Get ready, Houston! The 2025 Pepsi National Battle of the Bands takes over NRG Stadium August 22-24, featuring powerhouse HBCU bands like Texas Southern’s Ocean of Soul — who’ll bring music, tradition, and a heartfelt tribute to local flood victims. Beyond the epic performances, enjoy community events, career fairs, and more.

New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet.

There’s been a head-spinning reversal of messages from the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.

In a span of just a few days in the 2022 offseason, the Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns made aggressive trades to acquire what they hoped would be franchise-altering quarterbacks.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember one of their first times at the Sundance Film Festival.

State police say two Indiana men have been charged with murder nearly a half-century after a 17-year-old girl was found dead in a river.

Houston police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man who allegedly passed away after suffering a medical emergency in the Harris County Jail on Tuesday.

Holiday celebrants in Hilo, Hawaii, might notice something different about the traditional Yule Log cake from the Short ’N Sweet bakery this year.

Months after the first nominating contests of the 2022 midterm season, New Hampshire, Delaware and Rhode Island will bring up the rear with their primaries on Tuesday.

Yordan Álvarez hit a pair of no-doubt homers, Framber Valdez pitched a two-hitter for a rare complete game and the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1.

Coronavirus restrictions in Canada and New York have assured that baseball will again be affected by COVID-19 in 2022.

All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the payroll-shredding Oakland Athletics for four players.

The NFL and its players’ union have an array of health programs designed to help former players in their life after football.

Phillip Adams was a journeyman NFL player whose career was cut short by injuries.

The attack happened Tuesday morning at an Allina clinic in Buffalo, a community of about 15,000 people roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis. Authorities said Gregory Paul Ulrich, of Buffalo, opened fire at the facility and was arrested before noon. AdAs authorities searched the clinic for more victims, they found the suspicious device and evacuated the building, Wright County Sheriff Sean Deringer said. It was not immediately clear whether that device exploded, but TV footage showed several shattered plate-glass windows at the clinic. Hennepin County Medical Center spokeswoman Christine Hill said Tuesday night that a person brought to the hospital after being shot at the Buffalo clinic had died.

HOUSTON – A man is in custody after police said he shot and killed a man and kidnapped the victim’s girlfriend. Neighbors said that Posey, the victim and victim’s girlfriend all know each other. “At that moment right there, that’s when I called 911.”Smith said the woman kept shouting at the man while he dragged her saying, “Why you did it?”“She just kept saying, ‘Why you did it?’ That’s all she kept saying,” Smith said. Officers said Posey was taken into custody and charged with capital murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Authorities are still working to determine the relationship between the victim, his girlfriend and the other man, and what may have led up to the shooting.