A heated dispute between Houston Mayor John Whitmire and City Controller Chris Hollins erupted during Wednesday's City Council meeting over a senior mayoral financial adviser's nearly $127,000 salary and the amount of work he performs for the city.
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The family of a 22-year-old man fighting a rare life-threatening illness wants to bless another family with two club-level tickets to Sunday's Houston Texans game....
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Family has identified the 4-year-old girl who was killed in a shooting on Tuesday night as Vivian Savella. Police say Vivian’s mother killed the girl before turning the gun on herself....
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Thousands of vehicles may have received fraudulent passing inspection reports as part of an alleged organized crime operation that investigators say was valued at more than $1 million....
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Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal. Authorities appeared to give Pike two doses of pentobar...
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A suspect is at large after a shooting left a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy injured in east Harris County on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office....
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Houston Independent School District students and teachers are feeling the heat — literally — as aging HVAC systems leave some classrooms sweltering. KPRC 2 has received a flood of emails, messages and comments from parents and teachers about the uncomfortable conditions inside HI...
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Rain becomes more widespread Thursday and Friday as tropical moisture interacts with a slow-moving front.
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Houston Independent School District teachers are facing sudden job losses and budget adjustments as the district undergoes its annual "campus leveling" process, leaving displaced educators scrambling for their next career moves before their pay ends Oct. 2....
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A high-profile civil lawsuit alleging a 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity has sparked a reopened criminal investigation in New York and ignited a viral online debate: Should everyone in a private group chat be held legally accountable when a crime is broadcast in ...
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Communities across Central Texas are preparing for potentially dangerous flooding as several days of heavy rain move across the state. San Marcos is among the communities preparing for the possibility of flooding. The area is under a flood watch through at least Friday night. For...
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Houston ace Hunter Brown was lifted after getting just two outs and wasn’t helped by a sloppy defense, which committed two first-inning errors.
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Harris County will get more time to complete flood mitigation projects to keep millions in grant money, although some state leaders have "grave concerns" the county can get them done....
