Where and when to get Houston ISD's free food distribution

Houston Independent School District is continuing its food distribution efforts, operating out of 25 sites around the district to feed HISD students.

UK pub installs electric fence to enforce social distancing

As businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, one U.K. pub has devised a unique way of ensuring its guests comply with social distancing orders — the bar’s owners installed an electric fence to separate the bar staff from their patrons.  

Chipotle to hire 10,000 employees

The Mexican grill pledged to ramp up hiring as more restaurants reopen.

Three sisters give birth on same day at same hospital in Ohio

Three Ohio sisters have defied odds by giving birth on the same day in the same hospital with the same obstetrician overseeing their deliveries.

Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets

The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change.

Spring couple adopts 5 siblings separated in foster care

The Spring couple began fostering their now two-year-old son as a newborn and then took in two of his siblings. Then they found out there were also twin siblings – a total of five siblings in all.

Demand for robot cooks rises as kitchens combat COVID-19

Starting this fall, the White Castle burger chain will test a robot arm that can cook french fries and other foods. The robot, dubbed Flippy, is made by Pasadena, California-based Miso Robotics.

Popular local brewery forced to close restaurant for what it calls 'absurd' reason

"They are equating the truckloads of beer we send to our distributor as if it's being consumed here at the beer garden by our guests," said Wagner. "It defies all common sense."

It's 7-11 Day, but no free Slurpees this year

The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S. It's 7-11 but this summer no free Slurpees.

Quarantine staycation in your own back yard

Luxurious ideas to turn your backyard into a quarantine staycation with these tips from Houston landscape architecture firm Lanson B. Jones & Co.

United Airlines sending layoff notices to nearly half of US employees

The furloughs would include 15,000 flight attendants, 11,000 customer service and gate agents, 5,500 maintenance workers and 2,250 pilots.

14 Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants test positive for COVID-19

Hawaiian, along with other airlines, has implemented multiple safety measures on flights in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Dunkin' to close 450 stores permanently by end of 2020

The major coffee and doughnut chain announced it will be permanently closing 450 stores by the end of 2020.