After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas' Hill Country last July, officials vowed major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, tighter safety rules for children's camps and improvements to th...
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Dry air and high pressure will give us a hazy, hot, and rain free weekend!
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating after a woman was found unresponsive outside a trailer in northwest Harris County early Saturday.Deputies said EMS was called to the 1100 block of Blue Bell Road at about 3 a.m. HCSO said deputies arrived around 3:11 a.m.Paramedics treated...
A juvenile was shot near Discovery Green, and police are still searching for a suspect, the Houston Police Department said.
Houston police are investigating after a late-night shooting in downtown left an innocent juvenile wounded near Discovery Green. The incident happened around 9:50 p.m. Friday at Austin and Leeland, where officers said a large crowd had gathered.Investigators said a fight broke out among a group o...
Houston’s recent wet weather pattern is out as high pressure builds across Southeast Texas. The dry air from the high pressure paired with Saharan dust that will stick around through the early week. Weekend Forecast:Saturday will be partly sunny with afternoon temperatures reaching the mid-90s. T...
Houston police responded to a reported assault in progress early Saturday at a home in the 400 block of Briarcliff Drive, where officers said a man accused of attacking a woman refused to come outside and prompted a SWAT response.Authorities said a caller reported seeing a man assaulting a woman ...
After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas' Hill Country last July, officials vowed major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, tighter safety rules for children's camps and improvements to th...
A week after the United States and Iran signed a preliminary deal aimed at ending the war, an Iranian drone slammed into a cargo ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.There were no casualties or major damage, but the June 25 attack set off a chain of hostilities that would put the two countri...
Eight people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in Russia by overnight Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian officials said Saturday. Kyiv's forces are continuing their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia, aiming to undermine Moscow...
The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, an essential waterway that...
Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball/Strike system was implemented to help players challenge pitches that they feel were not called correctly.There's one big caveat — it only works if it's used.The Arizona Diamondbacks and three-time All-Star Ketel Marte learned that the hard way Friday nig...
Police forcibly transferred a prominent activist to a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike tied to India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party movement for education reform.Authorities tightened security around New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, a designat...
Rescue crews on Saturday raced to find survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left 34 missing. The landslide occurred in Pengshui County on Friday morning on the outskirts of Chongqing municipality, when massive amounts of ro...
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Alvin ISD says three former employees at Nolan Ryan Junior High are no longer with the district after allegations they inappropriately physically handled students in a self-contained special education classroom.
Quan Flowers, 41, is said to be involved in the suspected murder and disappearance of then 24-year-old Kalie Goodwin.
Court documents state that Maitlin Page White, 28, was charged with two felony counts of online impersonation in Harris County.
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to ...
Two people are dead from this week's devastating floods. Now, we're hearing from the family.
Houston’s recent wet weather pattern is out as high pressure builds across Southeast Texas.Weekend Forecast:Saturday will be partly sunny with afternoon temperatures reaching the mid-90s. The heat index will climb to around 105 degrees, so anyone spending extended time outside should take frequen...
Texas law enforcement agencies are launching the annual "Operation Slowdown" campaign from July 18 through August 2, increasing patrols and speed enforcement to reduce the state's leading cause of traffic fatalities.
A man who admitted to killing two teenagers in northwest Harris County was arrested in Brooklyn after spending nearly three years on the run, following a judge's decision to let him remain free over a weekend before he was supposed to begin serving a 50-year prison sentence.
First responders on a bridge covered by water after the flood in Kerrville on July 16, 2026. Brenda Bazán for The Texas TribuneNever miss a story! The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter gives readers the most essential Texas news. Sign up for The Brief.One year after catastrophic flooding killed mo...
For many families, getting quality medical care nearby can be a challenge. East Houston Medical Center is working to help close that gap by providing accessible health care services to residents in an area the organization describes as a medical desert.The family-owned medical center was created ...
Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film "My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.
A Precinct 2 deputy was shot at, and a person was injured after a shooting at a southeast Houston car wash, according to HPD.
I-10 at Garth Road is expected to close over the weekend due to work on power lines, according to CenterPoint.
A federal prosecutor in Texas shared new details Thursday evening about the moments before an immigration officer shot and killed a Mexican national and longtime U.S. resident in early July. The disclosure complicates the government’s earlier claim that the man struck an ICE vehicle before he was...
Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ yearslong effort to get the school shut down.The Utah Department of Health and Human Services' decision cites a multitude of no...
After a man was killed by ICE agents in Houston, the Harris County District Attorney's office is conducting its own investigation and turning to leaders in Minneapolis for guidance.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said deputies found one of the victims on the sidewalk with severe head injuries before being taken to the hospital.
Iowa Colony City Council is set to discuss a resolution opposing data centers at its July 20 meeting in city council chambers, as residents and officials raise concerns about the impact on water, electricity and quality of life in the small city just south of Houston.Data centers — large faciliti...
Documents obtained by ABC13 show a Fort Bend Co. Sheriff's Office Lieutenant used Flock cameras to look up one license plate 41 times and another plate 148 times from January 2022 through December 2025.
Residents in the MacGregor area of southeast Houston say new houses are being built in their neighborhood that never should have been allowed in the first place.
A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador.
The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the behest of industry....
Supporters drove through Houston Friday in a justice caravan honoring Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as calls for accountability continue following the deadly ICE shooting. The demonstration comes after federal officials identified who agents say they were trying to locate before the shooting, investigat...
The families of two men discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago.
Most people see an old mattress as nothing more than bulky trash.One local inventor shared with 2 Helps You that he not only sees an opportunity, but a way to positively impact our community. Vahid Serajian, a Texas A&M graduate and founder of VitriCycle, has spent the last five years developing ...
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