According to an alleged victim of multiple assaults by an ex-football player, Baylor coach Art Briles and university president Ken Starr did nothing after being informed.

Port Houston used cranes to lift a record 4,198 containers on or off the COSCO Boston ship at Barbours Cut, officials recently announced.

Executive Director Roger Guenther said the number of "container lifts" beat the previous record of 4,153 container lifts in March at Bayport Container Terminal on the Maersk Atlanta.

Despite an oversupply of rentals in Houston, occupancy came in at almost 93 percent at the end of the second quarter as demand outstripped supply. Occupancy was flat compared to the first quarter, but down 1.3 percent from a year ago.

After wading into the individual health insurance business for the past three years, Memorial Hermann Health System confirmed this week it is abandoning the effort at the end of the year.

No health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization (PPO) individual plans will be sold for 2018, the health system said. However, Memorial Hermann Health Plans will still offer M ...>>

This morning saw the second of two rounds of recommendations for what would help Houston grow its stock of technology companies. The first came from a task force convened by the Greater Houston Partnership, and was aimed at the business community. This one, funded by the city itself, is aimed at government action.

The Midtown Management District on Thursday published an update on upcoming developments in the area that will bring more than 1,200 new living units and dramatically increase density in a rapidly changing Houston neighborhood.

Over the past four years, federal scientists have compiled an official record running more than 10,000 pages indicating the three pesticides under review - chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion - pose a risk to nearly every endangered species they studied. Regulators at the three federal agencies, which share responsibilities for enforcing the Endangered Species Act, are close to issuing findin ...>>

Tuition has risen faster than inflation at a time when wages have remained relatively flat. Families are sensitive to price increases in this uneven economic recovery, and schools have responded in kind by providing more aid.

Experts interviewed by the Associated Press say CEO Travis Kalanick should step aside or at minimum change his behavior for the company to make progress. Last week, based on a report from a law firm that investigated employee harassment, bullying and retaliation complaints, Uber fired 20 people and sent another 31 into counseling. Uber Technologies has been rocked by accusations that it has f ...>>

The fast-food company is teaming up with Snapchat to recruit younger employees this summer.

Texas posted another month of strong job growth in May, led by oil and gas jobs that are rushing back as producers send rigs back to work.