DOJ Stops Monitoring Houston Illegal Dumping in Retreat From Environmental Justice December 11, 2025 By Jim Mustian and Juan A. Lozano The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black...
Sweltering Heat Wave Hits US From Dakotas to Texas May 15, 2025 By Juan A. Lozano Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring was making an unwelcome visit this...
iHeartMedia Reveals No Payments Made to Drake in ‘Not Like Us’ Settlement March 7, 2025 By Juan A. Lozano Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating...
Drake Settles With Texas-Based iHeartMedia Over ‘Not Like Us’ March 3, 2025 By Juan A. Lozano Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like...
Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School August 8, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black...
Hurricane Beryl Death Toll Grows to At Least 36, Including Those Who Lost Power July 29, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of...
Repair Crews Face Threats From Some Houstonians Angry Over Beryl Power Outages July 18, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out...
After Beryl, Houston Area Farmers Come Together to Face Unique Challenges July 15, 2024 By Melina Walling and Juan A. Lozano PORTER, Texas (AP) — Hurricanes cause trouble for everyone, but farmers have a whole other list of problems. Beryl has...
Last Wrongful Death Suit From Astroworld Tragedy Set for Trial in September June 3, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano The one remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021...
Power Restored to Majority of Houston Residents Affected by Deadly Storms May 21, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week received some good news as officials said power...