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Power-Packed Lunchbox Ideas

Packing and prepping wholesome lunches doesn’t have to be a chore. You can kick health into high gear this school year with new ideas to make creative, nutrient-rich meals.

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Prayers and Condolences Are Not Enough

The horrifying and heartbreaking news of the domestic terrorist attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in less than 24 hours over the weekend reached me while I was in Poland, a country haunted by the deadly power of politically irresponsible and racist rhetoric.

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Senate GOP Scrambles to Find Legislative Response In the wake of Two Deadly Shootings

The deadly massacres over the weekend have sent Senate Republicans searching to find a robust response to help prevent future mass shootings amid loud demands that they quickly pass tougher gun control measures sought by Democrats.

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Cyntoia Brown Released After 15 Years In Prison For Murder

Cyntoia Brown, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16, has been released from a Nashville prison, Tennessee officials announced.

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Texas congresswoman to Trump: 'I refuse to be an accessory' to El Paso visit

Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas on Tuesday said she declined an invitation to join President Donald Trump on his upcoming visit to El Paso, Texas, as the city recovers from a mass shooting.

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Subway is testing out a meatless meatball sub. Here's why

Subway is exploring the plant-based protein trend with a meatless meatball sub. The sandwich chain will start selling the product, made with Beyond Meat's plant-based protein, at 685 restaurants in the United States and Canada next month. The Beyond Meatball Marinara sub will be available for a limited time.

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Tennis Great Zina Garrison and Commissioner Ellis Encourage Youth at Street Olympics Final Event to Keep Late Commissioner Lee’s Tradition Alive

Tennis great Zina Garrison joined Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis on Friday, Aug. 2 to offer words of encouragement to about 2,500 Houston-area youth who competed for medals at the 33rd annual Harris County Street Olympics Final Event at NRG Arena.

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90-year-old shocked by huge four-figure water bill

Elaine Walkowiak is 90 years old and lives alone, but her water bill from last winter was enough to shock a large family.

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Tucker Carlson wrongly tells his viewers the country's white supremacy problem 'is a hoax'

A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.

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Jupiter, Saturn and the moon to line up in night sky this week

The night skies in August are full of celestial wonders, including bright planets and a meteor shower.

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Gold climbs to six-year high and bond yields collapse as fears of a global slowdown mount

Frazzled investors are rushing to buy gold and government bonds as fears of a global recession, sparked by a trade war, grow more real.

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Critics question whether Trump visit to El Paso and Dayton is helping the healing

President Donald Trump is traveling Wednesday to the scenes of back-to-back mass shootings that stunned the nation and left at least 31 people dead, but his appearances in Ohio and Texas aren't being well received by all local officials -- some of whom say it would be best if the commander in chief avoided their grief-stricken cities.

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Man says he blacked out, molesting 2 boys under the age of 10

An Independence man has been charged with entering a stranger's home and molesting two boys under the age of 10 on Sunday.

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Highly Anticipated EPIX Series 'GODFATHER OF HARLEM' Releases New Trailer

Premium network EPIX released a new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated new series, GODFATHER OF HARLEM. The 10-episode, hour-long drama series is inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles.

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Airbag Recall Safety Campaign, Chequee Su Vehículo, Launches in Houston

A new safety campaign, Chequee Su Vehículo, is urging all drivers to check if their cars contain recalled airbags.

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Greinke Wins Astros Debut 11-6 Over the Rockies

RHP Zack Greinke made his Astros’ debut in front of the largest crowd in attendance for a game this year (43,243) at Minute Maid Park and gave the fans a sample size of what they can expect heading towards the end of the season and into the playoffs. Although Greinke allowed five earned runs, three coming off of a homerun in the top of the sixth inning, he pitched a very efficient game.

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Obama remembers Toni Morrison as a 'national treasure'

Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday honored the life and legacy of author Toni Morrison, who died Monday night at the age of 88.

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US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has submitted his resignation letter to President Donald Trump and plans to move back home to Utah, according to a source familiar with his thinking.

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Trump sues over California law forcing candidates to turn over tax returns

President Donald Trump sued California Tuesday challenging a state law that requires candidates for president to disclose income tax returns before they can appear on the state's primary ballot.

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Blaming mass shootings on mental illness is 'inaccurate' and 'stigmatizing,' experts say

President Donald Trump described a weekend of two mass shootings — one in El Paso, Texas, and the other in Dayton, Ohio — as a "mental illness problem."