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How TSU and UH students' activism transformed education and Houston

  • Jun 18

Trump admin can replace Philadelphia slavery exhibit: Court

  • Jun 18

Juneteenth: Galveston family discovers lineage to enslaved ancestor

  • Jun 17
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A diamond and a whale bone: What's inside the America 250 time capsule

  • Jun 16

Manhattan's last farmhouse tells a revolutionary story

  • Jun 5

Tropical Storm Allison, historic rainmaker, formed 25 years ago

  • Jun 2

DJ Screw's music now available on streaming platforms, estate says

  • Jun 2

Montgomery moves forward with plan to pave over 2 historic gravesites

  • May 27

Latest Videos

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Everything old is new again: ABC13 historic footage of Texas Legislature

  • Jun 23
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A toast to America's oldest winery

  • Jun 9
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Tropical Storm Allison brought historic rain 25 years ago

  • Jun 2
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From a certain king to soccer royalty, a New England farming village tills its rich history

  • May 26
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A survivor and witness, Trinity Church soars as the soul of lower Manhattan

  • May 11
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Enter Thomas Edison's world at the lab where modernity buzzed to life

  • May 8
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Old Stone House: From Revolutionary battlefield to Brooklyn landmark

  • May 6
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A time-traveling tour of American history in a bucolic corner of NYC

  • Apr 29

Latest Stories

Documents That Forged a Nation now on display at HMNS

As America 250 approaches, original documents tied to the founding of the United States are in Houston for the first time, and the exhibit is free to the public.

  • May 15

Remembering the Tax Day flood of 2016

Almost 10,000 homes were impacted across the Houston area after a storm dumped almost 24 inches of rain in 24 hours in some places.

  • Apr 17

What was Houston like the last time we went to the moon? ABC13 looks back to over half a century ago

Houston's relationship with spaceflight hasn't changed in over half a century since we last went to the moon, but the Space City of today is radically different from what it looked like in 1972.

  • Apr 10

'Sinners' cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes Oscars history as 1st woman to win category

"Sinners" cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history on Sunday night as the first woman and first Black person to win the Oscar for best cinematography.

  • Mar 16

Beyond the bricks: Exploring Houston's baseball history through a lens on Freedmen's Town

The Freedmen's Town area of Fourth Ward is known for its iconic brick-paved streets, the Gregory School -- now the African American Library at the Gregory School -- and institutions like Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. But a man now featured on the Major League Baseball website has a claim to fame there, too.

  • Mar 15