Jonathan Stickland, the ultraconservative leader of a group that has donated millions of dollars to high-profile Texas leaders, hosted prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing activists for several hours on Friday. Acting on a tip, a Texas Tribune reporter and photographer observed Fuentes and others — including Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of homicide after killing two Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 — enter a one-story office building in a remote business park just west of Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The building is the headquarters for Pale Horse...…Jonathan Stickland, the ultraconservative leader of a group that has donated millions of dollars to high-profile Texas leaders, hosted prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing activists for several hours on Friday. Acting on a tip, a Texas Tribune reporter and photographer observed Fuentes and others — including Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of homicide after killing two Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 — enter a one-story office building in a remote business park just west of Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The building is the headquarters for Pale Horse...WW…

Houston is the nation’s first city to record every major variant of the novel coronavirus — many of which are more contagious than the original strain.“The numbers of the major variants we have identified in our large sequencing study are disquieting,” said Dr. James Musser, who leads the team of experts at Houston Methodist Hospital behind the new finding. “The genome data indicate that these important variants are now geographically widely distributed in the Houston metropolitan region.”It comes barely a week after the ever-evolving virus’ death toll in the United States passed the...…Houston is the nation’s first city to record every major variant of the novel coronavirus — many of which are more contagious than the original strain.“The numbers of the major variants we have identified in our large sequencing study are disquieting,” said Dr. James Musser, who leads the team of experts at Houston Methodist Hospital behind the new finding. “The genome data indicate that these important variants are now geographically widely distributed in the Houston metropolitan region.”It comes barely a week after the ever-evolving virus’ death toll in the United States passed the...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateKirbyjon Caldwell, Houston megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to two U.S. presidents, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded more than two dozen people out of millions of dollars through the sale of worthless Chinese bonds.But it may be another year until the 67-year-old, who , enters the prison system because of the threats posed to his health by COVID-19.Caldwell was a spiritual adviser to presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He grew Windsor Village...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateKirbyjon Caldwell, Houston megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to two U.S. presidents, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded more than two dozen people out of millions of dollars through the sale of worthless Chinese bonds.But it may be another year until the 67-year-old, who , enters the prison system because of the threats posed to his health by COVID-19.Caldwell was a spiritual adviser to presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He grew Windsor Village...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs federal lawmakers mull another COVID-19 stimulus package, some groups are calling for more oversight of religious institutions that receive taxpayer money to shoulder payroll and other costs during the pandemic.Some point to the multimillion dollar loans received by large religious institutions and churches, as evidence that the federal government should require more financial disclosures from those receiving money through the first-of-its-kind program.Lakewood was among the at least 60 religious institutions in Texas that...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs federal lawmakers mull another COVID-19 stimulus package, some groups are calling for more oversight of religious institutions that receive taxpayer money to shoulder payroll and other costs during the pandemic.Some point to the multimillion dollar loans received by large religious institutions and churches, as evidence that the federal government should require more financial disclosures from those receiving money through the first-of-its-kind program.Lakewood was among the at least 60 religious institutions in Texas that...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe wait is over. Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale said his company plans to start issuing rebates for people who correctly guessed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election as part of a promotional deal."They're going out tomorrow," he said of the checks for winning customers.His comments to the Chronicle on Sunday evening came hours after some customers raised concerns about not having been paid the 50 percent discounts they expected to receive on furniture. Some speculated on social media that their rewards were delayed...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe wait is over. Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale said his company plans to start issuing rebates for people who correctly guessed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election as part of a promotional deal."They're going out tomorrow," he said of the checks for winning customers.His comments to the Chronicle on Sunday evening came hours after some customers raised concerns about not having been paid the 50 percent discounts they expected to receive on furniture. Some speculated on social media that their rewards were delayed...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Satanic Temple is raising awareness of its abortion rituals through a new billboard in Rosenberg, one of a handful that the group has paid for outside of crisis pregnancy centers in Texas and Florida.“Abortions save lives!” reads the new signage, which went up along U.S. 69 in Rosenberg on Monday. “Our religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions.”The group said the campaign is intended to educate local satanists about their right to be exempted from mandatory waiting periods, counseling or other “unscientific...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Satanic Temple is raising awareness of its abortion rituals through a new billboard in Rosenberg, one of a handful that the group has paid for outside of crisis pregnancy centers in Texas and Florida.“Abortions save lives!” reads the new signage, which went up along U.S. 69 in Rosenberg on Monday. “Our religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions.”The group said the campaign is intended to educate local satanists about their right to be exempted from mandatory waiting periods, counseling or other “unscientific...WW…