Houston will change how it handles damage claims after a Chronicle report on a student whose car was shot dozens of times by police and whose claim was denied, Mayor John Whitmire said.

Abigail Trujillo was at work when Houston police shot her car dozens of times. She and her Nissan had nothing to do with the case. But the city says it's not liable for totaling her car.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

ICE and the FBI are investigating after a Mexican citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston's Magnolia Park on Tuesday.

What happens when the place that shaped your life breaks your heart?

Even after numerous FDA warnings, the agency hasn’t stopped Empower Pharmacy from producing drugs at a scale rarely — if ever — seen in the compounding pharmacy industry.

Chris Brown, a senior advisor for Mayor John Whitmire's office, has swiped into city facilities on 13 days total in a period of 600 days and sent less than 1 email per week, records show.

In the Senate contest between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, both Republicans and Democrats should prefer a servant leader over a self-serving crook, writes the Editorial Board.

The city's residents and massive petrochemical industry could soon be forced to cut water use by as much as 25% amid an historic drought.

Protest Houston-area property taxes in Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County with TX Tax. Use HCAD appraisal district data to build your case.

The Texas Hill Country retreat is stepping back out of respect for grieving families and state lawmakers who cited concerns about the camp’s safety.

The city has placed a stop-work order on the site while relevant parties figure out next steps.

A living culinary canon archiving and exploring Black American foodways through interactive maps, foundational techniques, and curated resources.

Nine months after the flood, the camp’s pattern of failure is clear.

Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

The Artemis II mission will test NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with a crew aboard, laying the groundwork for future missions that aim to land astronauts on the moon.

Black women are often the first to experience unemployment, and remain unemployed longer than other workers. In 2025, an estimated 300,000 lost their jobs.

NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts around the moon. Here’s how the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will work.

Organizing group 5051 said the estimated crowd size was slightly smaller than previous No Kings rallies.

Sheryl Swoopes was the first women's player to get her own signature sneaker and the WNBA partly built its ad campaign around her when the league formed.

A federal judge ordered Perry’s Steakhouse to pay millions in back wages and damages for violating tipped worker labor laws. The restaurant plans to appeal the judgement.

The Connecticut Sun franchise will move to Houston after the 2026 season to bring WNBA back to Houston for first time since 2008.

The vision for an underground tunnel system in The Woodlands won't be moving forwawrd.

As President Trump rejects a deal to fund TSA and fix airport lines, Republican lawmakers should simply pass a bill and force him to veto it.

This first-of-its-kind map displays hundreds of data centers that are either currently operating or in development as Texas becomes a worldwide hotspot.

Bush Airport shut down the TSA checkpoints at Terminal A North, Terminal C South and Terminal D, according to the airport system's website.

Corpus Christi has plenty of water for people, but Abbott wants residents to pay $1B for a water plant that will serve only Big Oil.

Higher prices could stretch already-tight budgets for low-income Houstonians.

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Unpermitted dumping for a TxDOT project in the Cedar Bayou floodplain violated Harris County rules and frustrated residents who are calling for stiffer penalties.

Zeljko Ranogajec, a.k.a. "The Joker," described financing the 2023 Texas Lottery operation in a recent interview. His team won $57.8 million.

The Houston Chronicle combed through government documents, public meeting transcripts and news reports to identify who's making money off Trump's mass deportation agenda in Texas.

Leaders and staff from Harris Health described a hospital system stretched beyond capacity, with staff at times forced to place patients in hallways when no rooms are available.

Hundreds of eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud boom around 4:40 p.m.

Target Hospitality has a 5-year, $250 million contract to house and feed detained families. Company has warned investors of possible hits to its reputation.

Gasoline prices have increased more than $1.00 a gallon in the last month.

Sen. Ted Cruz joked on Twitter about dead Marines, and Graham Platner, a veteran and candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine, shoots back in an exclusive op-ed.

Officials in Corpus Christi say they will face a “water emergency” within months and could run out of water entirely next year.

Money can go fast at the Houston Rodeo, but it doesn’t have to.