'Big Floyd' Remembered In Houston As Force For Change
The funeral capped six days of mourning for George Floyd in three cities.
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The funeral capped six days of mourning for George Floyd in three cities.
Ne-Yo shed tears on Tuesday while singing a rendition of G.C. Cameron's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday."
The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be laid to rest today in a private ceremony in Houston -- George Floyd's body carried home in a horse-drawn carriage.
Biden has called for substantial changes to police practices in the U.S., but he opposes some activists' call to defund police.
Gov. Abbott told reporters outside the church that he will include Floyd's family in discussions about police reform and any related legislation.
It was just after 10:00 a.m. on Monday in Houston and already thousands of people had lined up to pay their respects at a public memorial viewing for George Floyd.
Harris County is the final stop in a series of memorials honoring George Floyd -- a 46-year-old black man killed while in police custody in Minneapolis. Mourners will be able to view Floyd's casket Monday in his hometown of Houston.
Joe Biden will travel to Texas on Monday to privately meet with and offer his condolences to the family of George Floyd, according to a Biden aide.
The body of George Floyd has arrived in Texas for a final memorial service and funeral, according to Houston's police chief.
A Texas Republican county chairman-elect said Saturday he won't assume office amid backlash over posting a controversial image of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote with a banana in the picture.
Mayor Sylvester Turner told the crowd that the rally and march were about "lifting up the family of George Floyd."
A Texas fire captain and his girlfriend were found dead inside a home Friday, and authorities are investigating their deaths as a murder-suicide.
The girlfriend of former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was arrested in an alleged attack that broke two of his ribs, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A man who fatally stabbed an elderly woman in the parking lot of a Walgreens in Texas was shot and killed by an officer on Saturday, police said.
Police began searching Wednesday night for a man suspected of fatally shooting three people during the span of less than an hour at separate locations in Houston.
Willie Nelson decided to pay it forward by signing face masks that were given to him and sending them back to a Texas resident so that they could be auctioned off to make money for more masks.
Employees at a Texas hospital decided to honor their fellow colleagues who are fighting the coronavirus pandemic by singing through video chat.
Five-year-old Jordan Allen, Jr. was on the balcony of his apartment in Houston making TikTok videos with his father when shots began to ring out.
A university in Texas is taking an extra step when it comes to helping health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
The counselor found out he tested positive for the disease Sunday after doing "cell side counseling" at a prison outside of Houston last week.
One person in Texas is stepping up in an effort to help a locally-owned restaurant that is one of many that will be affected by restrictions across the state on dine-in areas, bars, nightclubs and more.
"As heartbreaking as it is, we are making this decision in the best interest of those who love our event," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said.
Houston officials said the latest people confirmed to have coronavirus were likely exposed while traveling in Egypt, as was the case with the two Fort Bend County women.
Fort Bend County Health and Human Services says a man in his 70s recently traveled outside of the U.S. and is now getting treated in a hospital.
A Texas man wasn't going to let an hours-long wait deter him from casting his vote on Super Tuesday -- even if it meant waiting until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
