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A Visionary Commitment to Houston's Health
Fertitta Family Pledges $50 Million to UH College of Medicine to Propel 'New Era of Health Care'
Prominent businessman Tilman J. Fertitta and his family have pledged $50 million to the University of Houston College of Medicine to ignite a new era of innovative and equitable health care in Houston and across Texas. In recognition of the legacy-defining support, the medical school is now named the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine.
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Dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. A new study sheds light on the reasons behind it
In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, bottlenose dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. They lined up to rub their bodies against coral.
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Italian coffee shop fined $1,050 for failing to display price of espresso
An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the cost of a 2 euro ($2.12) espresso.
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2022 Pepsi National Battle Of The Bands Presented By Toyota Announces Event Date, Tickets & Bands
Earlier today event organizers for the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands presented by Toyota announced that this year’s event will take place on Saturday, August 27 at NRG Stadium and will kick off at 6:00 p.m. CST. This announcement also revealed the highly anticipated marching band lineup and marks the beginning of the event’s discounted ticket pre-sale window.
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How early traumas can affect your relationship with money
Divorce. Job loss. Business failure. Eviction. Bankruptcy. Poverty.
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How some Tops shoppers found safety in the store's break room during the shooting
When Jerome Bridges heard gunshots ring out Saturday in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, he ran to lead some of his coworkers and customers to safety in the store's break room and barricaded them inside with a heavy desk.
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Desperate families turn to hospitals when their hunt for formula comes up dry
Three-year-old Alexis Tyler survives on Gerber Lil Crunchies cheese puffs and the chocolate flavor of a specialty nutritional formula called Neocate. Her mother hasn't been able to buy that formula for her since March.
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The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen
Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother's cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions -- especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that could easily spill into the evening hours.
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Retailers just sounded an alarm on inflation. It's worth heeding
Shares of retailers were pummeled on Wednesday as investors dug through the latest earnings results from Target and Walmart, which were flush with signs that the economy is entering a period of deep uncertainty.
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Officials: Charges filed against shooters connected to Water Street mass shooting
New criminal charges have been filed against three men connected to a mass shooting on Water Street Friday, May 13. The charges are the first to allege people fired guns at the crowd.
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Buffalo shooting suspect expected in court for felony hearing today
The 18-year-old White man suspected of carrying out a racist mass shooting Saturday in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket is expected to appear in court Thursday morning for a felony hearing that could provide new details on the massacre.
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PureCycle Process Expected to Use Less Energy, Lower Carbon Emissions than New Plastic Production
Company Releases Inaugural ESG Report with Preliminary LCA Data
Today, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT) released its inaugural Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report including third party preliminary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data that shows the company's purification process for recycling polypropylene (designated as No. 5 plastic) waste uses less energy and has lower carbon emissions than new plastic production.
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Road to the Bee' special premieres May 26 on ION, Bounce in advance of Scripps National Spelling Bee
"Road to the Bee" – a new, exclusive, one-hour original special documenting what it is like to prepare for and compete in the iconic Scripps National Spelling Bee – will premiere at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, May 26 on ION and Bounce.
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LeVar Burton to Host Scripps National Spelling Bee - May 26 On ION & Bounce
“Road to the Bee” – a new, exclusive, one-hour original special documenting what it is like to prepare for and compete in the iconic Scripps National Spelling Bee – will premiere at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, May 26 on ION and Bounce.
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Man caught on video vandalizing home displaying Ukrainian flags
San Francisco police are searching for a man who vandalized a home early Sunday, ripping down Ukrainian flags and doing more damage. Could it be a hate crime? The homeowner has relatives in the line of fire in Ukraine, and she spoke to the I-Team's Dan Noyes.
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Allianz division agrees to pay $6 billion for defrauding teachers, religious groups and foundations
A US division of German insurance firm Allianz will pay more than $6 billion for what US investigators called a "massive fraudulent scheme" that involved the investments of public pensions, religious organizations and other foundations.
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Lawsuit against GOP operatives accused in fake presidential electors scheme filed in Wisconsin
Some of the electors for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election have sued in Wisconsin state court the Republican operatives, politicians and attorneys who allegedly orchestrated a fraudulent scheme to put forward an alternate slate of fake electors for Donald Trump.
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Congress is finally waking up to UFOs
UFOs are finally having a moment. In Congress that is. On Tuesday, for the first time in more than 50 years, a congressional hearing is being held to address UFOs -- or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) as they are now known.
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell: We won't hesitate to raise rates to tame inflation
Hindsight is 20:20, even for the Federal Reserve. The US central bank is in the midst of a "whatever it takes" moment when it comes to inflation, but if Fed officials had known how high inflation would rise, they would have changed their course on policy earlier, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday.