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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Houston looks to boost turnout by offering 24-hour voting
HOUSTON (AP) — As rapper Bun B finished his late-night set during a drive-in concert to promote eight 24-hour polling places in and around Houston, he urged fans to go out into the night — and early morning — to vote.
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Texas county looks to boost turnout with 24-hour voting
HOUSTON (AP) — As rapper Bun B finished his late-night set during a drive-in concert to promote eight 24-hour polling places in and around Houston, he urged fans to go out into the night — and early morning — to vote.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Man faces state, federal charges in death of Houston officer
HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a Houston police officer during a domestic disturbance call is facing both state and federal charges and could face the death penalty, authorities announced on Wednesday.
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24 indicted in probe of white supremacist prison gang
HOUSTON (AP) — Twenty-four people, including alleged members of a white supremacist prison gang, have been indicted in federal courts in Texas, Kentucky and Mississippi on charges related to shootings, stabbings and killings, according to authorities.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
A look at Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Article 32 hearing
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is set to hold an Article 32 hearing in the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was charged in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy for allegedly leaving his post in southeastern Afghanistan in June 2009. Bergdahl was a prisoner of the …
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Judge stalls Obama's action on immigration
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Unpleasant milestone
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
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Armed and loaded
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Sheriff: Knife attack at Texas college was random
CYPRESS, Texas - A man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a suburban Houston community college chose his victims at random, authorities said Wednesday, going from one floor to another as he used a razor utility knife to slice people in the neck and face.
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