Astros Fire 2 Top Execs in Sign-Stealing Scandal
The Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal cost manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora could be next.
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Houston to Pay $1.2M to Family of Black Man Killed by Cop
Houston’s City Council on Wednesday approved a $1.2 million settlement with the family of a black man fatally shot by a police officer, resolving litigation that exposed a pattern of cops being absolved by internal affairs investigations for shooting unarmed people.
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Houston Teens Rewarded for Turning Their Lives Around
Miracle Washington-Tribble didn’t see much hope for her future. At 16 and already a single mother, she wasn’t going to school, had been in numerous fights and lacked ambition to turn her life around.
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Army Corps Found Liable for Upstream Houston Floods
The government is liable for flooding Houston homes with Hurricane Harvey runoff that backed up behind two dams, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting claims the risk was clearly laid out in public documents years before the storm hit.
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EPA Audit: Monitoring of Hurricane Harvey Air Pollution Insufficient
Hurricane Harvey cost more than $125 billion in damages and filled more than 80,000 homes with at least 18 inches of water. But monitoring efforts failed to fully assess the effect of hundreds of tons of hazardous air pollutants industrial facilities released during the natural disaster, a federal watchdog reported Monday.
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Incumbent Sylvester Turner Beats Tony Buzbee in Houston Mayoral Runoff
Despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Tony Buzbee lost to incumbent Mayor Sylvester Turner in Houston’s runoff election Saturday.
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Houston Rapper Charged With Capital Murder in Cop’s Death
The line between life and art has blurred for a Houston man who raps under the moniker Killah Dre. He’s in jail facing charges upgraded to capital murder Friday after a judge found probable cause he ran over a policewoman and killed her.
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Downstream Houston Flood Victims Want Uncle Sam to Pay Up
Property owners argued in the Houston federal courthouse Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers knew it would flood downstream homes and businesses when it released water from two dams in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
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Houston Police Chief Slams GOP for Holding Up Gun Bill
Houston’s police chief has called out Texas Senator John Cornyn, claiming Republican lawmakers are cowing to the National Rifle Association by stalling a bill to stop abusers from buying guns.
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Houston Settlement Equalizes Pretrial Treatment of Rich and Poor
A federal judge on Thursday approved a settlement mandating most misdemeanor arrestees in Houston be released promptly from jail without paying bail, brushing off concerns of prosecutors and police that it will endanger public safety.
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Ex-Houston Cop Faces Federal Charges Over Fatal Drug Raid
A former Houston policeman made his first appearance in federal court Wednesday to face charges that a married couple was shot dead by a SWAT team in their home because he made false statements in a warrant affidavit.
Read moreHouston Bail Reform Deal Inches Closer to Final Approval
A proposed settlement to end cash bail for most misdemeanor arrestees in Houston emerged seemingly unscathed from a fairness hearing Monday, despite concerns from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that it will give a free pass to undocumented immigrants.
Read morePrison Rape
An inmate claims in federal court that a prison guard at the Houston Federal Detention Center “forcibly raped” her “on multiple occasions.”
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Experts Offer Look at Worst-Case Storm Scenarios in Houston
The tropical storms swamping Houston are child’s play compared to what a hurricane could unleash from the sea: A 25-foot surge ripping up the ship channel, pushing 200,000-barrel oil storage tanks like they were marbles, an expert said Thursday.
Read moreRepublicans Skip Vote to Block Tax Hike in Houston
Two Texas Republicans prevented their Democratic colleagues from voting to raise property taxes in the Houston area on Tuesday by not showing up for a meeting of the county’s executive board.
Read moreHouston Mayoral Candidates Argue Over Corruption, Flooding in First Debate
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner took on four candidates vying to unseat him in the 2019 mayoral race’s first debate Wednesday, and brushed off attorney Tony Buzbee’s claims an intern’s $95,000 salary is emblematic of the corruption plaguing the city.
Read more‘Howdy, Modi’: Trump to Join Indian Prime Minister at Houston Rally
The U.S. denied Narendra Modi a visa for years over concerns he was complicit in Hindu mob killings of Muslims. But on Sunday, amid a crisis in the disputed Kashmir region, India’s prime minister will get a hero’s welcome in Houston from 50,000 Indian-Americans and President Donald Trump.
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Two Dead, 1,700 High-Water Rescues From Tropical Storm Imelda
Tropical Depression Imelda gave Houston a needed reprieve Thursday night after a chaotic day that saw first responders rescuing hundreds of drivers stranded by floodwaters.
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Tropical Storm Drenches Houston; More Hurricanes Forming
Tropical Storm Imelda dumped 7 inches of rain in parts of southeast Texas on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, and though it’s been downgraded to a tropical depression, a flash flood warning remains in effect.
Read moreTrial Over Hurricane Flooding in Houston Wraps Up
Is it inevitable that another massive storm like Hurricane Harvey will bring disastrous flooding to Houston? Seeking to avoid government liability for home flooding caused by two Houston-area dams retaining runoff from the historic deluge, a Justice Department attorney argued Friday the probability of another Harvey is “incredibly low.”
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