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Five people have been charged after 97 migrants were found in a Houston house Friday in what authorities think is a smuggling operation, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Authorities investigating a reported kidnapping Friday came upon an alleged human smugglers’ house holding more than 90 migrants, some with COVID-19 symptoms, Houston police said. Investigators worked overnight to track down the location in southwest Houston after receiving a call about a potential kidnapping late Thursday, said Assistant Chief Daryn Edwards of the Houston Police Department. None of the migrants was...

A cow and an alligator caused traffic delays on Wednesday during separate incidents in which the animals took themselves for a spin on Houston area roadways.

Sheriff’s deputies worked to catch a bovine spotted on Houston’s 10 East on Wednesday morning.

A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

A George Floyd mural in Houston was defaced with a racial slur overnight Thursday, a little more than a day after the former police officer who kneeled on his neck was found guilty of murder in Minnesota.

With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners are lifting their homes out of danger.

A facility in Houston that housed girls who crossed the U.S. border unaccompanied is being closed and the girls immediately moved, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday.

An 8-month-old boy died Saturday after being shot by his 3-year-old brother at a Houston apartment, police said. Assistant Chief Wendy Baimbridge of the Houston Police Department indicated the shooting unfolded accidentally after the toddler picked up an unsecured firearm. Two family members drove the baby boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, she said. A subsequent search…

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A Texas fast-food restaurant manager was stabbed in a dispute sparked over a mask policy, and League City officials have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect, NBC News reports.

Two people broke into a Houston museum Tuesday night and used a getaway boat to evade police before disappearing into the city’s storm drain system, officers say.

The mother of a 1-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head by a Houston police officer this month said her son remains in intensive care, NBC News reports.

Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun control, marching with protesters after George Floyd’s death and criticizing President Donald Trump is taking the top job in the Miami Police Department. Acevedo was introduced as the city’s top cop during a news conference Monday with Mayor Francis Suarez and other city officials....

NBC 6’s Willard Sheppard has the latest Miami’s new police chief Art Acevedo and his transition from the lone star state.

Several news outlets are reporting Art Acevedo will be named to the job at a Monday news conference.

Tens of millions of Americans and their families are waiting for the latest enhanced unemployment benefits to show up in their bank accounts.

Officials in Texas say seven people have been injured in a natural gas explosion near Houston. News outlets report Comcast workers struck a gas line while working in Klein on Friday. CenterPoint Energy crews arrived to fix the line. Those crews struck a larger, 6-inch gas line that sparked the explosion. All seven people injured are CenterPoint workers, including one...

Authorities say a shooting by a police officer in Houston injured a baby boy and killed a man who was driving a car linked to several robberies