Two men were arrested after the murder of New Orleans Det. Everett Briscoe in a restaurant in Houston earlier this week, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed Friday. Frederick Jackson, 19, and Anthony Jenkins, 21, were arrested at different locations and…
David Lee Espinoza, a 20-year-old Marine from Laredo, Texas, was one of the 13 American troops killed in a suicide bombing that took place at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said. The city of Laredo,…
British researchers and scientists are growing the Delta COVID variant to purposely infect volunteers. The samples are being developed for challenge trials, and participants can be paid up to £4,500. Challenge trials mean infecting healthy people with the virus, then…
At least 101 people have been charged in a cell phone trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas after a federal grand jury in Sherman returned a seven-count overruling prosecution, Acting U.S Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei said Thursday. The…
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked the mask mandate that was issued by San Antonio and Bexar County for all their public schools. San Antonio and Bexar County are two of the few counties in the state to…
A child with no underlying or existing health issues died from COVID-19 at a Houston hospital, the city health department has said, making it the first such case in Houston. There are six other child deaths in Houston but all…
A man is in critical condition after two loose pit bulls attacked him Thursday, according to northwest Harris County deputies. The incident happened in the 4300 block of Queens Retreat Drive at around 6:30 in the morning, said Harris County…
In a Texas school board meeting on Monday, parent James Akers took a brave approach in showing his thoughts on the mask mandates in schools by stripping down to his swim trunks. James Akers, a 15-year resident of Dripping Springs,…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott reissued an updated executive order Wednesday as per which local government entities in the state are banned and forbidden to mandate any COVID-19 vaccination even after Pfizer received full FDA authorization. This comes even as the United…
Coronavirus outbreak in a small West Texas town has shut down businesses and forced staff and students in its school district to quarantine for two weeks. This comes as students had returned to classrooms in Iraan, Texas, for only a week…