agency for years: the planting of bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters the night…...
Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (1620+ words) October 8, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News White House homeland security adviser Stephen Miller spoke at a training conference for counterterrorism agents at FBI headquarters just over a week ago, days before prosecutors criminally charged a man with making disturbing calls and…...
Tornado warnings issued in South after storm rolls through Kentucky, killing 1
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (611+ words) Updated on: May 30, 2025 / 9:03 PM EDT / CBS/AP The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia on Friday, hours after a harsh storm hit a remote area of central Kentucky, killing one person…...
Destruction in Gaza caused by Israel-Hamas war mapped using satellite data
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (1004+ words) Updated on: October 8, 2024 / 4:12 AM EDT / CBS News In addition to lives lost, the United Nations estimates that the war has displaced 90% of Gaza's roughly 2.3 million people. Many of them — unable to leave the embattled enclave — have been displaced multiple times…...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2644: Camping and Creature Comforts
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (105+ words) Episode: 2644 Camping and Creature Comforts. Today, taking it with you. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: This article is part of the podcast Engines of Our Ingenuity Take our survey and make your…...
After 67 days adrift at sea, man found alive in tiny boat next to bodies of brother and 15-year-old nephew
9+ hour, 50+ min ago (701+ words) Updated on: October 15, 2024 / 1:57 PM EDT / CBS/AP A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have…...
OECD forecasts a sharp economic slowdown and higher inflation in the U.S., citing tariffs
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (360+ words) June 3, 2025 / 8:32 AM EDT / CBS News U.S. economic growth is likely to hit the brakes this year, with GDP dramatically slowing due to the impact of the Trump administration's tariffs and uncertainty around its economic policies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and…...
Starbucks strike expands to more cities over the weekend, just days before Christmas
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (839+ words) Updated on: December 23, 2024 / 12:45 PM EST / CBS/AP Starbucks workers' strikes expanded on Saturday to include stores in Denver; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, Union leaders said. Starbucks Workers United, the union that has organized workers at 535 company-owned U.S. stores since 2021, launched…...