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Ex-Baylor frat president indicted on 4 counts of sex assault won't go to prison

Even though Jacob Walter Anderson was indicted on four counts of sexual assault, the ex-fraternity president won't spend a single day in prison.

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LeBron James: Keeping a Bllion-dollar Body in Shape

Everyone knows about LeBron James and his fanatical workouts, but not many people know about the guy entrusted with keeping his billion-dollar body in shape.

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A generation shaped by gun violence plans to make itself heard today

Jackson Mittleman opened a news alert on his phone on Valentine's Day, and saw a tragically familiar image: Students with their hands raised, fleeing a shooting.

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Barbara Bush redefined the role of first lady

Barbara Bush redefined the role of first lady, not with her signature issue (which was literacy), but with the warmth and humility that distinguished her time in the White House. The wife of George H.W. Bush understood that first ladies can wield enormous power, often with a single image, and she used her visibility and influence to encourage other Americans to empathize beyond their own experiences.

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Eight Things Leaders Can Do to Cut Out "Noise" at Work (and Why We Must)

nformation overload and endless digital disruptions are crippling your employees and harming your business. Joe McCormack shares strategies to help employees manage the "noise" so they can stay focu

Remember when we thought "more" was better? In a more innocent time, leaders really believed the more information people had, the smarter they'd be, the better decisions they'd make, and the greater success they'd have. Now we know how wrong we were: Nonstop e-mails, endless meetings, and 24-7 connectedness are crippling employees' ability to think, focus, solve problems, and do the deep work a company needs to stay competitive. And here's the real question: What are we going to do about it?

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Text messages and rideshares helped police uncover evidence in the Jussie Smollett case

The sequence of events reads like the plot of a television show: A man stages his own attack and rehearses it beforehand, making sure there's a surveillance camera nearby to record it.

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Trump bets it all on friendship with Kim

President Donald Trump was looking to flatter his new friend in Singapore when he struck upon an unusual compliment.

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Atlanta Police Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Charged With Felony Murder

The Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy's parking lot last week was charged with felony murder and other charges, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced Wednesday.

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Comcast Business Launches Webinar Series to Support Businesses of All Sizes

Comcast and industry experts explore critical topics facing today’s business community

As individuals and organizations around the world respond to and work to respond to the pandemic, it is important for businesses to stay connected to information. The top priority of any business should be protecting the health of customers and employees, while continuing to provide the best service possible.

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An Illinois Dad Gives Son (a Heart Transplant Recipient) One of His Kidneys: Father’s Day Will Be Extra Special This Year

June is a month full of family and fun, especially on the third weekend when families gather to celebrate dads. Father’s Day has become a very special holiday for the De La Cruz family of DeKalb, Illinois. Their prayers were answered when their son, Ricky, received a life-saving heart transplant from an unknown donor and then experienced another miracle nearly two years later when Ricky received a kidney, and a second chance at life, from his dad.

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Festival shooter Santino Legan legally purchased his rifle in Nevada. Here's what else we know about the 19-year-old

Authorities say Santino William Legan killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival with a rifle he legally purchased three weeks ago in Nevada.

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Trump using military funding as leverage in fight with tech giants

President Donald Trump's threat Tuesday to veto an annual defense bill unless Congress removes legal protections for social media companies drew swift, sharp bipartisan pushback from lawmakers who charged Trump was using leverage over the troops to settle personal scores.

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Texas is still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months

Monica Ware, a mother of four, says the broken water pipes that flooded her Houston home as winter storms pounded Texas last week have destroyed nearly all of the family's belongings.

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Performing Arts Houston Announces New/Now Commissioning Project Winners

Advancing a project spotlighting and supporting working Houston artists, Performing Arts Houston announces the winners of the second annual New/Now: The Houston Artist Commissioning Project. The four winners, reflecting the diversity of arts in our city, represent a wide range of artistic genres, creative voices, and cultural backgrounds:

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Gabby Giffords still struggles to find words, but she hasn't lost her voice

Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the vector of transmission in infectious diseases. Both leave a path of destruction as they travel. Families are left to bury loved ones, and survivors may live with chronic injuries that reveal the damage even one bullet can do.

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Tucker Carlson out at Fox News

Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who hosted the network's highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday.

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China's response to Pelosi's potential Taiwan visit could be 'unprecedented' but military conflict unlikely, experts say

The United States is no stranger to China's angry responses over its support for Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own territory.

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In extreme heat, here are 14 ways to keep your body and home cool without AC

Whether you’re without power, enduring extreme heat or trying to save money, there are ways to feel comfortable without artificial cooling.

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Staying Cool in Extreme Heat When the Power Fails

Electrical grid failures, or blackouts, have significantly increased in frequency in recent years, placing millions of Americans at risk for health-related illness and death. This is especially true during the summer months, when extreme weather events (including heat waves, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires) intersect to maximize demand for electricity. Over the past decade, failures have more than doubled nationwide, increasing a whopping 151% between 2015-2016 and 2020-2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Delayed, lost or damaged luggage: What you should do

It’s enough to give anyone already on edge about how to handle possible flight delays and cancellations yet another reason to pop an antacid or two: the prospect of delayed, lost or damaged baggage.