Jul 08 A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as… Continue reading
Jan 30 What to expect in Texas' 18th Congressional District special runoff election By Robert Yoon, Associated Press With only two Democrats on the ballot, the party is guaranteed to at least temporarily narrow the slim Republican majority in the House. Continue reading
Nov 25 More than 100 homes damaged in tornadoes near Houston By Associated Press Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms were expected farther south on Tuesday, considered one of the busiest travel days of the Thanksgiving holiday period. Continue reading
Mar 05 U.S. Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70 Turner had been in Washington on Tuesday and attended President Donald Trump's address before Congress. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 7:08 'Just a Dream' offers glimpse of tragedy and triumph of life in contemporary America By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The exhibition, "Just a Dream,” presents 25 years of work from Vincent Valdez in a series of chapters that look at both personal and collective histories. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met with Valdez for our arts and culture series,… Continue watching
Oct 24 WATCH: Harris holds campaign rally with Beyoncé in Houston, Texas By Darlene Superville, Colleen Long, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was… Continue reading
Oct 24 AP report: Beyoncé may appear at Harris' Texas rally on Friday By Associated Press Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: Pipeline explosion and fire forces evacuations in Houston suburb By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press The company said the gas flow was shut off but residual material inside could burn for hours to come. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 1:49 News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump’s detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 6:03 Frustration with power company mounts as Texans face weeklong outage after Hurricane Beryl By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas More than a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, utility crews across Houston are still working to restore power to the last 50,000 customers who have been without electricity through a stretch of hot weather. Some residents and politicians say… Continue watching