FEMA has approved more than $39 million in federal funding for disaster recovery and hazard mitigation projects in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. The funding includes more than $30 million through FEMA’s Public Assistance program for projects in Arkansas, New Mexico and Texas, along w...
FIEL and LULAC respond to the indictment of ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales in Harris County. Advocates call for accountability and the release of Miguel Parra-Hernandez, whose attorney says he remains unable to walk following an October 10 collision....
Reports of fires and a burn injury have prompted the recall of nearly 340,000 space heaters sold in the United States, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says....
In some ways it was Mother’s Day in the Post Oak Hotel ballroom as Emmy and Grammy Award winning talent Harry Connick Jr. shared the story of his mother’s life and her influence on his career with the 750 people who turned out in support of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Found...
“No one is above the law.” That was the message from FIEL Houston during a news conference Friday, following the indictment of an ICE agent accused of running over Miguel Parra Hernandez with an SUV in northwest Harris County. The immigrant-led civil rights and advocacy organizat...
Selma Blair is apologizing after her arrest following an alleged altercation aboard a Delta flight, saying she never intended to hurt or frighten anyone....
The Houston Astros hired St. Louis Cardinals executive Randy Flores as general manager Friday. Flores replaces Dana Brown, who was let go in August with his contract set to expire at the end of the season. The Astros also need to hire a manager this offseason — Joe Espada's contr...
Randy Flores has been hired as the Astros new general manager, Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane announced today. He becomes the 15th general manager in franchise history. Flores, 51, joins the Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals, where he served as the club’s Assistant General...
A jury has decided who will raise the two children of Lee Gilley and Christa Bauer, bringing to a close a highly emotional custody trial that unfolded alongside the ongoing criminal case stemming from Bauer’s death. The jury ruled the family of Christa Bauer has custody of the ch...
A court deposition that could have helped uncover who is behind fake transgender student brochures and text messages sent to Texas families was blocked Friday. The deposition was scheduled as part of a legal effort by the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), a real Texa...