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  U.S. House Impeaches Trump For Inciting D.C. Mob Riots

  January 13 at 4:29 p.m.

  The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting the violent mob that breached the U.S. Capitol last week. With less than a week left in his term, Trump now holds the ignoble honor of being the first president to ever be impeached twice...

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  Acevedo Says Houston Police Officer Part of the D.C. Mob That Stormed the Capitol [UPDATED]

  January 13 at 2:31 p.m.

  Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo announced Wednesday that an off-duty Houston Police Department officer was a member of the mob of Trump supporters that stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C. last week. Acevedo didn’t name the officer, who he said was an Asian American man and an 18-year HPD veteran...

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  Houston Health Department Has A Plan For Second COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

  January 13 at 10:28 a.m.

  If you’re one of the thousands of Houstonians lucky enough to have received a shot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine from the Houston Health Department since it kicked-off public vaccinations to those who qualify on January 2, you’re probably feeling a combination of emotions. There’s the obvious excitement about being on...

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  Lee Rocker Calls Out All Cool Cats to Gather Round

  January 12 at 4 a.m.

  Musicians have always written songs on the road as inspiration hits them during their travels. But Lee Rocker has taken it to another level, and during a pandemic. The man best known for plunking the fat strings of a standup acoustic bass for the Stray Cats penned most of the...

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  New COVID Vaccine Strategies for Texas as We're "Right in the Middle of the Storm"

  January 11 at 4:50 p.m.

  While being justifiably proud that the city pumped 3,852 (possibly record-breaking) doses of the Moderna vaccine into people's arms at Minute Maid Park Saturday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wasn't nearly as happy about the other coronavirus numbers he was reporting at his Monday afternoon press conference.  "We are right in...

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  Cruz Faces Fury From Houstonians and Democratic Foes After D.C. Mob Chaos

  January 8 at 5 a.m.

  There’s no denying that most of the blood spilled during Wednesday’s historic riot that overtook the U.S. Capitol and led to five deaths is on President Donald Trump’s hands. But Houston’s own Sen. Ted Cruz also had a direct role in stoking the flames of right-wing resentment through his parroting...