Ryan Blaney opened the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with an emphatic victory for Team Penske, which flaunted its speed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about climate change.

Throughout May, there have been several protests at various Houston Independent School District schools.

Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age.

Livingston and Jasper residents hope a lawsuit will force their municipality-operated utility company to offer lower rates and create more transparency in setting rates. They’re among the 5 million Texans living outside the state’s deregulated market and cannot choose their energy provider.

More elevator riders in North Carolina soon won't see the eyes of the state labor commissioner staring back at them.

The Brazos County commissioner who represents the precinct where the university is located cited low turnout as a partial reason for relocating the polling location.

County commissioners decided Tuesday that A&M still won’t have an on-campus early-voting location for the 2022 elections, despite admitting it was a mistake to eliminate it for the first time in years.

Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 educators, activists and athletes who signed a letter Thursday urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games.

Hammer thrower Gwen Berry placed her left hand on her hip and took a quarter-turn so she was facing the stands, not the flag, while the national anthem played.

Gwen Berry won a humanitarian award Wednesday for raising social justice issues in the United States — a journey that began in 2019 when she raised her fist on the medals stand at the Pan-Am Games during the national anthem. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee placed Berry on probation for her actions after winning a gold medal in August 2019. Berry was an outspoken skeptic of the USOPC when it took steps to deal with social injustice issues in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing in May. For winning the award, Berry gets $10,000 to distribute to charities of her choice. Carlos and Smith got sent home; the USOPC sent Berry a letter of reprimand.

Halle Berry is apologizing after she recently revealed she was considering playing a transgender man in an upcoming film project. "Over the weekend I had the opportunity to discuss my consideration of an upcoming role as a transgender man, and Id like to apologize for those remarks," Berry shared in a statement. Berry joined Christin Brown for an Instagram Live interview over the weekend, and she revealed that she'd recently been approached to play a trans character, and was excited by the possibility. "[The role is] a character where the woman is a trans character, so shes a woman that transitioned into a man," Berry said at the time. The comments drew fire from critics who objected to Berry playing the character instead of hiring a trans actor for the role.

Halle Berry's skincare routine is simpler than you think! The 53-year-old actress, known for her glowing skin, shared her at-home facial and skincare secrets via IGTV and we're looking to re-create her routine, which only takes four steps. "If you guys know, you know that I love a good facial and that skincare has been a big part of my [regimen] since I was 16 years old. "When you put the good-good on, that's what I call it, the good-good," Berry says of her favorite part of the routine. "When skin looks good, everything else looks good, so I've always believed you gotta start with the skin.

I feel like, right now, my body and my mind, it's like Im going to war, Berry told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. To Berry, the statement from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee that the federation stands with those who demand equality was galling. It came less than a year after the USOPC put Berry on a 12-month probation for her gesture at the Pan-Am Games. The episode comes against the backdrop of the IOC statement earlier this year that reiterated rules forbidding the types of protests Berry made. Theyre going to fight until they cant fight anymore.

Halle Berry is taking a moment to help an 81-year-old immigrant store owner who lost his Los Angeles business this week. "An immigrant business owner in his 80s had his Melrose store looted then burned, and his recently deceased wifes jewelry stolen," Berry tweeted alongside pics of Harounian and his store. An immigrant business owner in his 80s had his Melrose store looted then burned, and his recently deceased wifes jewelry stolen. The L.A. Melrose community is family to him and he to them. Meanwhile, amid the outrage over black lives lost due to police brutality, the "Blackout Tuesday" campaign surfaced this week.

HOUSTON – A man was found shot to death Tuesday in Houston’s Third Ward. The shooting was reported about 12:45 a.m. near the corner of St. Charles and Berry streets. According to Houston police, officers received reports of shots being fired in the area. Detectives said the man had been shot at least once, but it was not immediately clear how many shots were fired. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.

HOUSTON – Officer Jessica Berry of the Missouri City Police Department always knew she would become a police officer. She's a seven-year veteran of the Missouri City Police Department and is currently part of its motorcycle traffic unit. In 2012, Officer Berry was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for DUI enforcement. "In my opinion, Officer Berry has probably saved as many lives as she has made arrests for DUI,” Sgt. Even though the job can be tough, Officer Berry says she does it to keep her community safe and to keep families together.