Tilman Fertitta, Richard Kinder and other Houston billionaires have seen their net worth increase by millions over the past few months.

A Chicagoan who shared a cab with Russians years ago recalls their acceptance of how Vladimir Putin jailed a man who defied him — and wonders if Americans will react the same way about Donald Trump.

Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order freezing grants for key programs. It's confusing to lawmakers.

During the 2024 election, Fertitta donated more than $1 million to state and federal Republican political action committees. One of Fertitta’s largest contributions was made to the Trump 47 fundraising committee,

Tech giants including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be attending the presidential inauguration on Monday. Also, former US presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama will be attending.

A man convicted of defrauding both former NBA All-Star Dwight Howard and Howard’s former Houston Rockets teammate, Chandler Parsons, should be sentenced to 11.25-14 years in prison, federal prosecutors argued this week in the Southern District of New York.

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. State Sen. Jerry Cirino’s higher-ed bill is back. The Lake County Republican aims to tamp down a perceived liberal bias in Ohio’s 14 public universities and 23 public community colleges with a host of requirements.

Good day. Here are the stories of The Manila Times for Thursday, January 30, 2025. Today's episode is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, The Philippines' leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer—your Trusted Building Partner.

Soon, Lerman was toting out bottles of vodka and SHABO wines for his family and friends back home. Searches of U.S. stores for more struck out, since much of what little Ukrainian wine was shipped to the U.S. was of an older, sweeter variety aimed at the Ukrainian diaspora.

Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for using profane language during a live televised postgame interview.

As Adams has started to play more he has started to show everyone why Houston made the trade. Adams had a season high 11 rebounds in the Rockets win over the Cavaliers, and played a season high 19 ...