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Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

HOUSTON (AP) — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it rains because their streets and waterways don't drain well.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

HOUSTON (AP) — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it rains because their streets and waterways don't drain well.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

HOUSTON (AP) — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it rains because their streets and waterways don't drain well.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

HOUSTON (AP) — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it rains because their streets and waterways don't drain well.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency

HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency

HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency

HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Texas megachurch pastor sent to prison for fraud scheme

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to two U.S. presidents has been sentenced to six years in prison for bilking investors out of millions of dollars.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge did not immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing Tuesday on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Court case in Texas shows DACA program remains under peril

HOUSTON (AP) — A Tuesday court hearing over a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children highlights the peril the program still faces even under an incoming Democratic president who has pledged to protect it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Court case in Texas shows DACA program remains under peril

HOUSTON (AP) — A Tuesday court hearing over a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children highlights the peril the program still faces even under an incoming Democratic president who has pledged to protect it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Texas court: Compensate man wrongly convicted in cop's death

HOUSTON (AP) — A state agency shouldn't have denied compensation to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned —including for nearly a decade on death row — for the fatal shooting of a Houston police officer, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Texas had fewest executions since 1996 due to pandemic

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas, the nation’s busiest capital punishment state, carried out the fewest executions in nearly 25 years mainly because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Houston officer accused of assault in bogus fraud claim

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police captain was charged with assault on Tuesday after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities have called a bogus voter fraud scheme.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Houston-area priest pleads guilty to child indecency counts

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty on Tuesday to indecency with a child related to molestations that took place at his church more than 20 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

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