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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Big cities in the U.S. aren’t growing like they used to. Most of the nation’s largest cities last year grew by a fraction of the numbers they did earlier in the decade, according to population and housing unit estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The previous growth big cities had experienced in the first …

A former Houston municipal worker who murdered his supervisor in 2015 was sentenced on Wednesday to 19 years in state prison. Tyrone Auzenne had pleaded guilty to killing his boss, Michael Vaughn, at the southeast Houston offices of the city’s solid waste management department on Dec. 21, 2015 The man, then 43, told authorities that he was being “picked on …

Police arrested app HOUSTON CHRONICLE EXCLUSIVE: Houston is ‘ground zero’ for drugged and drunken driving Driving while intoxicated in Texas is usually considered a misdemeanor on the first two offenses. A person’s third DWI offense results in a felony charge. Drivers charged with a third DWI charge face up to $10,000 in fines, between two to 10 years in prison and …

Nearly 10 years after her death, loved ones are sharing new details about Farrah Fawcett’s final days in a documentary set to premiere Thursday night. Fawcett, whose acting credits include the ’70s hit TV show “Charlie’s Angels” and 1984 TV movie “The Burning Bed,” was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi In 1965, Fawcett enrolled at The University of …

More than 100 people were arrested on charges ranging from minor in possession of alcohol to burglary at the ‘Go Topless’ event on Crystal Beach last week, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office. Of the 113 people arrested between Wednesday and Sunday, most people faced low-level misdemeanor charges, such as driving without a seat belt or possessing alcohol as …

What does it mean to be a part of the “middle class” in Houston? According to a new study by Lending Tree, one of the nation’s largest online loan marketplaces (according to its website),Houston is the most affordable metro area for two distinct sections of the middle class. According to the study, the average “lower-middle class” resident the median home …

Get your dancing shoes, or baseball cleats, ready because the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” is coming to Minute Maid Park. On May 22, fans will have a chance to be part of a segment of “Ellen” but only if they have a ticket to the game and can commit two hours to the show. The entrance for the segment taping will …

An elderly woman was found dead inside her home in southwest Houston on Monday afternoon, and as police were investigating the killing, a suspect in the case showed up at the scene and was taken into custody. The woman, who had not been identified by authorities Monday evening, was in her 80s and a longtime resident of her Neff Street …

Wind gusts of up to 30 mph were reported around the Houston area Monday afternoon, prompting the National Weather Service to ask motorists to take it easy on the roads. Gusts of 31 mph were reported at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday, with slightly stronger gusts observed at Tomball/Hooks Airport. In a tweet, the National Weather Service likened the winds …

A Houston man is behind bars after allegedly driving while intoxicated and crashing along the North Freeway a mere two hours after a deadly shooting he is accused of committing. Joshua Ofaron Williams, 34, allegedly shot and killed Eugene Scott in the 1400 block of E. 36th Street around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, prosecutors said in a weekend court hearing. Williams …