Juan’s Recent Stories
Nation May 06
Trial to determine if government liable for Hurricane Harvey floodingResidents allege their properties became storage facilities used by the federal government to hold water from the two dams run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Nation Sep 15
$2.5M bond for Border Patrol agent in killings of 4 in TexasJuan David Ortiz, 35, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, was charged with four counts of murder and aggravated assault and unlawful restraint.
Nation May 29
Classes resume at Texas school for first time since shootingTuesday marked the first day of class at Santa Fe High School since the mass shooting that left eight students and two substitute teachers dead. Students who had classes in the area of the May 18 shooting were first allowed…
Nation May 20
Texas lieutenant governor calls for ‘hardening’ of schoolsTexas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called Sunday for a "hardening" of the nation's school buildings in the wake of the attack by a 17-year-old student who killed 10 people at a high school near Houston.
Politics Apr 20
Mourners line up to pay final respects to Barbara BushMany women waiting in line wore blue, Barbara Bush's favorite color, and pearls, her go-to neckwear jewelry.
Nation Mar 24
7 months after Harvey, flood-control projects’ fate unclearLarge-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston's flooding woes went to the top of the area's to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation's fourth-largest city.
Nation Jun 10
Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords commissioned in TexasThe Navy's newest combat ship was put into active service following a commissioning ceremony Saturday, named after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured during a 2011 shooting.
Politics Nov 04
Mayor: Fight not over for Houston nondiscrimination measureHouston Mayor Annise Parker has rallied supporters of a defeated ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in the city, telling them the fight isn’t over.
Nation Feb 17
Federal judge stalls Obama’s executive action on immigrationHOUSTON — The White House promised an appeal Tuesday after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration and gave a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit aiming to permanently stop…
Politics Jun 13
Bowe Bergdahl returns to U.S. for treatment after 5 years of Taliban captivityBowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, returned to the United States early Friday to continue his medical treatment. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby,…
