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February 22, 2024

Trial to assess Texas high school's punishment of Black student over hairstyle in light of new law

A trial is set to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue facing punishment from his school district for refusing to change his hairstyle.

February 19, 2024

Lakewood Church holds healing and praise service a week after fatal shooting

Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston held a service dedicated to healing following a deadly shooting last Sunday. The service addressed the impact of the shooting.

February 13, 2024

Neighbors of Lakewood Church shooter detail years of 'hell,' police inaction: 'Only a matter of time'

Neighbors said the Lakewood Church shooter displayed swastikas, carried a rifle and gun cases to intimidate residents and filed false police reports.

February 13, 2024

Texas man sleeping in truck fatally shoots 'possibly armed' suspect trying to rob him

Texas authorities say a Houston man sleeping in his truck on Tuesday morning fatally shot a suspect who allegedly broke into the victim's car and attempted to rob him.

February 12, 2024

Lakewood Church shooter identified as Genesse Ivonne Moreno; 'Palestine' written on gun

Genesse Ivonne Moreno has been identified as the female shooter who opened fire on Sunday at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

February 12, 2024

Lakewood Church shooting: FBI, police reportedly search Houston-area home linked to shooter

Authorities reportedly are investigating a home in Conroe, Texas, linked to the shooter who opened fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston.

February 8, 2024

Houston attorney gets 180 days for spiking wife's drinks with abortion-inducing drugs

Mason Herring, 39, of Houston, has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation after pleading guilty to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person.

February 7, 2024

Child sex assault suspect killed by police on Houston outskirts

Law enforcement officers in Harris County, Texas, fatally shot a man wanted on five child sexual assault charges Friday morning after he pulled a gun on them.

February 6, 2024

Texas vigilante tricked sex offender into meeting him at park – then murdered him: police

Texas murder suspect James Lewis Spencer III is accused of luring convicted sex offender Sean Connery Showers to his death in May 2023 by posing as a minor online.

February 6, 2024

Texas mother saves 2 of her children from house fire, but dies inside with infant son

Giovanna Cabrera got her six-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son out of her burning home and went back in to rescue her one-year-old son. She and the baby did not make it out.