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Hurricane Harvey still causing suffering

Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?

Salon

Editorial: Catalytic converter thefts are expensive — and can be deadly

If you think that catalytic converter theft is a faceless property crime, you’re wrong. Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Almendarez last week lost his life over a catalytic converter.

Tribune News Service

‘It’s happening now’: how rising sea levels are causing a US migration crisis

The coming mass migration of flood-prone areas will have huge social and economic costs – but the government doesn’t have an adequate plan

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Texas voting law hits Black voters hard

Skyrocketing ballot rejections, Democrats say, is "direct" and "intended" result of state's new voting restrictions

Salon

Mark Bradley: Falcons' interest in Deshaun Watson shows they're looking beyond Matt Ryan

ATLANTA — We mentioned Deshaun Watson just the other day. That same day, a grand jury in Harris County, Texas, declined to indict him after an investigation into 23 lawsuits filed against him by women claiming sexual assault and harassment. Though 22 of those lawsuits remain active, the disinclination of…

Tribune News Service

Deshaun Watson Issues Public Comment After Grand Jury Decision

While the prosecutor said this concludes the criminal proceedings in Harris County, the Texans quarterback still faces 22 active civil lawsuits.

Sports Illustrated

Deshaun Watson Timeline: What Has Happened Since First Lawsuit Filed

Ahead of the quarterback’s civil deposition, here is what has happened on and off the field since his last game.

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Nearly One Year After the First Civil Suit, Here’s What We Know About Deshaun Watson

A grand jury returned nine “no” bills on the nine criminal complaints against the quarterback. A Harris County prosecutor announced he would not be charged.

Sports Illustrated

Who Killed Dean and Tina Clouse—and Where Is Their Baby?

A group of sleuths using "genetic genealogy" has broken open a 40-year-old cold case.

Texas Observer

In Texas, County Commissioners Are Free to Harvest Contractor Cash

Loose campaign finance laws permit politicians in Harris County to hide relationships between top campaign donors and the contracting firms paid with public funds.

Texas Observer

Jury building to help Houston court system deal with backlog

Efforts to reduce a backlog of tens of thousands of cases in Texas’ busiest court system got a boost with the reopening of a newly restored building for jury selection

The Independent UK

Evictions rise to pre-pandemic levels

SPRING, Texas — Dionna Jackson, 40, sat on a long wooden bench nervously scrolling through old text messages on her phone while waiting for her eviction case to be called. More than 87 people joined her in Harris County Judge Lincoln Goodwin’s packed courtroom on the last day of January.

Tribune News Service

Texas clampdown: Ballot requests denied

“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says election clerk in Austin as pattern repeats across the state

Salon

Teenage boy kills sister and her friend before turning gun on himself in tragic double murder-suicide in Texas

Harris County Sheriff’s Office identifies three teenagers found dead in home in Crosby as Haley Burns, Kadience Cadena and Hayden Burns

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