How Houston's Daikin Park became a unique place for baseball
Constructed during the retro era of ballpark design, Houston's Daikin Park is considered a middle-of-the-road park in ...
These Texans don't want a rock railroad anywhere near their homes
Residents of the Burnet area are speaking out against a proposed project to develop a railroad for moving raw materials ...
Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply
State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could ...
Trump tariff tumult has ripples for sporting goods, puts costly hockey gear in price-hike crosshair
No two countries in the world are intertwined athletically more than Canada and the U.S. are with hockey, either, making mere ...
Mortgage company Rocket buying Mr. Cooper in all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion
The mortgage company Rocket is buying competitor Mr. Cooper in an all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion, just weeks after ...
Trump is stronger on immigration and weaker on trade, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more ...
All about the D: Final Four teams have been locked in on defense all season
The Blue Devils stuck a stick in the spokes of the nation's highest-scoring team, holding the Crimson Tide more than 25 ...
Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court
The court was skeptical of Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to defend the deportations. The act, passed in 1798, gives the president the power to detain and remove people from the United States in ...
Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may eventually evolve the ability to infect a new species, such as humans, through a ...
Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the trend could be worsening
This delay comes at a time when the population of aging adults is rising dramatically. By 2050, the number of adults over 85 is expected to triple, which will intensify the strain on an already ...
The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in exchange for US$10 million and annual payments of $250,000. Later, the Torrijos-Carter Treaty in 1977 committed the U.S. to ...
What is a ‘revisionist’ state, and what are they trying to revise?
(THE CONVERSATION) Once upon a time, “ revisionist power ” was a term reserved for nations trying to overturn the postwar liberal order – the usual suspects being countries like Russia, China or Iran.