Andrew Taake, 36, was released from a federal prison in Colorado on Jan. 20, despite a request from the Harris County DA’s Office to hold him on a pending state warrant from 2016.

With last week's freeze being the second time temperatures dipped below freezing this winter, many are wondering if this active winter pattern is setting the stage for an even colder February.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is carrying out raids across the state, including in Houston and in Galveston.

President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting refugee resettlement across the country has left Houston-area refugees — and the organizations tasked with helping them rebuild their lives in the United States — scrambling for answers.

Trump Burger will open in Houston early this year, with flame-grilled burgers and buns branded with the president’s name

Trump, who takes his oath of office Monday morning, campaigned on promises to deport the roughly 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

The rat infestation was caused by the huge amounts of evidence material in the room. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two on Texas' Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List were arrested in Houston and Mesquite for charges including indecency with a child and sexual assault.

Houston-area Afghan refugees don’t know when they’ll reunite with loved ones after President Donald Trump paused the federal resettlement program.

HOUSTON - A rare winter storm churned across the US Gulf Coast on Jan 21, bringing heavy snow, ice and wind gusts to a region where flurries are unusual, while much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

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