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March 6, 2024

NASA engineer from viral music video charged with sex assaults in Texas

Eric Sim, a NASA engineer who appeared in a viral music video parody for Houston's Johnson Space Center, has been arrested in Texas on sex assault charges.

March 6, 2024

Houston-area sheriff scrutinized for mass shooting response loses re-election

Sheriff Greg Capers of San Jacinto County, Texas, has lost his bid for a fourth term in office. Capers was heavily scrutinized last year for his response to a mass shooting.

March 4, 2024

Texas man arrested in abduction of 12-year-old girl who was found safe after more than a week

Texas police have arrested Sirterryon Preston, 27, suspected in the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who was missing for eight days. Preston attempted to flee from officers.

February 28, 2024

Houston Lakewood Church shooter was previously arrested on gun charges

A police report from 2022 in Katy, Texas, details a previous weapons charges arrest for the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch earlier this month.

February 27, 2024

Over 260K Houston criminal cases suspended due to 'lack of personnel' code, police chief says

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner on Monday revealed that a “lack of personnel" code suspended about 264,000 criminal cases over the past eight years.

February 22, 2024

Texas deputy dies, another injured in crash while transporting an inmate, sheriff says

A Texas deputy was killed in a crash while transporting an inmate on Wednesday night in Centerville, according to a statement from Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.

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.