Tag: Houston
ICE quietly resumes vehicle stops after deadly shootings, with leaked email...
"ERO law enforcement officers are authorized to conduct vehicle stops," the email said, adding that officers "must continue to coordinate with their immediate supervisors regarding any enforcement activities."
ICE killing in Houston fuels demands for independent investigation
Family members, civil rights groups, and local leaders are demanding answers after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE officer during an immigration operation in Houston.
A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled...
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Faith leaders, teachers mobilize for protests at NRA’s Houston meeting in...
"Don't look away," said one advocacy group. "Rally against the NRA."
Houston police launch investigation into mounted officer trampling protester on video
“We are aware of a video circulating showing one of our mounted patrol horses and a citizen. We are currently reviewing the circumstances behind the incident.”
Houston Police Chief vows to end no-knock raids
“The no-knock warrants are going to go away like leaded gasoline in this city.”
DOJ sues Houston for sexual discrimination against female firefighters
According to the Justice Department, at least nine complaints were filed, but that failed to stop the abuse and only led to an even more hostile work environment.
Houston neighbors said no to Walmart and invested in Black-owned businesses...
Communities of color turned to each other to make it through the disaster. Months later, they’re doing the same to rebuild.
The great flood
The damage suffered by Houston, Tampa and Miami is not an anomaly. It is the beginning of the end.
Houston furniture store opens its doors to flood victims
McIngvale has done this before, including during floods last year and during Hurricane Katrina.
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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses
While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
Raw milk cheese recalled after E. coli outbreak sickens 13 people in nine states
Eight people were hospitalized and three developed a serious kidney complication, and more than half of those sick are age 5 or younger, the CDC says.
The President from Hell (and High Water)
Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.