A Florida International University study looked at why Houston's skyscrapers were damaged more by the 2024 derecho than by Hurricane Beryl.

the derecho caused substantially more damage to Houston skyscrapers, with around 4,000 broken windows reported. The researchers wondered how the events could produce such different results ...

The Black son of a painter and maid grew riding the bus from Acres Homes to downtown. Fifty years later, he did his best to ...

One of downtown's tallest towers will soon offer everything from air hockey and foosball to a Pop-a-Shot basketball game and vintage arcade games for tenants to enjoy.

Immigration in 2024 drove the overall U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents. The Census Bureau changed how it counted immigrants last ...

The latest long-duration closed-circuit breathing apparatus for first responders in high-rise buildings, tunnels, and subways ...

A single Russian SS-18 Satan missile could reduce an entire U.S. city to ashes in seconds. The scale of destruction would go ...

Many small-business storefronts and much of the neighborhood’s Theatre Row were razed and replaced by towering skyscrapers and ... including those in Texas. Many who formerly commuted daily ...

Houston firefighters use drip torches to start a controlled burn at Sylvan Rodriguez Park in Clear Lake on March 13, 2025. Read full article: Houston firefighters burn 50 acres in Clear Lake ...

There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host Sean Hannity, raving about the ...

Houston, we have a problem. The "Space City" boasts 50 buildings over 150 meters tall. These were designed to withstand hurricanes, to which Texas is prone. But on May 16th, 2024, a derecho—a wide, ...