2+ week, 6+ day ago   (278+ words) Houston didn't win an award this week. It topped a new ranking of the worst cities in America for road rage, and by the next morning the story had done its lap around local news: a shocking statistic, a scary…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (307+ words) College borrowers in default have ballooned to a national record 9.2 million – up by 4.2 million since April 2025. In Texas, 878,000 are in default, the most of any state. In total, around 878,000 Texans are in default due to college loans. That’s up by…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (151+ words) Changes to Federal Student Loan Limits Have Students Rethinking how to Pay for Advanced Degrees The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (202+ words) Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas. In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of…...

3+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (63+ words) SpaceX officially went public on Friday, making history as the largest initial public offering of all time and making Elon Musk a trillionaire. Also on Friday, the Justice Department gave the green light for a merger between CBS News' parent…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (37+ words) The U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, according to the monthly jobs report. Meanwhile, President Trump touted his economic policies to farmers at an event in Wisconsin. Trump touts U.S. economy to Wisconsin farmers...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (324+ words) May 28, 2026 / 1:58 PM EDT / CBS News For example, when a levy hits, banks are required to take steps to identify protected funds. However, that process depends on what information the bank has, how it's formatted, and in some cases, what documentation…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (764+ words) Workers construct Shell’s Vito platform at the Kiewit Offshore Services complex in Ingleside in 2022. Crabs, tube worms and darkness greeted Dan McConnell, a marine geophysicist, when he rode a submersible deep into the Gulf of Mexico more than two decades…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (479+ words) HOUSTON — Amazon is rolling out a new ultra-fast delivery service in Houston that promises to bring groceries, household essentials and other popular items to customers’ doors in 30 minutes or less. The new service, called Amazon Now, officially launched in dozens…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (390+ words) February 5, 2026 / 7:02 AM EST / AP Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round morning staple in 1946, when it started shipping cans of frozen juice around the U.S. But 80 years later, the brand's parent company is halting sales of frozen juice concentrates in…...