Culture
Keith Lee, the wildly popular food critic with more than 16 million TikTok fans — who was recently parodied on Saturday Night Live — just dropped some major news: He’s moved to Texas. On Saturday afternoon, he took to TikTok to share the life update. “It’s official. The cat is
Health
Earlier this year, a Georgia woman named Amber Thurman became the country’s first “preventable” death following the overturn of Roe v Wade. This week, Texas got its own case. Josseli Barnica, a 28-year-old Honduran mother in Houston, died in 2021 after suffering a miscarriage at 17 weeks
Health
In Texas, the past few years for women have been terrifying. Abortion bans became real. Exceptions turned out to be rare. Some have nearly died during miscarriages. If you don’t feel like you’ve been abandoned by our lawmakers, you might feel like the government is trying to kill
Perspectives
It’s difficult to remember the last time both major party presidential candidates appeared in Texas so close to an election. There’s an old adage in politics, that campaigns have only three resources: time, money, and people. You can always find one more volunteer. You can always raise one
Crime & Justice
Editor’s note: This story mentions threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. Before dawn on a Sunday morning in April, the bars in Austin had just closed. Joshua Ybarra started walking to his Uber. Then he heard an anti-gay slur hurled at him from behind. Three men leapt
Crime & Justice
Houstonians believe they’ve been victims of hate crimes at much higher rates than what’s being reported to police – and they’re not reporting it because they don’t trust cops will do anything about it, according to a new study. Rice University researchers surveyed 5,000 people in
Culture
Score one for Houston. The famed Michelin Guide will be announcing its first-ever picks for best restaurants in Texas in Space City, passing over its eternal rival, Dallas. The guide, famous for its iconic star ratings and tire man mascot, says it’ll announce which restaurants in Austin, San
Culture
Texans (not just the NFL fans) love CJ Stroud, and apparently we aren’t alone; the quarterback’s jersey is now the best-selling one among NFL players in the nation. This week, the National Football League Players Association, the union for NFL players, released a list of the top
News
A massive pipeline explosion in the Houston area was still burning Tuesday morning. Nearly 1,000 homes were evacuated early Monday in Deer Park after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve connected to the natural gas pipeline, the Associated Press reported. Witnesses said it
News
A Houston-area political club came under fire on Monday after inviting Democratic state Sen. Borris Miles — who has been accused of sexual harassment, including groping and forcible kissing, by at least six women — to a weekend fundraiser. The Meyerland Democrats Club “get out the vote” event was attended by
Culture
Forget brat, summer in Texas is thermostat. A very, very high thermostat. This is new for someone from London. Before I relocated to the outskirts of Houston last year, I had only been to Texas once, as a kid. Back then, the Rockets weren’t just in the NBA playoffs,
Culture
The final nominees for the 58th annual Country Music Awards have been announced, and Beyoncé was glaringly absent from any mentions. So was her album, “Cowboy Carter,” and her hit single “Texas Hold ‘Em” — the second longest-running no. 1 hit of 2024 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.