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The future of the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 and the situation at the United States-Mexico border remains in limbo. “The county of El Paso has been committed to the humane treatment of migrants,” Stout said. Speaking with, El Paso’s County Commissioner, David Stout, described the current status of migrants crossing the Texas border in search of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The hard freeze has come and gone, and for some of us, it left behind a yard full of plants that don’t look quite like they used to. We asked Chris Culp, owner of Tall Plants, what we should do with our plants now that we are on the other side of this freeze. First off, he …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking into a home invasion that turned into armed robbery in southeast Houston. Detectives are looking for the two men suspected of terrorizing a woman in her 60s and stealing money from her at gunpoint on Dec. 2 from her home at Willow Creek Apartments. Gloria Tejada tells she had never seen the two suspects …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway after a woman was shot along METRORail in east Houston on Wednesday night. Houston and METRO police departments responded to 5400 Griggs Road at the Palm Center Transit Station. It isn’t immediately known if the shooting took place on it or at a stop. The injured woman was taken to the hospital after …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Suddenly it feels like spring again in Southeast Texas. A warm front is blowing in humid Gulf air, and that is allowing sea fog to develop along the coast. Strong southerly winds should keep the fog from getting dense for now, but as long as the humid air remains over the chilly shelf waters, fog is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A warm front is on the way to Houston, and that’s going to bring back mild temperatures along with sea fog and rain chances. Temperatures overnight should stay above freezing everywhere, but it will dip into the 30s for a few hours. As the south wind pushes in humid Gulf air, temperatures will climb into the 40s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A warrant for Keisha Lynette Christmas’ arrest is out for allegedly abducting her former manager at Smoothie King after being fired before the holidays, according to charging documents. Christmas allegedly went to the Smoothie King in the 5300 block of Richmond Avenue on Dec. 13 to pick up her check with her 15-year-old daughter. The manager was …

“A real-life experiment,” that’s what Rice University professor Daniel Cohan called the previous few days of sub-freezing temperatures for ERCOT, which is the organization responsible for operating the Texas electrical grid. “This is a storm we’re going to look back and realize, especially as the state grows, that we need to be ready for higher levels of wintertime demand than ERCOT had been …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Call it a flight fiasco for Southwest Airlines. Thousands of flights continue to be canceled across the country each day as the New Year holiday approaches. Many passengers who were traveling for Christmas are still stranded in airports nationwide, including in Houston. Jay McVay, a representative with Southwest, explained in a Monday press conference that the issue …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two construction workers were hospitalized after being hit by a loose tire on the Tomball Tollway Tuesday evening, according to officials. Harris County Precinct 4 Constables responded to a report about a pedestrian being hit in the 25500 block of the Tomball Tollway. Upon arrival, constables learned that a vehicle lost a tire and the tire struck …