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Houston Voters Approve Restrictions on Marijuana Arrests and a Ban on No-Knock Police Raids

The first provision might curtail local pot busts, but the second one is unlikely to have a meaningful impact.

Reason · Nov 6

Texas cities try to address citizen anger over immigration crackdown without riling state leaders

For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, Texas city leaders have avoided opposing his immigration crackdown, but that’s changing — and sparking tensions with the state.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 15

Jane Doe found beneath bleachers in a Houston park finally identified after seven years

Groundskeeper at Bayland Park discovered a woman’s body in a seated position under the bleachers in June 2017

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

Woman locked a truck to escape her boyfriend. She then died as his gun went off while trying to break the window, cops say

‘All I know is that she was trying to get away from him,’ the victim’s sister told local news

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

MAGA's "trans terrorism" misinformation

Trump Jr., Libs of TikTok use Texas megachurch shooting to spin a debunked narrative demonizing transgender people

Salon · Feb 17, 2024

FBI shares info on weapons purchased by mentally ill criminal

Learn how Chief Troy Finner and his team handle information from the FBI regarding individuals with mental health issues and criminal backgrounds attemptin...

Top News · Feb 12, 2024

Rudy Farias: A timeline of the bizarre case of the Texas man ‘missing’ for eight years

Rudy Farias was reported missing on 7 March 2015, sparking an eight year search. In reality, police say he was at his mother’s house all along

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Rudy Farias: A timeline of the bizarre case of the Texas man ‘missing’ for eight years

Rudy Farias was reported missing on 7 March 2015, sparking an eight year search. In reality, police say he was at his mother’s house all along

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Rudy Farias was never missing but his mother won’t face charges for eight-year lie, police say

Houston Police Department say Rudy Farias returned home the day after he went ‘missing’ in 2015 and say there is no evidence of sexual abuse

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Deadly grandma shoots and kills gunman trying to rob her food truck as she's cooking up

In the three years Keshondra Howard Turner, 53, sold soul food out of a family owned truck in Houston, Texas, she never had a problem until a gunman pulled up and tried to rob her

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2023