BREAKING NEWS: Fashion Icon Valentino Dies at 93

Legendary Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at age 93, according to his foundation. Known for his elegant gowns and signature “Valentino red,” his designs dressed royals, first ladies, and Hollywood stars for decades. Valentino retired in 2008 after nearly 50 years at the top of fashion.

From Sports to Space: Today’s Top Houston & Texas Headlines

 

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• Houston Astros release 2026 home game schedule
• When do rodeo tickets go on sale?
• Texans-Patriots playoff watch party tickets available now
• Durant’s 28 points, Sengun’s double-double lead Rockets past Bulls in 119-113
• NRG Stadium employee charged after alleged bathroom assault
• Houston takes on Oklahoma City, looks for 8th straight home win
• TxDOT to demolish abandoned church after fire
• NASA’s Artemis Program: A return to the Moon and beyond
• Baytown fire crews assist in Chambers County 18-wheeler rollover rescue
• Sugar Land City Council to hear update on Imperial Historic District redevelopment
• Several major Texas death row appeals loom in 2026 amid drop in executions
• More Texans have signed up for ACA health coverage despite expiring subsidies and falling national enrollment
• Why Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s endorsed candidates always win
• Texts among Kerr County officials show confusion about missing campers during July 4 floods

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News From Playoff Fever to Public Safety Shocks: The Stories Every Texan Is Talking About Right Now

• ExxonMobil CEO tells President Trump Venezuela is ‘Uninvestable’
• Texans fans rally at NRG as team heads to Pittsburgh for playoffs
• Houston firefighter hospitalized after battling West Loop blaze
• Houston Texans & TORO issue ‘Half Workday’ note
• Four escapees back in custody after Sugar Land jail break
• Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward
• Man rescued from sewer after being trapped for days in northwest Harris County
• A blossoming Texas medical marijuana industry adds new businesses, products and patients
• Texas proposes 13,000% licensing fee hike on retailers who sell hemp-derived THC
• Drought and industry strain Corpus Christi’s water supply
• Homeowners find multiple live grenade explosives in their new Harris County house

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