The Houston businesswoman and philanthropist was among more than 100 nominees confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 7, clearing ...

A prominent businesswoman joins Tilman Fertitta as a U.S. ambassador.

The United States Senate confirmed Houston philanthropist Melinda Hildebrand as the next ambassador to Costa Rica ...

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing ...

Authorities have identified a BNSF Railway conductor fatally struck by a passing train as a 52-year-old Montana man. The Stillwater County Sheriff's office said Wednesday that Daniel Peterson ...

IndyCar's current generation of race car is a 14-year-old car that has been revised regularly throughout its life, progressively growing both heavier and more complicated. As that car nears the end of ...

CAPITOLA — At Thursday’s meeting, the Capitola City Council unanimously agreed not to take further action on a code of conduct complaint against Councilmember Melinda Orbach. The complaint, filed June ...

Gates and daughters join 14 other families to address three critical issues globally: maternal health, sexual and reproductive health, and gender-based violence. On a Sunday evening ahead of the 80th ...

It's said that women are often hit with a pink tax — higher costs for goods and services marketed toward them. But when it comes to health care, women tend to pay more, too. Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you ...

Winter Haven voters will have a choice between two candidates when voting for City Commission Seat 5 in November. Incumbent commissioner Clifton E. Dollison has served two years after winning a ...

David Fickling Books (DFB) has snapped up an "exceptional" new YA novel by four-time Carnegie Medal-nominated author Melinda Salisbury, sparking a six-figure US deal. UK and Commonwealth rights were ...

When then-Michigan-based Comerica acquired a community bank in Texas in 1988, Melinda Chausse was asked to develop training and recruitment programs in Dallas. Chausse was halfway through Comerica's ...