Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Worsening storms fueled by climate change, coupled with inflation, are driving some of the highest home insurance costs in the country.

The city of Houston will need to find a new source of funding for building a 20,000-square-foot lab near the Texas Medical ...

Readers respond to Dhruv Khullar’s essay on the Trump Adminstration’s threat to scientific progress and to Carrie Battan’s piece about Zyn.

Having the Magnificent Seven stocks slump isn't ideal because they account for a lot of many major indexes (especially the ...

Schools are pushing career ed classes "for all," even kids heading to college. Backers say the model engages students, but ...

If you want to become a software engineer in this tough market, it helps to have some inside guidance. Five industry experts ...

Other writers look at immigration, Signalgate, mental health funding, food bank funding, other national issues and MTA ...

County Executive Frank White vetoed the Jackson County budget in January, then four county legislators sued him. Three months ...

Backers say the academy model engages students and prepares them for the future, but others worry it comes at a cost.

New York (CNN) — Global markets have been shaken to their core by President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda — and despite his promise of a “new golden age of America,” the long-held appeal of ...

The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in ...