Bruce Lawrence Turner, great-great-great grandson of Nat Turner, recently spoke at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater ...

Paul Hetherington has worked with, edited and been on judging panels with numerous poets. In the last decade, he has collaborated with Distinguished Professor Cassandra Atherton on various ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston mayor who won a seat in Congress in November, succeeding the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D), died Tuesday night. He was 70. House Minority ...

Houston's former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner, passed away at 70 years old, Mayor John Whitmire announced during a council meeting on Wednesday. Whitmire told the council that Turner was in ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died Tuesday night at the age of 70, according to top Democrats. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced Turner's passing at a House Homeland Security hearing on ...

Many people recognize Kendrick Sampson, 37, an actor but the multi-hyphenate entertainer is building something else: Black ...

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully Wednesday, according to a statement from his congressional office.

WASHINGTON — First-term Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died after suffering a medical emergency following President Donald Trump's address to Congress, according to two House Democratic ...

Turner had just won his first term representing the 18th Congressional District in November and was not up for reelection until late 2026. He had taken over for the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson ...

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner died Wednesday at home from "enduring health complications," his family said in a statement posted on Turner's campaign website. "Congressman Turner was the consummate ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who won election last November to fill late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's seat in District 18, has died. He was 70.

HOUSTON — Houstonians are honoring U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner on Tuesday at City Hall, where his body will lie in state until 7 p.m., allowing the public to pay their respects to the ...