St. Thomas paid nearly $1M in exit packages for departing staff despite financial woes

While "golden parachutes" are fairly common for presidents, the University of St. Thomas gave payments to several vice ...

Houston 78, Idaho 47: How Cougars rolled past Idaho in March Madness opener

UH began its NCAA Tournament run on a commanding note, blowing out Idaho to set up a second-round matchup with Texas A&M.

The kids are all right. How freshmen Kingston Flemings and Chris Cenac Jr. led Cougars in NCAA debut

After a few 'freshmany' moments, Kingston Flemings and Chris Cenac Jr. settled in to help Houston cruise past Idaho in NCAA ...

3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress, a snapshot of a national trend

More Democrats are openly running on faith, as progressive clergy and other religious candidates push back on the idea that ...

Think you have Houston's dirtiest car? You could win free car washes for a year

Ocean Express Car Wash is running a dirtiest car contest with the winner receiving a free car washes for an entire year.

Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after ...

A Houston woman reported a stalker to police. Months later, she was dead.

The murder of Tanesha Richards highlights gaps in the legal system and delayed investigations in Houston, despite repeated ...

The latest beef Republicans have with James Talarico — and why it's worth watching

The normally outlandish attack on the U.S. Senate hopeful this week is more dangerous than past attempts Republicans have tried on other Democrats for one key reason. ​There’s a video.

Hot Houston weekend has ties to heat dome pattern already breaking records across the U.S.

Unusual heat is building across Houston this weekend as part of a wider U.S. pattern already bringing record temperatures to California and Arizona.

A look at who holds the reins of power in Iran since the country's top leaders were killed

Israel has killed several top Iranian officials since the United States and Israel began strikes against Iran. After the ...

NASA hauls its repaired moon rocket from the hangar back to the pad for an early April launch

NASA is moving its moon rocket back out to the launch pad following hangar repairs. The 322-foot rocket made the slow four-mile trek Friday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, ...