Focus today has been on a cluster of thunderstorms that popped up between Kerrville and San Angelo... just west of our viewing area. Those storms started to produce outflow boundaries in each direction where new storms are starting to form. As of 4pm, locations near San Saba to Hamilton started t...
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - Every week, FOX 44 will be featuring a furry friend up for adoption through the Humane Society of Central Texas. You can take a look at Salt the Domestic Shorthair in the video above! If you're thinking about adopting this furry friend, you can contact the Humane Society of...
The White House touted the launch of Trump Accounts Monday, announcing that millions of families had signed up to hold the specialized deposit accounts since they became available on July 4.Under the program, parents can open special investment accounts for any child born during Trumps second ter...
Cornerstone Caregiving is relocating its global headquarters to the historic Insurors of Texas Building in downtown Waco, bringing a $24 million investment and hundreds of jobs. Cornerstone Caregiving is relocating its global headquarters to the historic Insurors of Texas Building in downtown Wac...
The doors at Fieldhouse Gym's Temple location are closed after the owner failed to make rent, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and left employees without paychecks for weeks. As neighbors rally to get it reopened, the owner hopes to turn the Harker Heights location around.Watch the story here: F...
Temple, TX, (FOX 44) - The Kids' Internet and Digital Safety Act is bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening online protections for children by requiring safer platforms, giving parents more control, and limiting minors' exposure to harmful content. Children today are growing up in a digital...
President Donald Trump's mass pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol don't apply to a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, a federal judge ruled Monday.U.S. District...
Five more Waco businesses will get exterior updates soon with support from a city grant program in its second year.
At just 18 years old, Spain's Lamine Yamal is already one of the best players in the world. His run at the World Cup is only making him better.
Focus today has been on a cluster of thunderstorms that popped up between Kerrville and San Angelo... just west of our viewing area. Those storms started to produce outflow boundaries in each direction where new storms are starting to form. As of 4pm, locations near San Saba to Hamilton started t...
Demario Prince just keeps getting faster — and lowering his own Baylor record in the process.
Health insurance costs on businesses have gotten so high that leadership in both chambers of the Texas Legislature have charged lawmakers with offering solutions, with bipartisan support to drop costs.
Alfred Lloyd Kinsey, born May 9, 1973, went home to be with Jesus on June 30, 2026. He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred Lee Kinsey.
In January 1989, an Oklahoma Sooners cornerback named Jerry Parks shot his high school and then-Sooners teammate Zarak Peters in the chest with a .22-caliber revolver. The dorm-room shooting stemmed from an argument. Parks did a few months jail time…
A woman who previously dated Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, according to a Politico report released Monday, leading prominent supporters to pull their endorsements and throwing a must-win race for the party int...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires app stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones.Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence orders, deni...
Waco, Tx (FOX44) - A 29-year-old man has been handed two 8-year sentences in a plea deal for online solicitation and child porn charges. The two sentences will be served concurrently Joshua Grijalva appeared before a judge Monday in 19th District Court who accepted the plea deal. Grijalva was arr...
Waco, Tx (FOX44) - A 29-year-old man has been handed two 8-year sentences to be served back to back in a plea deal for online solicitation and child porn charges. Joshua Grijalva appeared before a judge Monday in 19th District Court who accepted the plea deal. One sentence would be completed befo...
However the rest of the World Cup plays out, the United States is the big winner.
An upstate New York resident sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency's one-time head.David Streever, who is a U.S. citizen, was on a trip to Finland when two officers showed up to his Rochester home...
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces died from an allergic reaction while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows.Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered "an adverse drug reaction"...
KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) - Move over astronauts, firefighters, and professional athletes! CTC's College for Kids continues to provide exciting, hands-on opportunities for students to learn, explore, and discover new interests through the month of July. 'College for Kids YouTube Content Creator' cl...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended world soccer’s disciplinary process Monday amid criticism after President Donald Trump praised FIFA’s decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red-card ban.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he's building a granite helipad on the White House lawn, insisting that the landing area is needed to accommodate new, more powerful presidential choppers.Confirmation of the project came as construction crews had already begun working on the helipad on the...
When the high-rise where Noel Mrquez lived with his family crashed to the ground and burst into flames in Venezuela's twin earthquakes, Mrquez, who happened to be at his girlfriends apartment, raced home and called out for his mother, grandparents and siblings. Only his 17-year-old brother, his l...
No. 12 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Ashlyn Krueger on Monday.
Temple, Tx (FOX44) - Registration is officially open for the Zone After School Program that children with quality recreation activities, scheduled homework time and a daily snack. The program is put on by the City of Temple’s Parks and Recreation Department at six Belton ISD elementary schools in...
An island-wide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.The blackout in the country of 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of Energy and Mines wro...
Four-time and defending champion Tadej Pogacar won Monday's third stage and seized the overall lead at the Tour de France.
Of all the times Dave Aranda has been at Big 12 Media Days, this year is by far the most pressure he’s felt. Does he feel the heat?
Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years."When drowning occurs, seconds matter," said Dr. Rohit Shenoi, the lead author of a recent American Academy of Pediatrics warning. "Quick rescue and resuscitation can mean the difference between life, ...
A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is artificial intelligence ready to take over tasks that, until now, could only be performed by doctors?The program allows Utah residents to skip the doctor's office and get their pr...
Signing designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn and trading for second baseman Brandon Lowe have helped turn things around for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Police arrested a 32-year-old woman Thursday after she was accused of breaking windows and a TV at her ex-boyfriend’s house, hitting him with a board and making his girlfriend fear for her life, all while she allegedly left a 4-year-old…
Waco, x (FOX44) - A shard of glass penetrated the boot of a firefighter working a Sunday afternoon house fire, sending him to a local hospital. Firefighters had been dispatched to the 2000 block of Colcord Avenue at 4:37 p.m. with the first unit reported smoke showing Firefighters made entry and ...
Nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Wednesday, July 8. Which shows will get the most love?
President Donald Trump on Monday took credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued against the United States star forward Folarin Balogun at the World Cup but said he did not demand an outcome.All I did was ask for a review, Trump said when asked about it during an unrelated Oval Office ev...
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business.The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganization designed to "reset" Xbox as it faces heightened competition, th...
HOUSTON, Texas (FOX 44) - UPDATE: Memorial services for Former Baylor President Robert B. Sloan, Jr. have been announced. All are invited to grieve his loss and celebrate his life at 11 a.m. this Friday, July 10, at the Linda and Archie Dunham Theater of the Joella and Stewart Morris Cultural Art...
Waco, Tx (FOX44) - Jury selection was set to begin Monday in the 19th District Court trial of Richard Tanner Ozment, charged in the 2024 death of Michaela Brooker of China Spring. McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara called the murder of the 38-year-old Brooker one of the most brutal he had e...
Here’s a closer look at what fireflies really are and how you can help keep their flickering lights shining.
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