Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O'Dell said Thursday. O'Dell, who descr...
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The Harris County Medical Examiner has ruled the manner of death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo a homicide.Records from the medical examiner’s office shows Araujo died from a “penetrating gunshot wound of the torso.”The medical examiner’s ruling comes two days after an ICE agent shot and killed Araujo...
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The fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in east Houston this week left many in the city’s immigrant community shaken, and with questions. Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national whose family said had lived in Houston for more than 30 years, was shot Tuesday morning while taking his ...
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A woman has been arrested and is now facing felony charges after police say she helped kidnap a man at gunpoint outside of a southwest Houston nightclub.
Two days after a federal immigration agent fatally shot a man during what the government called an enforcement operation in Houston’s East End, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed there is no body camera footage of the incident. DHS blamed what it called “back-to-back Democrat shut...
In the days following the shooting, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's family has called for an independent investigation into the case and said they have not heard anything from the Department of Homeland Security or ICE.
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expands immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second administration, several fatal shootings involving ICE agents have drawn national attention.The latest happened on July 7 in Houston, where 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot...
The update comes as the family of the man killed in Tuesday's shooting, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and local officials are demanding an independent investigation.
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Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
FOX 26 has learned from new information following the deadly ICE shooting that occurred earlier this week in East Houston.
Lorenzo Salgado's family was photographed with DA Sean Teare following the shooting of their father by an ICE agent on Tuesday.
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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare confirmed that they are conducting an investigation in connection to the deadly ICE shooting that occurred earlier this week.
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Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas. The demand for help comes as the United Nations launched an appeal for rough...
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O'Dell said Thursday. O'Dell, who descr...
Nearly three years after a man’s body was found in the trunk of a burning vehicle in southwest Houston, two suspects are in custody and charged in connection to his death.The body of 41-year-old Adrean Arrington was found in the trunk of the vehicle in the 14500 block of Nelson Street on Dec. 9, ...
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Aaron Reitz has been appointed the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Reitz previously worked as a top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and worked in the Trump Justice Department before running for attorney general earlier this year. Reitz finished fourth, despite P...
Authorities say a major crash involving a commercial truck with a cargo trailer prompted all westbound lanes of the East Freeway at Thompson Road to shut down on Thursday.
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Court records show that a suspect who allegedly called a coffee shop and convinced an employee to send him over $700 via Cash App in April had his charges dropped.
Showers and thunderstorms are developing across parts of the Houston area Thursday.As of 3 p.m., most of the storms are located in parts of southwest Harris County and east Fort Bend County.Track it all on our live radar:Check the latest weather alertsCheck real-time traffic conditionsCheck the f...
The crash has closed the westbound lanes of I-10 near Ellis School and Thompson Roads.
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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Thursday his office is committed to investigating the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent but cautioned that local prosecutors face challenges accessing evidence. His comment came amid mounting calls for independe...
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Raj Chetty and former Bank of England governor Mervyn King are among a slate of names released by the Federal Reserve Thursday that will help develop recommended changes to the central bank's operations. They are among the co-leaders of five different...
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A man died after being struck by lightning while in the water at Fort Myers Beach, according to authorities. The incident also sent three family members to the hospital.
Houston city leaders officially broke ground Thursday on a new home for the Houston Police Department’s South Central Patrol Station, a project officials say will provide more space for officers and improve service to several central Houston neighborhoods.Mayor John Whitmire joined HPD Chief J. N...
Lead-based paint was banned decades ago, but it can still be found in homes built before 1978. When that paint chips or turns to dust, health experts say young children face the greatest risk.The Houston Health Department says even low levels of lead can be toxic, especially for children under 6,...
Charlie Kirk assassination suspect Tyler Robinson was back in court for the fourth day this week for his preliminary hearing where prosecutors played a video interview with Robinson's ex-roommate Lance Twiggs in open court for the first time. In the video, Twiggs said Robinson began "engraving b...
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