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KPRC A Houston police officer is will reappear before a grand jury Tuesday for the killing of an unarmed black man in January. The jury met on Dec. 11 but did not come to a decision. Jordan Baker [...]

HOUSTON (KTRK) — One of many things to come out of the national debate over what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, is a new and critical look at the grand jury system. Riots and protest [...]

Intercept The Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report will be released “in a matter of days,” a committee staffer tells The Intercept. The report, a review of brutal CIA interrogation [...]

Ben Swann On Monday, the White House proposed a $263 million “investment package” in an effort to improve police departments across the country in response to continuous tension between residents [...]

AP At least 400 people are killed by police officers in the United States every year, and while the circumstances of each case are different, one thing remains constant: In only a handful of [...]

FDL An attorney for a United States Navy nurse facing potentially severe repercussions for refusing to force-feed a Guantanamo Bay prisoner has indicated that the nurse, who has served nearly 18 [...]

Chron.com The shooting of a black teenager in Missouri by a white police officer has prompted Houston Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr., to push forward with a plan to have every officer [...]

ACLU In a welcome turn of events, courts are beginning to push back on the government’s secretive use of StingRay devices, an intrusive cell phone surveillance technology. Courts are making clear [...]

Statesman Michael Cargill teaches a concealed handguns safety class at his Austin firearms store while the online version of the business initiates FBI background checks on out-of-state buyers [...]

Salon Central Houston, once a bastion for the creative class, has been converted into an exclusive playland for the rich A startling change for the worse has occurred in the physical appearance [...]