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High-Speed Railway Progresses Towards a 200-mph Train Line From Dallas to Houston

High-speed rail is a standard form of transport in places like Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, and Switzerland, but with any luck at all,...

Houston Good Samaritan Steps up to Drag Wounded Officer Away from Gunfight

If you thought you had a crumby Monday commute this morning, check out this video of a hero from Houston getting out of his...

Houston Woman Spent Three Days Crawling in Storm Drains Trying to Rescue Puppies

All of last weekend, Callie Clemons was crawling in and out of storm drains and manhole covers in the Houston heat, searching for abandoned...

Houston Elephants Do Yoga 7-days a Week to Stay Flexible and Healthy

Elephants are one of the holiest animals in Hinduism. Also, yoga was invented in India. Is it any surprise then that elephants really like doing...

Houston Has Housed 25,000 Homeless People With Apartments of Their Own

Houston, the fourth-most populated city in the country, has reduced its rate of homelessness over the last decade by 63%, far and away the...

Houston’s Mattress Mack and Lakewood Church Open Doors to Hurricane Ida Refugees, Send Truckloads of Supplies

In the wake of Hurricane Ida’s devastating toll on New Orleans, the people of Houston are opening their Texas-sized hearts and providing Texas-sized relief...

Jewish Brothers Collect Yarmulkes to Make Face Masks For Houston’s Homeless

Jewish brothers in Houston, TX, Matthew and Jeremy Jason, are making face masks from yarmulkes for project called Kippahs to the Rescue

Houston Astros Player Proposes To Girlfriend On Live TV After Team Wins Their 1st World Series

Winning your very first World Series title is a huge moment in any baseball player’s life. But Carlos Correa made the night even more...

Houston Furniture Store Invites Flood Victims and Pets to Shelter on its Mattresses and Sofas

He’s been a Houston fixture, advertising his two furniture stores in Houston for over a third of a century. This week he advertised his...

If You Ever Need to Get Pumped, Watch this 9-Year-old Singing Whitney Houston

This boy with Down syndrome might not be as famous as Whitney Houston just yet, but he is certainly getting there with his rendition of “I Have Nothing”.

Houston Praised for Moving 4,100 Homeless Vets to Permanent Housing

Thousands of homeless vets and their families have permanent roofs over their heads in Houston, Texas thanks to an aggressive effort to eliminate veteran...

Houston Slashed its Homeless Rate in Half in Four Years

The number of homeless people in Houston, Texas, has been cut almost in half over the past four years, as the city’s homeless advocates...
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Houston-area Mentor Pays Delinquent Lunch Accounts for More Than 60 Kids

In his 10 years as a mentor and tutor, Kenny Thompson has always done his best to meet the needs of the students in...
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Houston Fire Dept. Makes Dream Come True for Retired Firefighter with Alzheimer’s

A former Houston Fire Department captain got one last chance to strap on a helmet and climb aboard a fire truck this week 41...
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Houston’s Plan To Make Landfills Extinct

To increase the city’s dismal recycling rates, Houston’s government is trying something else: One Bin for All. It will collect all trash together in...
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Houston Bar Gives 100% of Profits to Charity. Period.

The Original OKRA Charity Saloon in downtown Houston operates a lot like any other tavern -- booze is purchased and poured, bartenders get paid...
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Grammy Party Turns Into Tribute for Late Whitney Houston

Music producer Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party is typically one of highlights of the week leading to the US music industry's top awards, but this...
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10,000 New Jobs Added in Houston in One Month

Local unemployment is down and job creation is better than usual for this time of year in Houston, Texas. Houston-area employers added...
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Houston Biggest U.S. City To Elect Openly Gay Mayor

In another victory for equal rights, Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid...
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Houston Class Donates and Wraps 400 Presents for Families in Need

The British School of Houston has a very special science teacher whose idea of a merry Christmas includes giving lots of presents to families...