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Harris County sees rise in whooping cough cases as doctors urge importance of vaccination
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (561+ words) Harris County's health department recently reported that it had seen more than three times the number of whooping cough cases this year compared to 2024. As of last Friday, Harris County Public Health (HCPH) had recorded 220 probable and confirmed cases of…...
City of Houston requests new trial after jury awards $13M to family of man killed in crash with police officer
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (556+ words) Hello Houston is live! Join the conversation: Email | Call/Text | Listen In court filings last week, attorneys for the city called the damages awarded to Charles Payne's family "excessive" and claimed the "entire case was an ambush." The City of…...
University of Houston staying close to home for bowl game against retooling LSU program
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (569+ words) Hello Houston is live! Join the conversation: Email | Call/Text | Listen The Cougars are playing a bowl game in Houston for the first time since 2007. The team they're facing is undergoing a coaching staff overhaul. Ahead of his first bowl…...
Parents are divided on whether their girls should return to flood-scarred Camp Mystic
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (733+ words) Patrick Hotze's three daughters made it home safe from Camp Mystic after July's catastrophic floods that killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors. He attended some of the funerals and says he understands the outrage over the Texas camp's plan to…...
H-E-B yogurt product is being recalled because of undeclared almond ingredient
11+ hour, 56+ min ago (213+ words) The strawberry flavor of the Higher Harvest brand of the dairy-free coconut yogurt could include almond as an undeclared ingredient. H-E-B is recalling a yogurt product for failing to declare almonds " an ingredient that could cause a serious or life-threatening…...
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (86+ words) Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's'Suffocation of the Mother (1603).' Today, wombs and witchcraft. Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:…...
Clear Creek ISD earns higher 2025 state accountability ratings after successful appeal
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (343+ words) TEA granted an appeal after the district proved there were data errors in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) submission to TEA. The district said the errors were related to college, career and military readiness indicators. Clear Creek ISD…...
An oil tanker seized off the coast of Venezuela has arrived near Galveston. Now what?
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (242+ words) An oil tanker seized by the United States near Venezuela earlier this month is now close to the Gulf Coast. An online marine traffic tracker on Monday showed the tanker located about 40 miles from Galveston, an island south of Houston....
METRO bus driver allegedly stabs customer after a fight
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (262+ words) The Sunday night altercation, confirmed by METRO officials, happened after a bus rider allegedly "made physical contact" with the driver. The bus driver was detained by police. A driver for Houston-area bus services was detained by police on Sunday after…...
Renovating Houston’s Astrodome could cost $750 million, analysis finds
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (644+ words) The cost to demolish the 60-year-old structure, a historical landmark that was the world's first domed sports stadium, would be about $54 million. Renovating Houston's historic Astrodome could come at a cost of more than $750 million " far more than the cost…...