The city approved a $205,000 payout to a woman who sued after she said an officer violated her rights during a cavity search.
Atatiana Jefferson pointed a gun at her window before being shot from outside by a police officer, her young nephew said. But the police chief said she was entitled to defend herself.
Aaron Dean, the officer who shot Ms. Jefferson in her own home, resigned hours before he was charged with murder.
The officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson as she was playing video games with her nephew resigned only hours before he was going to be fired, the authorities said.
Over three days in Texas, the photographers Chad Batka and Celeste Sloman photographed a representative sample of American voters.
A police officer fired the shot that killed Atatiana Jefferson from outside her bedroom window. A neighbor had reported two doors ajar.
In the past year, at least five states and numerous cities and towns have joined a long list of places to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Body camera footage shows the officer peering into a window and shouting, “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” Then he fired his weapon.
The most urgent imperative now is to turn our fear and frustration into votes.
The most urgent imperative now is to turn our fear and frustration into votes.
Renters affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas are criticizing the recovery effort, saying that state and federal officials cut them out of $5 billion in aid and focused instead on homeowners.
The former Texas congressman, who is not accused of any wrongdoing, is referred to in an indictment of two Giuliani associates accused of illegally funneling foreign money to political candidates.
Hundreds of migrants protesting desperate conditions in Mexico shut down traffic for 15 hours on an international bridge leading into Brownsville, Texas.
What will access to abortion look like under the new conservative majority?
For far too long, online forums and marketplaces have been granted near-total immunity when they contribute to gun violence.
Botham Jean’s former neighbor, who testified for prosecutors at Ms. Guyger’s murder trial, was shot to death two days after it ended, fueling widespread speculation.
It took Donald Trump to help get him there.
Judge Tammy Kemp said she turned to her faith when a former Dallas police officer asked her for advice and a hug in the courtroom. Not everyone is happy with that.
Both teams are cruising past opponents toward a rematch of the 2017 league championship series the Astros won on their way to their first World Series win.
A member of the “Texas Seven” received the stay after the judge was accused of using racist and anti-Semitic language about the defendants.
After a high-profile murder trial, Judge Tammy Kemp ignited a debate about the limits of compassion.
Noxious language online is causing real-world violence. What can we do about it?
Ms. Guyger, a white former Dallas police officer, fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor in his apartment.
A city that did seemed to do everything right after Hurricane Harvey was again inundated last week. Is it a model of adaptation, or a cautionary tale?
Ms. Guyger killed an unarmed black man, Botham Jean, in his own apartment on a different floor from hers. She faces up to 99 years in prison.
A growing number of migrants, blocked at the border by new immigration policies, are using riskier tactics to get in.
Dozens of lawmakers have flocked to the southwestern border to see with their own eyes how migrants are being treated. They have come away with little consensus about what needs to be done.
When it comes to non-student accommodations, many college towns offer little more than a weathered chain hotel. These five standouts provide more stylish (and studied) alternatives.
The Harris County deputy, who made headlines after gaining an exemption to wear a turban as part of his uniform, was shot during a traffic stop.
A former Dallas police officer took the stand before a packed courtroom on Friday. She is accused of killing her neighbor, Botham Jean, who was unarmed in his own apartment.
We asked 18 families to show us what they have for dinner on a typical weeknight.
Amber Guyger, who was coming home from her job as a Dallas police officer, says she thought she was in her own apartment.
No one was injured in the three fires, which happened in May and June
Mr. Trump treated the giant Houston gathering as his own, seizing on the chance to brag about slashing regulations, lowering unemployment and implementing a tax cut.
One woman was still looking for a missing son after the seventh-wettest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. “He can’t swim,” she said.
An organic effort by black millennials and Gen Z-ers to influence older family members against Mr. Biden may be important in the Democratic primary.
Raising children, keeping a job and riding horses for a cheering crowd — life on the all-black professional rodeo circuit.
Tropical Depression Imelda was nowhere near as widespread as Hurricane Harvey. But in some areas, the flooding was worse.
Areas that were hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are now facing heavy rainfall and flooding as Tropical Depression Imelda churns through the Houston region.
Some areas in southeastern Texas have been drenched with more than three feet of rain, forcing chaotic evacuations and leaving residents stranded.
The tropical depression was expected to drop 5 to 10 inches of rain, though some places could see up to 25 inches, and spur “life-threatening” flash flooding. Several school districts canceled classes on Wednesday.