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Search for major leadership changes across Houston ISD campuses with our principal tracker

Plus: Heat index up to 110 in Southeast Texas this week. Here's when.

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June 23, 2024

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🔍 Need to Know

Follow along as we track principal turnover at HISD schools.

HISD principal tracker: Updates on turnover under Miles

Search for major leadership changes across Houston ISD campuses with the Chronicle's newly updated principal tracker.

High temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s each day in Houston this week, but high humidity levels will cause heat index values to reach 110 degrees. 

Heat index up to 110 in Southeast Texas this week. Here's when.

It's going to be a very hot week in Southeast Texas this week as temperatures reach the mid-90s and dew points rise to the upper 70s.

Illustration by Houston Chronicle staff.

How to survive a Houston summer | Opinion

Temperatures are rising in Houston as summer heats up. A handy survival guide from a Houstonian will help you survive.

A newborn girl was found abandoned and wrapped in a blanket on Sunday, June 15, in west Harris County, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. 

Abandoned infant placed with foster family after being abandoned on a trail

A premature newborn who had been found abandoned along a Katy area walking trail is recovering, has been placed with a foster family and given a name.

Second woman found dead in League City Marina since May

Second woman found dead in League City Marina since May

A second woman has been found dead in a League City Marina this week after the death of a mother of four at the end of May.

A car sits submerged in water as Tropical Storm Alberto approaches land Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Surfside Beach.

Tropical Storm Alberto's surge leaves Houston-area beach town under water

Residents and visitors to Surfside Beach in Brazoria County and Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County saw roads and some neighborhoods flooded by high tides. 

Houston fire sparked in a trash pile, 2 firefighters hospitalized

Houston fire sparked in a trash pile, 2 firefighters hospitalized

A fire in northeast Houston sent two responding firefighters to the hospital after it started in a pile of trash at a facility that buys junk cars and other metal products. The cause is uncertain.

Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon and Tom Hanks in 'Apollo 13,' filmed partly in Houston. 

The problem with 'Houston, we have a problem'

The origins of "Houston, we have a problem" rest with the nearly catastrophic Apollo 13 mission in 1970. For decades since, the phrase has inspired memes, headlines and more.

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💼 Business

FILE - Test engineer Jacob Wilcox pulls his arm out of a glove box used for processing sodium at TerraPower, a company developing and building small nuclear reactors, Jan. 13, 2022, in Everett, Wash. A major economic bill headed to the president has

Tomlinson: Bipartisan law could boost nuclear power on Texas electric grid

Nuclear power plants are expensive, but can provide carbon-free electricity around the clock, making them critical for slowing climate change.


🚗 Outside the Loop

Choppy waves are photographed ahead of the storms Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at East Beach in Galveston.

17-year-old drowns in Gulf of Mexico off Galveston

The Galveston Daily News reported the teen's death was the fifth such causality in the area since Memorial Day weekend.


📝 Opinion

A makeshift memorial still stands outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, nearly two years after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 fourth-graders and two teachers inside the school.

Another Uvalde is coming. Who will be held responsible? | Opinion

We only have ourselves to blame, argues one reader.

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🏀 Sports

Jennifer Lozano celebrates securing an Olympic berth by beating Canada's Mckenzie Wright in the semifinals of the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Boxer Jennifer Lozano hopes to inspire as Laredo's first Olympian

Jennifer Lozano is a rising star in U.S. boxing, but the 21-year-old's path to the Olympics wasn't easy.

Texas A&M celebrates after defeating Tennessee 9-5 during game 1 of the Mens College Worlds Series finals at Charles Schwab field on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Omaha. ( J. Patric Schneider / For the Chronicle )

Texas A&M takes Game 1 against Tennessee at College World Series

The Texas A&M Aggies are a victory away from the university's first national title in football, basketball or baseball since 1939.

Houston Astros starting pitcher Ronel Blanco (56) reacts after striking out Baltimore Orioles Ryan Mountcastle to end the top of the third inning of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Houston.

Astros 5, Orioles 1: Ronel Blanco leads Houston to another win over Baltimore

Ronel Blanco continues to be a revelation for the Astros, holding the Orioles to four hits and a run in Houston's win Saturday.

ASTROS INSIDER: Chas McCormick produces a game he 'needed.'

A 6-9 forward, 19-year-old Zaccharie Risacher says he needs to work on his dribbling, but his 40.7% 3-point accuracy in three European seasons suggests his shooting is solid. 

2024 NBA mock draft: Will Rockets explore trade with No. 3 pick?

With their openness to trade the pick for future draft assets, the Rockets aren't limited to taking a player in Wednesday's draft. 


🖼️ Get Out

Works by Raquib Shaw are on display as part of the Ballads of East and West Exhibition Monday, June 17, 2024 at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Indian-born artist's new show at MFAH is a mystery of glamour and gore

'The Ballads of East and West' exhibition was inspired by Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name.

Jeffrey Baldwin in HBO's 'Ren Faire'

'Ren Faire' saga update: Jeff Baldwin is back as general manager

According to IndieWire's upcoming Toolkit podcast, George Coulam had a change of heart about his treatment of Baldwin after watching the HBO series.

Sparks fly as Chef Max Lappe fans wood coals to raise the heat before using them to grill oysters at Baso, a new restaurant in The Heights Friday, May 3, 2024 in Houston.

Top 25 Houston restaurants for summer 2024

Here are restaurant recommendations from the Houston Chronicle food team for the city's hottest season.


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Complete the puzzle by finding a configuration where no pieces overlap, and no empty spaces remain.

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