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A toddler, passed out from heat exhaustion and caught on a coil of barbed wire, pushed back without assistance by armed men. Desperate people denied water on orders from above, and left to die as a deterrent to others. These aren’t scenes from some UN observer report on a warzone,…

Troopers at the Texas border were ordered to push children back into the Rio Grande and failed to provide water to asylum seekers in extreme heat conditions, according to an an email sent by a Department of Public Safety trooper, and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.

A Texas trooper sends an email to his superior voicing concern about the safety of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border

Members of the Houston hip-hop community said their goodbyes and celebrated the life of local hero Big Pokey at a memorial service over the weekend.

It won't necessarily be easy for the Lakers to re-sign Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves this summer.

C.J. Stroud is getting better every day according to Texans head coach, DeMeco Ryans.

Ken Paxton helped elect his wife, Angela, to the state Senate. That chamber will now consider whether to remove him from the attorney general’s office. She has not said whether she will recuse herself.

Per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, new #Rockets coach Ime Udoka will be the team’s on-stage representative at the 2023 NBA draft lottery on Tuesday night.

With Eric Gordon no longer on the roster, #Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. will switch to the No. 10 jersey for the 2023-24 season, according to the Houston Chronicle.

In 2023 free agency, Rafael Stone and the #Rockets will balance their need for short-term upgrades with a desire for value contracts, per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.

News publications and First Amendment advocates are fighting a bill to revise a state law meant to prevent litigants from weaponizing the legal system to punish people for speech they don’t like.