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Elon Musk is buying Twitter and taking it private. Twitter’s board of directors unanimously agreed to Musk’s offer to purchase the social media platform at a price of $44 billion, the company announced Monday. The deal brings arguably the internet’s most influential platform under the control...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is leading a delegation of Republican lawmakers to the southern border in Texas on Monday, his office announced on Saturday. McCarthy and nine other Republicans will be traveling to the southern border at Eagle Pass, Texas, in the minority...

Beto O’Rourke has COVID-19, his campaign said Monday. The campaign released this statement attributed to O’Rourke: “In addition to being fully vaccinated and boosted, I regularly test for COVID-19 while traveling the state for town hall meetings. I tested negative yesterday morning before...

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Perfection doesn’t happen often, but that’s exactly what was achieved by Klein High School’s Coleman Hall-Brown, and not just for one exam used for college admission, but two. Hall-Brown recently achieved the perfect 1600 score for the SAT and also a perfect 36 score for the ACT, according to...

An officer-involved shooting shuts down all main lanes on the Eastex Freeway at Fostoria Road, near Highway 105, on Monday morning, according to law enforcement. Information surrounding the shooting has not been released. Drivers are asked to avoid the area. This is a developing story and will...

Opening statements in the trial for the man accused of killing 11-year-old Josue Flores wrapped up Monday. Andre Jackson, a former Marine, was charged in the case after investigators said they received new test results on DNA evidence in Josue’s murder. According to KPRC 2 reporter Cathy...

Lizzo’s coming to Houston y’all! The three-time Grammy award-winning singer will make three stops in Texas, including in Houston, where she grew up. Her new tour, “The Special Tour” is set to kick off Sept. 23 with special guest Latto, according to a release from Live Nation. Lizzo will be...

Early voting for the May 7 elections began at 7 a.m. on Monday. Before you head out to cast your vote, here’s all the info you need to know. What is the election for? Voters across Texas will be voting on two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution - The first one would allow state...

A Harris County grand jury is considering a shooting in which a man claims he shot another man in self-defense in a southwest Houston parking lot on Sunday. The shooting happened in the 7300 block of Southwest Freeway around 1:20 p.m. on Sunday. The man who died was in his 40s has not been...

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Ax-1 crew is set to make a splashdown to Earth on Monday after spending almost 15 days on the orbiting laboratory conducting scientific experiments and outreach activities, according to Axiom Space. The crew undocked from the International Space Station on...

A SWAT standoff is underway in southeast Houston Monday. Houston police are in the 7400 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard at Van Fleet, saying a man is armed in a vehicle. Martin Luther King Boulevard is closed in both directions and people are advised to avoid the area. This is a...

The hurricane above is pretty straight-forward--clearly with that eye we have a well-formed intense tropical cyclone. But just how strong are those winds? And look at the tropical storm below which was determined to a tropical storm: Exactly where is the center and how strong is it? These...

A man is dead after he was ejected from his vehicle during a crash in east Houston Sunday night, Houston police said. Police were called to the scene in the 10800 block of East Freeway headed inbound at around 10:45 p.m. According to HPD Sgt. Rose with the Vehicular Crimes Division, a...

If you see smoke near Sylvan Rodriquez Park Monday, don’t be alarmed. The Houston Fire Department, in collaboration with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Houston Parks & Recreation Department, will be conducting a prescribed fire at the park located at 1201 Clear Lake City Blvd. The...

Morning coffee and watching the sunrise from a beautiful lake view sounds like a dream life, right? People in one neighborhood off of Lake Houston say they can’t enjoy their scenic views because of a huge mess right out their back doors. We’ve had several people in the Crosby area contact us...

Several units were damaged Sunday in a two-alarm fire at southwest Harris County apartment complex. The fire broke out in the 6700 block of S. Dairy Ashford near Bellaire Blvd. According to an official with the Houston Fire Department, at least six units were damaged and there were no civilian...

It’s been more than a week since Felicia Johnson was reported missing and there are lots of questions surrounding her disappearance. She was last seen at the Cover Girl’s Night Club on West Little York Road. Several agencies including, the Houston Police Department and the Federal Bureau of...

Harris County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect who they said shot and killed a man at a carwash in the northeast side of town Sunday evening. The shooting happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Aldine Westfield and Aldine Mail Rt. According to deputies, the suspect drove up to a...

At least five different fire departments were on the scene Saturday night as flames swept through a northwest Harris County home, killing two people, officials say. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. in the 11400 block of Milners Point Drive. The Northwest Fire Department was the first to...