FBI announces investigations into deaths at Harris County Jail
In a statement posted Monday afternoon, the FBI announced that it's scrutinizing the deaths of two men who both died in custody at the Harris County Jail.
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In a statement posted Monday afternoon, the FBI announced that it's scrutinizing the deaths of two men who both died in custody at the Harris County Jail.
A shelter-in-place advisory issued in suburban Houston because of a leak of ammonia gas from a refrigeration line at a warehouse was lifted early Sunday afternoon, officials said.
On the heels of several incidents at the Dallas Zoo, officials believe that a hole cut in a habitat at the Houston Zoo may also be an act of vandalism.
A teenager who was involved in a shooting on Thursday with Houston police fled into a nearby high school, resulting in a lockdown of the campus and his arrest, police said.
Utility poles and power lines were downed, and several vehicles, including a trailer, were damaged or flipped over in a parking lot.
A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battle.
The man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff in Houston has been released on $1 million bond.
The man accused of fatally shooting rapper Takeoff last month sought information about using fake plane tickets to obtain an expedited passport in his efforts to flee the country, and repeatedly made online searches about whether he was a suspect in the case.
The notice was issued Sunday, hours after two transformers failed, causing power outages at the water plant.
The plane was bound from Houston to Columbus when it was diverted to Little Rock.
Thousands of fans celebrated the Houston Astros' World Series win with a downtown parade on Monday.
Investigators are still unsure exactly where the shooting took place.
A representative confirms that rapper Takeoff is dead after a shooting outside of a Houston bowling alley.
Leaders of a Texas-based group promoting election conspiracy theories were jailed Monday for not complying with a court order.
Ashley Yen Nguyen, 58, will spend the next 10 years in federal prison, serve three additional years of supervised release, and pay $334,605 in fines.
For the first time since 1950, shortly after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier, there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this World Series.
A Texas judge has dismissed illegal voting charges against a Houston man who stood in line six hours to cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential primary.
Zaikiya Duncan, 40, was arrested this week after doorbell videos showed 15-year-old twins, barefoot and holding handcuffs, knocking on homes before dawn in their neighborhood and asking for help.
The families of two people who died during last year's Astroworld music festival have settled wrongful death lawsuits they had filed, according to attorneys.
Towne is accused of strangling her daughter for 30 to 45 minutes. Towne "stated she wanted to end [her daughter's] life because she was an evil child and did not want to deal with her anymore," according to the affidavit.
Sixteen to 20 people were arrested on charges including disorderly conduct and assault and battery, police said.
A Texas board on Thursday declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.
A Texas woman who played a role in internet romance scams that cheated victims out of a total of about $2.6 million pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
A man evicted from a Houston apartment building shot five other tenants, killing three of them after setting fire to the house to lure them out, police said. Officers fatally shot the gunman.
Texas had until Friday to address a HUD investigation that found the state had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in its response to Hurricane Harvey five years ago, but the deadline passed without any resolution.
