Gas prices in Houston have risen around 50 cents in the last week, bringing the average price per gallon above $3. We discuss how long that might last and how it could affect the local economy.

Mara is a single mother of two in Minnesota. She and her family have depended on SNAP benefits to make ends meet. (Caroline Yang for NPR) Although Mara is unemployed, she is busier than ever. When she ...

With the removal of the black-box warning on hormone therapy for menopause, some providers and patients report shortages or delays, waiting for a pharmacy to restock transdermal estrogen patches. When ...

Engines Podcast The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3359: Darwin-Wedgwood Episode: 3359 An very special lineage: Charles Darwin: Grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and Erasmus Darwin. Today, Charles Darwin’s ...

Rep. Andy Ogles' social media post is the latest in a series of Islamophobic statements from House Republicans.

The Blue Zones Project partners with municipalities, healthcare providers, schools and employers to emulate practices from ...

Texas Democrats busted through turnout expectations for the primaries. But can they keep up that momentum for May's runoff ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows ...

A SWAT team officer shot and killed a 36-year-old Black man who allegedly walked out of a home with a "high-powered rifle" and fired at least one shot, according to police.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that more than $126 billion in emergency tariffs were illegally collected, and the U.S. Court of International Trade said the Trump administration must refund them.

In today’s edition of “,” Frank and Celeste talk with University of Houston energy fellow Ed Hirs, who joins us to discuss the rising cost of oil due to the Iran conflict and what this could mean for ...

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