Nation May 01 Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting recounts killing A man whose wife and 9-year-old son were killed with three other people north of Houston says the attack began after he asked a neighbor to shoot his gun further away from his home.
Nation Apr 30 Texas mass shooting suspect remains at large, ‘could be anywhere,’ sheriff says A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who killed five neighbors continued turning up nothing Sunday as officers knocked on doors, the governor put up $50,000 in reward money and the FBI acknowledged they had “zero leads” after nearly two…
Nation Apr 29 Authorities search for suspect who fatally shot 5 people in Texas home A man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside a house near Houston, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying…
Education Mar 11 Houston joins cities fighting potential state takeovers of school districts Houston is the largest city in the U.S. where potential takeovers of local institutions are roiling heavily minority communities, including St. Louis and Washington, D.C. It's also an extension of a broader fight in the U.S. of statehouses flexing control over municipalities.
Politics Dec 10 Defense bill passed by House includes $34 billion to protect Texas coast from storms Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against…
Nation Nov 13 Investigation underway following midair crash at Dallas air show The NTSB and FAA are investigating what caused a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane to collide and crash to the ground in a ball of flames during an air show in Dallas on Saturday.
Arts Nov 01 WATCH: Houston police seek shooters in Migos rapper slaying The fatal shooting of the rapper Takeoff has Houston police asking for the public's help in identifying who opened fire outside a bowling alley early Tuesday, killing the 28-year-old member of the Grammy-nominated trio Migos and wounding two other people.
Arts Nov 01 Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, representative says Takeoff — whose name was Kirsnick Khari Ball — was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset.
Nation Oct 14 Federal judge allows current DACA immigration program to continue temporarily A federal judge has ruled that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily.
Nation Jun 29 Driver of tractor-trailer tried to hide amid survivors, Mexican official says; death toll rises to 53 The driver and two other men from Mexico remained in custody Wednesday as the investigation continued into the tragedy that killed 53 people in the nation’s deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border.