Houston-native George Floyd's birthday celebrated in Minneapolis

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, would have been George Floyd's 48th birthday. The Houston native was killed in 2020 after a former Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. He is now remembered on the same corner where he lost his life.

Making the Case: State vs Federal vaccine mandates

The confusion has set in following Governor Abbott's new executive order that bans any entity from requiring a person to get a COVID-19 vaccine. It is a direct response to President Biden's mandate requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to require the shot for all employees. Tuesday, Southwest and American Airlines, both based in Texas said they will not be following the governor's order and will lean on the federal government for guidance. This is leaving many business owners in Texas to ask... "What do I do?" The News Edge legal analyst Charles "Big Angry" Adams cut through the confusion and clarified some key points of the governor's order.

Making the Case: What does a federal judge ordering Texas to suspend its abortion law mean?

The White House says the fight has just started after a federal judge ordered Texas to suspend its new abortion law. The law, which is the most restrictive abortion law in America, bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is usually around six weeks. It's enforced by private citizens filing lawsuits, not by police. So what does this all mean? We spoke with our legal expert, Charles Adams, now that some are making the case that doctors can pretty much go back to performing abortions without fear.

The Breakdown: Facebook outage and fallout

Facebook is going through a rough patch after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suffered a long outage. Couple that with a whistleblower making damning allegations in front of Congress and a huge loss in profits, the damage seems extensive. FOX 26 Anchor Jonathan Martin breaks it all down.

How public interest, awareness can help solve missing person cases

Unsolved missing person cases are getting new attention across America, as the Gabby Petito case proves how powerful public interest can be and helping to solve them. We have been speaking to local experts and parents about how Gabby's case has given new hope to those still waiting to find their loved ones. Simply sharing a missing person's flier that pops up can have such a great impact does that can reach millions of people all over the world.

Have you seen him? Pasadena man Mariano Funes missing since 2019

"The last conversation that I had with him was at 7 p.m.," Victoria recalls through tears, speaking with FOX26 anchor Kaitlin Monte. "He was very attached to my kids. He was going to meet up at my church that night so we can bring in the new year together."

50 Cent in Houston for induction of entrepreneurs with HISD 

The first 75 entrepreneurs were inducted Monday from Wheatley, Worthing, and Kashmere High schools through the G Unity Foundation partnership that involves HISD, United Horizon group, and rapper & entrepreneur 50 Cent.