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Many Houston residents were outraged when a state agency recently announced that Houston wouldn’t get a cent of the initial $1 billion in federal funding that was promised to Texas following Hurricane Harvey to help pay for flood mitigation projects, including drainage improvements and the widening of bayous.

Amid the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests, Sampson Levingston decided to bring people together by offering tours of African American neighborhoods. He's turned it into a thriving business.

Loss of smell has become one of the defining symptoms of COVID-19. Scientists have ideas why, but aren't sure how to reverse the damage. Some are trying what's called 'olfactory training.'

For Prince Harry's first Father's Day, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, got him a bench — and wrote a poem about the moments she hoped her husband and their son would share together there.

Middle and high schools have been adding curricula about how to spot fake news. Older adults also struggle to sort disinformation online — but there are fewer resources tackling the problem.

Thousands of migrants from Haiti have arrived at the Texas border, posing a new problem for the Biden administration. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Texas Public Radio's Joey Palacios.

"They're the biggest law enforcement agencies in the country, and there's no reason why they don't have the resources or the ability to be able to process 15,000 people in a more efficient, orderly way without this chaotic response."

In Texas, hundred of migrants have been jailed by state authorities. Gov. Greg Abbott has launched his own border crackdown, which critics say is illegal.

The CIA and the military depend on each other in war zones like Afghanistan. Now that U.S. forces have pulled out almost entirely, the spy agency will have a harder time keeping tabs on the Taliban.

Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about a Chinese tennis star's new video, NHL players skipping the Olympics, and about NFL and NBA games this weekend.