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Who is Xavier Davis? What to know about the rare death penalty trial in Houston Jurors will hear testimony in the capital murder trial of Xavier Davis, who faces the death penalty if convicted — an increasingly uncommon form of punishment.

Harris County's first death penalty trial of 2025 starts today. Xavier Davis is accused of killing three people, including a 6-year-old child, after being hired by one of the victim's ex.

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In a SCOTUS case over whether the court should apply a new standard to excessive force killing cases stemming from a Houston police killing, Justice Kavanaugh compared the circumstances to the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans

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Man who threatened Houston judge, journalists and hospitals sent to prison Jeremy James Joseph, 42, sent rambling threats about bombs and guns to journalists, courts, hospitals and universities before he was arrested.

Man who threatened Houston judge, journalists and hospital sentenced to 16 years in prison www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... via @houstonchronicle.com

Why thousands of sheep are 'mowing' the grass at solar farms across Texas Agrivoltaics, the pairing of utility-scale solar projects and agriculture, has emerged as a solution by the solar industry to address the concerns of critics.

Come for Jon Shapley's awesome photos of the sheep. Stay to learn why Texas solar developers are incorporating agriculture & conservation initiatives into their projects, and why solar could once again be at the center of heated debate at the legislature: www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

Houston’s Thriving West African Food Scene As the city has welcomed more immigrants from Nigeria and neighboring countries, the local restaurant landscape has flourished.

Hannah Goldfield writes about her dining experience at the Nigerian restaurant Safari, in Houston, Texas, which included a whorl of land snail, draped in sautéed onions; abacha, shredded cassava tossed with stockfish; and fufu, which came with a bowl of nsala, a thick, fragrant soup.

Houston park ranger may have extorted and assaulted dozens of men, FBI says Houston park ranger Joey Ellis has been charged with victimizing eight people, and could have had dozens of more victims, an FBI agent said Thursday.

SCOOP from me: The FBI said today a Houston park ranger might have preyed on dozens of people at city parks, in an extortion scheme that appears to have targeted gay men

Joey Ellis has already been charged with 20 federal crimes related to 8 victims www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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James Harden's restaurant sued over crash that killed D.J. Hayden, 6 others The family of a woman mortally injured in the November 2023 crash that killed 7 sued the James Harden's restaurant over claims it contributed to the wreck.

The family of a woman mortally injured in a downtown Houston crash last year has sued the restaurant owned by NBA player James Harden, and accused the business of overserving the man driving the car that caused the wreck.

Houston lawyer charged in son's death reportedly waited 17 hours to call police Houston lawyer Michael Howard, accused of killing his special needs son at their Sabine County property, waited 17 hours to call deputies about the shooting.

Houston lawyer charged in son's death waited 17 hours to report killing to Sabine County deputies www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... via @houstonchronicle.com @blushresponse.bsky.social

Wicked and Transformers One are the same movie

Kind of wild. Harris County reponded to a lawsuit accusing jail deputies of abusing a prisoner by saying, among other things, it's actually safer to the in the jail than on the outside.

A federal judge dismissed the county and the sheriff from the lawsuit. The deputies are still in

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The hearing has started. Jones isn’t in the courtroom.

Houston's Turkey Leg Hut is closed indefinitely after landlord terminates lease Nakia Holmes and Lyndell “Lynn” Price's Turkey Leg Hut lease at 4830 Almeda Road has been terminated.

Different social platform; same TLH news: Houston's embattled Turkey Leg Hut is closed indefinitely after landlord terminates lease

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Houston bankruptcy judge will review Onion's bid to buy Infowars on Monday The fight over the future of Infowars will return to a Houston courtroom next week.

I'll be over at Houston's federal court this afternoon to watch if a judge steps in to stop The Onion's purchase of Infowars. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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The Houston Chronicle is trying to find crime victims who believe their reports were among the 264,000 investigations suspended by the Houston Police Department since 2016.

If you made a report and didn't receive a follow up, let our team know here

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India, Houston's wandering tiger, dies at wildlife sanctuary houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... via
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Two Houston Police Department officers were arrested in a span of 12 hours between Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning

In Galveston, dawn's early light reveals 100 tons of beach trash Galveston's annual Fourth of July fireworks display is family friendly, but the aftermath more resembles a rowdy backyard college party.

Galveston's Park Board of Trustees say it picked up 200,000 pounds of trash from beaches after Tuesday's holiday. via the Galveston County Daily News

G/O Media's Bot-Written Blogs May Be Unreadable, But At Least They're Incorrect | Defector Have you been curious to learn about the most valuable sports franchises in the world? Would you prefer this information to come in the form of a ranked list that is both disordered and incorrect? Are...

Have you been curious to learn about the most valuable sports franchises in the world? Would you prefer this information to come in the form of a ranked list that is both disordered and incorrect? https://defector.com/go-media-bot-blogs-may-be-unreadable-but-at-least-theyre-incorrect

It's raining in Houston. High water stops on highways and feeder roads are mostly south and west of downtown #houwx

There’s a lesson in here about being cautious and skeptical when reporting on things that smell weird from the outset https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/rudy-farias-updates-houston-police-18187162.php

Jul 4th 1996 - President Whitmore delivers the most rousing Independence Day speech ever and the humans fight back against the aliens

📽️📅 Independence Day (1996)

Jul 4th 1921 - Jack Torrance was photographed at the Overlook Hotel Fourth of July ball

📽️📅 The Shining (1980)