A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended due to his dreadlocks.

UPDATE (11:15 AM CST) According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales, at least eight to ten people have been confirmed dead. One suspect, a 17-year-old student from the school is in custody and another is detained. The exact number of those injured is currently unknown. Officers as well as a bomb squad have been investigating […]

Kirbyjon Caldwell, the Houston mega church pastor at Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Southwest Houston, was indicted Thursday afternoon on six counts of wire fraud as well as a charge of money laundering. According to court documents, Caldwell and 55-year-old Gregory Alan Smith raised nearly $3.4 million through a Chinese bond scheme to defraud […]

The home owned by the former NBA star has been raided as a result of complaints that drugs were being sold out of the residence.

A gunman killed at least 25 people and injured many others during a church service in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

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With 30 confirmed dead and 30,000 displaced throughout Texas and Louisiana, it’s pretty clear: Since Hurricane Harvey hit, it’s been nothing but devastation and despair. But somewhere in all that grief, even if only for a few minutes, this video shows how powerful faith can be for those in need. At a shelter held in the Lone Star Convention and Expo […]

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Follow Praise 104.1: Musician and pastor, Aric Harding, found his home in Friendswood, Texas flooded after returning to fetch some of his children’s belongings on Tuesday (August 29). To show his son that the family’s piano still worked, Harding sat down in the knee-deep water to play a few chords as a friend of the […]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott took to Facebook Live Sunday night, to sign a “sanctuary cities” ban. In an unannounced live online broadcast, Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law. The bill has been dubbed the “Show Me Your Papers” law, and actually threatens law-enforcement officials with jail time if they don’t comply with the federal […]

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The Texas House County Affairs Committee has reportedly laid the groundwork for a new piece of legislation that would be known as the Sandra Bland Act.

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Racist fliers on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, urge White women to refrain from dating Black men.

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Authorities are still searching for the suspect, but reports confirm Kendra Childs was the victim of a fatal drive-by shooting.