Lynn Price, the former owner of the Turkey Leg Hut, allegedly paid a group of men $1,400 to set fire to a bar owned by his business partner, an FBI agent testified in federal court Thursday. trib.al/P4WHe6s

Roughly 93% of Harris County's growth since 2020 has come from international migration. trib.al/owELfRo

Context: Prosecutors last year had the choice to hold a proof evident hearing, and present evidence to a judge to argue that he should get no bail. The DA’s Office didn’t move forward with that hearing. The judge was required, by the Constitution to set bail.

The new Pope Leo XIV appears to share Pope Francis’ views on migration. Last year he invited El Paso’s Bishop Mark J. Seitz to discuss immigration with new bishops.

Sitting at a nice cafe in Xalapa and this random dog just sat under my table and barking at passersby…

Houston police won't release ICE bodycam videos without $4,000 and 200-day wait trib.al/NPpOOR1

The agents, who didn't wear any identifying marks, escorted the man down the elevator and through a parking garage where they placed him in an unmarked car and drove off. Reporting by John Wayne Ferguson

Plainclothes ICE agents have arrested several asylum-seekers at immigration courts in Houston this week. Reporter Sam Gonzalez Kelly breaks down everything you need to know. And here is our latest: bit.ly/4kYRePB

Victims' advocates said the incident is a worst-case scenario for those worried about the worsening state of domestic violence in the region and the likelihood that women will avoid reporting problems to law enforcement. Sam Gonzalez Kelly and Matt Willoughby-deGrood houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

An unknown number of girls remained missing Friday after deadly flooding from the Guadalupe River caused “catastrophic level” floods at Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w…

NEW: For eight years, Kerr County sought help from Texas officials to pay for a $1 million early flood warning system. Twice, they were rejected. The third time the state agreed to chip in just 5% of the cost. With Keri Blakinger houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

The DOJ's Houston office says it's going to make an announcement today about "a national security matter related to a worldwide incident with direct implications to the Southern District of Texas." Cryptic.

Houston ICE detainee with untreated sickle cell disease begs to be deported: 'I just want to get out' #immigration houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Whoops. Fox26 on Aug. 15 vs Fox 26 today The earlier story appears to have been removed from the Fox 26 website

Protesters have gathered outside Harris County Jail to demand the release of more than a dozen people arrested last night during a pro-Palestinian protest in Houston. Houston Chronicle

NEW: Julian Guzman, the Houston boy killed playing ding dong ditch, was attending a birthday party in the same neighborhood where he was shot. He and a cousin started playing the prank because they got bored, according to court records houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Alexis Cardenas's death inside the Harris County Jail was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. He died from a combination of heart complications, drugs and restraint, the ME found. No charges have been filed in his death. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Incredible breakdown by John Wayne Ferguson

Andrew Taake, pardoned for Jan. 6 insurrection, pleads guilty to Harris County child sex crime houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron Nicole Hensley 📰