Spirit Airlines bringing hundreds of new jobs to Houston

Spirit Airlines is bringing hundreds of jobs to Houston. On Tuesday, the company announced a new crew base at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Ice cream shop owner refunding $500 tip
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FOX 26 Consumer Reporter Heather Sullivan has an update on a story we reported on Monday night after a woman was charged for a $500 tip.

Confidence of US home builders plunges in July as rising costs slow sales

U.S. homebuilder confidence for single-family homes posted its seventh straight monthly decline in July, another sign of a weakening housing market.

LEGO's new Atari 2600 kit comes with joystick, games

LEGOs and video games both became playroom staples in the 1980s. So it just makes sense for LEGO to release a buildable brick model of the iconic Atari 2600 video game console.

Family says paying for ice cream cones at Sugar Land shop cost them $500 tip

A family goes out for ice cream and says they ended up with a $500 tip on their debit card bill. And the store owner admits they're not the only ones.

GE reveals identity of 3 companies after historic split

General Electric on Monday revealed the names of the three companies that will operate on their own after the historic split of the one-time conglomerate, including a mashup of words that will make up the name of the new energy company.

Semiconductor shortage is chipping away at car safety features

Automakers struggling to build vehicles during the supply crisis of these essential components have had to remove a variety of electronic features from their vehicles to keep the assembly lines moving over the past two years.

Expert offers tips to navigate financial change, as inflation and recession fears drag on

The government's report that came out this week that inflation has climbed to 9.1% has more consumers facing some really tight finances and quite frankly, just worried about a possible recession.

Navigating through financial changes amid inflation
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The government's report that came out this week that inflation has climbed to 9.1% has more consumers facing some really tight finances and quite frankly, just worried about a possible recession. FOX 26 Business Reporter Tom Zizka looks at how to navigate some of those financial changes.

Wordle board game coming next from Hasbro, NYT

The company that makes some of the world's most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game.

Expert breaks down how to cut coupons for beginners
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As inflation continues to make grocery shopping difficult, more folks might be looking to cut coupons. FOX 26 Consumer Reporter Heather Sullivan speaks with Krys the Maximizer, an expert on the proper way to do so for beginners.

Houston family confused, faces almost $6,000 water bill

Maria and her family have lived in the same Southeast Houston home for decades. They say they have never received a water bill even close to $6,000.

CDC detects traces of weed killer linked to cancer in majority of US urine samples

Bayer, the German pharmaceutical company which owns roundup, the commonly used weed killer which contains a chemical believed to cause cancer, is facing hundreds of lawsuits. That chemical has now been found in more than 80% of U.S. urine samples.