At a Glance
1New Texas Group Proposes $2 Billion Border Security Trust for Big Bend Instead of Wall — A newly formed nonprofit, Let Texans Do Texas, is urging state and federal leaders to redirect border wall money into a …
2Justice Department Starts Telling Counties Where It Plans to Send Election Monitors — Counties in at least five states have been notified, but the department has not said how many jurisdictions it will moni…
3Two Atlanta Exhibitions Stretch the Definition of Sculpture With Beads, Wire and Paper — A show at Hammonds House Museum and another opening Friday at Gallery 100 invite viewers to rethink what sculpture can b…
4Jackson's Samuel Song Wins 4A District 1 Boys Tennis Singles Title — Song beat Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu in straight sets at the 4A district tournament, while Wesco 3A South and North crowne…
5Talarico Casts Senate Race as Anticorruption Fight, Aiming at Paxton and Elon Musk — At a University of Houston event, the Democratic state representative used one of his last Houston-area stops before the…
6Administration Turns to Supreme Court to Revive Big Bend Border Wall Construction — The Trump administration has filed an emergency request asking the justices to lift a federal judge's injunction that ha…
7OpenAI Engineer Charged After Hidden Recording Device Found in Executive Conference Room — Federal prosecutors say a 35-year-old engineer planted an encrypted audio recorder behind a television at OpenAI's San F…
Drones Rule Ukraine's Front Line, Forcing Soldiers Underground in a Deadly 'Kill Zone'
Along a front line that has barely shifted in four years, a belt of drone-saturated territory has become the defining feature of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

US Air Force Pulls Bombers From English Base After Investigation Into Suspected Terror Plot
The bombers used in strikes on Iran have returned to the United States following a probe i…Los AngelesStewart's Fumble Return Lifts No. 19 USC Past Washington, 25-21
The defensive tackle, sidelined for the first four games of the season, scooped up a fumbl…San FranciscoBTS Leader RM's Art Collection Draws Fans to SFMOMA as Hauser & Wirth Opens in Palo Alto
An exhibition built around the BTS star's art collection opens Saturday at SFMOMA, while S…HoustonTexas Property Tax Cuts Leave Most Older Homeowners Paying No School Taxes, Raising Questions of Fairness
About 60% of Texas homeowners age 65 and older no longer owe school property taxes after r…News →
SeattleDriver Pleads Guilty in Edmonds Ferry Dock Plunge That Killed Two Passengers
PhoenixResidents in Tempe and Phoenix Report Strong Gas Odor; Officials Find No Leak
BostonLabouré College to Lay Off 65 Employees as Campus Winds Down Ahead of Curry College Takeover
Politics →
HoustonCrockett and Talarico Spar Over ICE, Billionaires and Trump in First Texas Senate Primary Debate
PhoenixA year into Trump's second term, many Project 2025 proposals he once distanced himself from are policy
PhoenixArizona's Grijalva, Elected Seven Weeks Ago, Expects to Be Sworn In as Shutdown Nears Its End
Business →
San FranciscoViral Flying Car Puts Alef Aeronautics and Its Founder, a Former DJ, to the Test
HoustonHouston and Other Gulf, East Coast Ports Face Strike Threat as Dockworkers Battle Automation
BostonOcean State Job Lot Buys North Attleborough Plaza, Will Fill Former Christmas Tree Shops Space
Sports →
ChicagoSoto homers after refusing to leave game as Dominican Republic routs Netherlands at World Baseball Classic
SeattleSix Snohomish County Hoops Standouts Up for Herald Prep Athlete of the Week
San FranciscoBay FC Lands U.S. Midfielder Claire Hutton From Kansas City in $1.1 Million Deal
Culture →
HoustonHouston Public Media Debuts Daily Talk Show 'Hello Houston' Across Radio, Video and Podcast
San FranciscoA Rainy-Night Reddit Post Grows Into a 100-Meetup Social Club at a San Francisco Bar
ChicagoChicago-Area Lunar New Year Events Set for Year of the Snake, From Parades to Museum Parties