Nation Mar 24 7 months after Harvey, flood-control projects’ fate unclear Large-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 Texas The 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 measure Houston 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 immigration HOUSTON — 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 captivity Bowe 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,…