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Will the FIFA World Cup be the economic bonanza US cities were promised?

Houston — a hub for United Airlines and Southwest Airlines — and Dallas — a hub for American

Texas general election matchups are finally set. Here's what you need to know

Houston, Texas.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4569x3046+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4e%2Fb3%2Fd7e661bc40409e5395140a8d6b49%2Fgettyimages-2263950980.jpg) Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks at a campaign

Which teams will make their debut at World Cup 2026?

Houston, US) - **Player to watch:** Garry Rodrigues With a population of about 525,000, the small

Lakers down Rockets in overtime for 3-0 series lead, Celtics beat Sixers

Houston Rockets 112-108 in an overtime thriller to take a 3-0 stranglehold in their

LeBron, Lakers shock Rockets with Game 1 win in NBA playoffs

Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night. Deandre

Portugal World Cup 2026 preview: Players to watch, group matches and squad

Houston, US), 1pm ET (17:00 GMT) ⚽ June 23: Portugal vs Uzbekistan (Houston, US), 1pm ET (17:00 GMT) ⚽ June

Weather tracker: heat, humidity and thunderstorms pose risk to World Cup

Houston are the most lightning-prone, although Houston’s stadium has a retractable roof. The greatest

U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted

Houston. The African countries, the DRC and Uganda, have been hit by a growing Ebola

DR Congo will not change World Cup preparations despite US Ebola warning

Houston at the tournament and will play an opening Group K fixture against Portugal on June

US says DRC team must isolate due to Ebola before arriving for World Cup

Houston, followed by matches against Colombia on June 23 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and against Uzbekistan

‘True Maga warrior’ takes on old-guard Texan in key test of Trump’s GOP grip

Houston, said: “Paxton was [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) before Donald Trump was. He was in the vanguard

DR Congo cancel World Cup training camp in Kinshasa over Ebola outbreak

Houston, United States. Only one stage was canceled – the one in Kinshasa,” Kalemo said. The team

39 World Cup teams will be based in the U.S. Here's which squad will be closest to you

Houston Training Centre](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/sports/world-cup/2026/04/15/549144/world-cup-houston-congo-base-camp/) in Houston; **Sweden** at Toyota Stadium, home of MLS team

Drive slower, go electric, don't drive at all? The best options for saving gas

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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’

Houston, a stone-faced provincial premier, told the public that the ban on walking in the woods

Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal in Oklahoma

Houston, Texas, U.S. April 11, 2026.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/c463/live/31af4090-35f3-11f1-8606-05fe34b06e1b.jpg.webp) ## 'It's a special thing to be on Planet

Texas primary runoff takeaways. And, DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases

Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider tells *Up First*. Cornyn represents the establishment wing of the Texas

Will the Texas primary run-off give Democrats a chance to flip the state?

Houston native, served as the state’s attorney general and as a justice in the Texas

More than 1 in 3 World Cup matches face dangerous heat risk, NPR analysis finds

Houston, Dallas and Atlanta rank near the top in temperature for their games, with averages

How the airline industry could be impacted if Spirit Airlines is liquidated

Houston.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5476x3651+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6e%2Fab%2Fbd72686a4eba9099f11d263e05c0%2Fap25072590570138.jpg) Spirit Airlines planes parked at the closed George Bush Intercontinental Airport