By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story August 12, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — When the summer heat in Houston hits like a wall of fire, we know it’s more than just a sweaty inconvenience—it can be a serious health hazard. Now, thanks to the Houston Health Department (HHD), Houstonians have
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy in 2018 has been deemed competent to stand trial. Quatavia Givens, 33, was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray in 2018. She is listed on the
Continue ReadingPor Federico Leiva, CNN en Español Con los “tapones de punta”. Así salió el Real Madrid este martes, tras conocerse la propuesta para que el Villarreal y el Barcelona jueguen en Miami el partido estipulado para la 17° jornada de la Liga de España. “El Real Madrid C. F. quiere manifestar a sus socios, simpatizantes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man has been charged with eight child sex crimes. Jimmy Graves, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with three counts of first-degree child molestation, three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and two counts of first-degree statutory rape. The probable cause statements detail assaults committed against more than one victim spanning
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By Drew Amman Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, Kentucky (WLEX) — The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is showcasing same-day lung cancer diagnosis and treatment technology. It’s in a demonstration in a state-of-the art mobile semi-truck. “We can tell them, ‘Yes, it’s a cancer, and then it’s out before they’re even
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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels
Continue ReadingPor Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN El presidente Donald Trump está considerando demandar al presidente de la Reserva Federal (Fed), Jerome Powell, dijo el martes la secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt. Sus comentarios se produjeron después de que Trump escribiera más temprano el martes que estaba “considerando permitir que proceda una demanda importante
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By James Stratton Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Tow companies across the Milwaukee area were swamped with calls after water flooded hundreds of cars and left drivers stranded during historic rainfall. “I had to climb out my window,” said Donte Jones, who was driving near 58th and Thurston when the
Continue ReadingPor Juan Carlos Arciniegas, CNN en Español Pese a su tibia recepción en el pasado festival de cine de Cannes, este fin de semana quise ver “Eddington”, la nueva película de Ari Aster. Pero un amigo, con el que suelo no coincidir en gustos cinematográficos, logró convencerme de que viéramos “Weapons”; película que, por cierto,
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By Emily Pofahl Click here for updates on this story MUSKEGO, Wisconsin (WISN) — Severe flooding in a Muskego neighborhood caused multiple basement walls to collapse near Saroyan Road and Fennimore Lane, forcing families to evacuate their homes early Sunday morning. Residents waded through waist-deep water to escape the rising floodwaters. Cindy Mauch, whose basement
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Germán Padinger, CNN US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the security situation in Washington, DC, now claiming that the US capital has a homicide rate higher than some Latin American capitals such as Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. During a press conference on Monday, Trump announced that he
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By Deidre McPhillips, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Parents in the United States who want to vaccinate their young children against Covid-19 may face a growing set of challenges this fall. The US Food and Drug Administration might not renew authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5, the US Centers
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli (CNN) — For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of infected fleas that lived on rats passed on the plague in its most infamous form — the Black Death of the 14th century — to humans, and remains its most common form
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By John Grinvalds Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — Ferocious winds tore through Nebraska’s oldest prison complex on Saturday, leaving 387 incarcerated people displaced and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services to pick the pieces. “It kind of peeled a lot of the roof off,” Doug Koebernick, Nebraska’s inspector general
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a fire occurred at Modine Manufacturing on South Country Club Drive in Jefferson City, according to a Tuesday email from the Jefferson City Fire Department. Crews were called at 11:20 a.m. and found moderate smoke coming from the western part of the building, the release says. Dust
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (AP) — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died. Spencer died Monday at age 60 after a yearslong battle with cancer, family spokesperson Sandra Jones said. As Dee, Spencer was the smarter, more serious younger sister who offered
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Days after Goldman Sachs’ top economists published research claiming price increases stemming from higher tariffs are poised to soon be borne mostly by consumers, President Donald Trump is urging the bank’s CEO, David Solomon, to get a new economist. “Tariffs have not caused Inflation, or any other problems for
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it struck an armed group posing as aid workers and using a vehicle marked with the logo of the World Central Kitchen (WCK), a US-based non-profit. The strike, which took place last week, killed “five armed terrorists,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Israel
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story Southern California (KCAL, KCBS) — The home where the horror film “Poltergeist” took place is available for rent in Southern California, and has been completely redesigned to mimic the set from the 1982 cult classic, where visitors are advised to “Stay away from the light!”
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By Devan Cole, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Months after President Donald Trump ordered the nation’s military academies to scrap policies that allowed admissions officials to consider race, an anti-affirmative action group this week dropped a pair of lawsuits against West Point and the Air Force Academy. Students for Fair Admissions threw out the two
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