(THE CONVERSATION) Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local ...

Israelis are preparing to welcome home the last living hostages from Gaza, as Palestinians are awaiting the release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel.

Galveston has no shortage of tourist attractions, but so many of them are so, well, touristy. The SS Selma, a 103-year-old concrete shipwreck awkwardly positioned at the mouth of the harbor, an area ...

The Houston Ship Channel is one of the nation’s busiest and most vibrant shipping lanes, a key corridor for energy and chemicals. Keeping operations running smoothly involves the Houston Pilots, ...

The Mobile Ship Channel, the corridor used by cargo ships traveling from the Gulf into Mobile Bay and the Port of Mobile, has officially reached a depth of 50 feet thanks to a $366 million Army Corps ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Kayakers get ready! A 7.7 mile stretch of water on Greens Bayou in the heart of Houston has just been anointed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) as an official ...

In a chemistry classroom at Texas A&M’s Galveston campus, dozens of politicians, bureaucrats and business power brokers are planning the largest civil engineering project in U.S. history. You may have ...

In this Thursday, April 30, 2020, photo, a refinery along the Houston Ship Channel is seen with downtown Houston in the background. This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on Sept. 29. Listen to ...

HOUSTON, TX- A global collective of GRAMMY-winning musicians, led by composer Ricky Kej, has released a new album, “GANDHI: Mantras of Compassion,” paying tribute to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. The ...