Croatia stuns top-ranked Brazil to advance to the World Cup semifinals
Croatia does it again — winning a penalty kick shootout to advance to the semifinals for the second World Cup, eliminating Brazil. Croatia's defense stymied the 5-time champions the entire match.
View ArticleBrittney Griner is back home in the U.S. after a prisoner swap with Russia
American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.
View ArticleHouston-based online store, Texas Guns And Roses, sued for trademark...
Guns N' Roses, the well-known band featuring Axl Rose and Slash, is seeking an unspecified amount in damages in the lawsuit filed Dec. 1 in a federal court in Los Angeles.
View ArticleThe Pursuit of Justice for Vanessa Guillen
Her family and their attorney speak out against the injustices that led to her murder.
View ArticleStarbucks workers get outpouring of support from local union members and...
Members from the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, and numerous other union-affiliated figures came out to support the Starbucks workers. District 2 and District 5 council...
View ArticleTexas Children’s Hospital announces plan to tackle mental health crisis
The country’s largest children’s hospital system raised $11 million to add a series of behavioral health resources.
View ArticleSan Antonio soccer fans join the Men's World Cup's global audience
The supreme international championship lasts until Dec. 18.
View ArticleArgentina beats the Netherlands in penalty kicks at the World Cup quarterfinals
Lionel Messi led Argentina to a quarterfinal victory over the Netherlands in a penalty kick shootout. Messi had a goal, an assist and scored in the shootout. Argentina will take on Croatia next.
View ArticleLongtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl has died covering the World Cup in Qatar
Grant Wahl was influential in the soccer world. He was able to break down the most intricate of plays and relate to hardcore and casual fans alike.
View ArticleMorocco marches on -- eliminating Portugal in the quarterfinals of the World Cup
Portugal was favored to win but Morocco's Cinderella tournament continues after their sensational 1-0 win over Portugal. Morocco is the first African nation to reach the semifinals of a World Cup.
View ArticleFrance beats its European rival England to advance to the World Cup semifinals
France defeated England 2-1. The road for the defending World Cup champions won't get any easier. France will take on Morocco in a semifinal match on Wednesday.
View ArticleTexas’ last public lighthouse shines for the first time in 117 years
At the southern tip of Texas, hundreds of people gathered around the last public lighthouse in the state on Friday. No living person in Port Isabel had seen the city's lighthouse's beacon shine before.
View ArticleAs attendance dips, churches change to stay relevant for a new wave of...
A longtime pastor says the question used to be how can the church change the culture? Now, it's how do they change the culture of the church? Ways range from gardening to food giveaways to fire pits.
View ArticleWorld Cup referees must meet rigorous fitness standards
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Washington Post reporter Kelyn Soong about the rigorous fitness standards for World Cup referees.
View ArticleNearly a million adults became U.S. citizens this past year
Despite the setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a high number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.
View ArticleThe City of Austin has a dilemma: What to do with 32 fighting roosters
After Austin police busted a cockfighting ring, the city's no-kill animal shelter took in the birds. Now it needs to find them homes.
View ArticleHow Latin identity became fodder for content
From TikTok trends to mainstream music, popular culture is embracing — and mimicking — Latinos, with some creators actually pretending to be Latinx for social cachet.
View ArticleAdvent calendars, explained: Where they came from and why they're everywhere now
What started as a Christmas countdown has increasingly become a retail opportunity. While Advent calendars have evolved over the centuries, they still accomplish some of their original objectives.
View ArticleIn 2 U.S. cities haunted by race massacres, facing the past is painful and...
Tulsa, Okla., has offered a blueprint, however imperfect, for how to confront a history of racial violence. In neighboring Arkansas, the city of Elaine has found the Tulsa model hard to replicate.
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