Houston

A Houston vaccine team would like a U.S. distributor but for now focuses its efforts abroad to inoculate those in countries where COVID-19 variants surface more quickly.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

The shooting was reported around 11:45 a.m. Friday, according to the Houston Police Department.

The cops were struck when a Tesla Model X traveling 70 mph rammed their SUVs. They say the company has “irresponsibly” promoted its “autopilot” function as more advanced than it is.

A first draft of the new congressional redistricting maps has been released, showing two new seats in metropolitan areas due to growing populations.

Houston oil and gas companies are working to bring production in the Gulf of Mexico back online after a pair of storms hit the region.

More than 200 kids are now in Texas hospitals. That’s higher than previous peaks during the pandemic.

Amid a chaotic troop withdrawal, veteran and refugee advocates are worried as they try to relocate Afghans who helped U.S. and allied forces in the region.

Despite the governor’s insistence that “now is the time for personal responsibility,” mayors, county judges and other officials across Texas are trying to take back local control.

The former vice president spoke in Houston before an annual conference of college conservatives organized by the Young America’s Foundation.

Houston Public Media spoke with Avery Taylor, the managing nurse at Houston Methodist’s highly infectious disease unit, about whether the current surge of infections feels different from previous ones.

At least five more Texas hospitals have followed Methodist’s lead, and hospitals in New York, Michigan and Kentucky have done the same.