49 days before 9/11, a businessman took Twin Towers’ lease; 25 years later, the rebuilding nears end

49 days before 9/11, a businessman took Twin Towers' lease; 25 years later, the rebuilding nears end

South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsing after the twin towers were hit by hijacked planes Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the redevelopment of the 16-acre site has entered its final commercial phase, with construction now under way on 2 World Trade Center, the last … Read more

Trump’s White House North Portico project nears completion with shroud and scaffolding removed

Trump's White House North Portico project nears completion with shroud and scaffolding removed

WASHINGTON — Restoration work on the White House North Portico is nearing completion before Chinese President Xi Jinping ’s state visit to the United States in late September. Trump’s White House North Portico project nears completion with shroud and scaffolding removed Scaffolding was taken down Tuesday and followed the weekend removal of shrouds that had … Read more

Houston weather forecast for Tuesday: Is HISD closing schools as Tropical Depression Five nears Texas? Latest updates

Southeast Texas school districts announced closures Tuesday as a flood watch takes effect. (Unsplash)

Multiple school districts across Southeast Texas announced Monday that they will close schools on Tuesday ahead of Tropical Depression Five as it moves toward the region. Southeast Texas school districts announced closures Tuesday as a flood watch takes effect. (Unsplash) List of school districts closed Tuesday The following school districts announced that campuses, offices, and … Read more

In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened chum salmon returned to this Washington watershed; recent returns average 32,600 a year as a $9.7 million river restoration nears completion

In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened chum salmon returned to this Washington watershed; recent returns average 32,600 a year as a $9.7 million river restoration nears completion

chum salmon Representative image In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened summer-run chum salmon made it back to the Big Quilcene River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula each year. Decades of logging, road building and habitat degradation had left the river choked with sediment, its gravel spawning beds buried and its side channels disconnected. Today, … Read more