HOUSTON – Each year, as Americans roll up their sleeves for their annual flu shot, they might be surprised to learn their protection often begins with data from our friends down under. Medical experts say that international surveillance is essential for developing effective flu vaccines for the United States and other Northern Hemisphere nations. The…
Gov. Gavin Newsom strode onstage in Houston on Saturday to a cheering crowd of Texas Democrats, saying Proposition 50’s victory in California on election day was a win for the nation and a firm repudiation of President Trump. Newsom possessed the air of a politician running for president at the boisterous rally, a possibility the…
Warren McVea, the speedy running back who was the first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school and later helped Kansas City win its first Super Bowl title, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 79. McVea’s daughter, Tracey Ellis said, said he died at home in Los Angeles…
For Krislyn Massey, it all began with late nights watching Japanese anime as a child. That sparked a discovery of Chinese novels and a deep interest in studying Asia – an unlikely path for someone who grew up in a conservative family in Houston, Texas. She began learning Japanese and getting involved in student-run educational…
This is what the Houston Cougars envisioned when they joined the Big 12. Sold-out stadium. Old rivalries vs. in-state opponents renewed. Ranked opponents strolling into town. Add the program’s first 4-0 start in nine years to the mix, and it was the perfect storm to create an electrifying atmosphere of 42,806 spectators at TDECU Stadium…
A Texas law restricting property ownership and leasing by Chinese citizens came into effect this week, thrusting affected residents into legal limbo with no path to relief before November. The law, which restricts real estate purchases by companies, individuals and government entities linked to countries that the federal government deems a threat to the US,…
The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 11-year-old Texas boy was “waiting in the shadows” as the child and his cousin played a “ding-dong ditch” prank on his Houston home, police said. The suspect followed the boys as they ran away before he opened fire, according to Houston Police Sgt. Michael Cass, the lead detective…
A man has been charged in the deadly shooting of a boy who was struck in the back by gunfire while playing “ding dong ditch” Saturday night in Houston, Texas, authorities said. Gonzalo Leon Jr., 42, is charged with murder and currently jailed in Harris County, which includes the east Houston neighborhood where the shooting…
An 11-year-old boy died in a Houston hospital Sunday after he was shot while carrying out a “ding dong ditch” prank the previous night, police said. The boy hasn’t been identified. The Houston Police Department said the boy had been playing the prank with friends late Saturday, which entails ringing the doorbell of a home…
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday. The boy had been ringing doorbells as a prank late Saturday evening, the Houston Police Department said in a statement. Commonly referred to as “ding dong ditching,” the prank…