Almost 14 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands of properties in the city remain zombified.Charity Hospital was once one of the largest hospitals in the U.S. before its basement flooded. Now, inside the building, explorers can find a table cracking under the weight of untouched microscopes, old containers of human body parts and a forgotten autopsy theater.Leland Kent is one such explorer. He photographs old properties to preserve their memory and share their history, like he did for his third book, Abandoned New Orleans.For the book, which was published last...…Almost 14 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands of properties in the city remain zombified.Charity Hospital was once one of the largest hospitals in the U.S. before its basement flooded. Now, inside the building, explorers can find a table cracking under the weight of untouched microscopes, old containers of human body parts and a forgotten autopsy theater.Leland Kent is one such explorer. He photographs old properties to preserve their memory and share their history, like he did for his third book, Abandoned New Orleans.For the book, which was published last...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGeorge Floyd is coming home on Tuesday to be with his mother, “Cissy,” his biggest fan, the center of his world.Floyd missed her last breaths two years ago, while he was living in Minneapolis, trying to get a fresh start. Her name is tattooed on his torso.On Tuesday, after the procession winds through Houston, he will in Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, the same cemetery as his mother.It is a heartbreaking homecoming for who describe Floyd as a dreamer who wanted desperately to be in the NBA, to make it big, to forge a new...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGeorge Floyd is coming home on Tuesday to be with his mother, “Cissy,” his biggest fan, the center of his world.Floyd missed her last breaths two years ago, while he was living in Minneapolis, trying to get a fresh start. Her name is tattooed on his torso.On Tuesday, after the procession winds through Houston, he will in Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, the same cemetery as his mother.It is a heartbreaking homecoming for who describe Floyd as a dreamer who wanted desperately to be in the NBA, to make it big, to forge a new...WW…

A man's body on Wednesday was pulled from Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, police said.Passersby called police when they saw the body floating in the 1900 block of Commerce near the University of Houston Downtown campus.The man's identity and cause of death is pending an autopsy. No other information was immediately available.julian.gill@chron.com…A man's body on Wednesday was pulled from Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, police said.Passersby called police when they saw the body floating in the 1900 block of Commerce near the University of Houston Downtown campus.The man's identity and cause of death is pending an autopsy. No other information was immediately available.julian.gill@chron.comWW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHouston activists on Wednesday joined a chorus of outrage across the nation over a Kentucky grand jury’s decision to indict only one of several officers involved in a raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.Taylor, a 26-year-old medical worker, was fatally shot by Louisville police officers in March during a botched drug raid at her apartment. The grand jury on Wednesday announced its decision to indict one of three officers who fired their weapons.In Houston, the local NAACP and Urban League questioned the decision in a...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHouston activists on Wednesday joined a chorus of outrage across the nation over a Kentucky grand jury’s decision to indict only one of several officers involved in a raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.Taylor, a 26-year-old medical worker, was fatally shot by Louisville police officers in March during a botched drug raid at her apartment. The grand jury on Wednesday announced its decision to indict one of three officers who fired their weapons.In Houston, the local NAACP and Urban League questioned the decision in a...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePolice cited dozens of independent big-rig drivers Monday and arrested one after they blocked traffic on the East Loop to protest wages, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo.Around 75 drivers stopped on the East Loop near Gelhorn around 2 p.m. Signs were attached to their trucks, protesting a lack of payment from companies who hired them to move, Acevedo said."Cheap brokers," one sign said."No abuso precio justo," read another.Police eventually moved the truck off the highway to a Fiesta Mart parking lot at Interstate 10...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePolice cited dozens of independent big-rig drivers Monday and arrested one after they blocked traffic on the East Loop to protest wages, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo.Around 75 drivers stopped on the East Loop near Gelhorn around 2 p.m. Signs were attached to their trucks, protesting a lack of payment from companies who hired them to move, Acevedo said."Cheap brokers," one sign said."No abuso precio justo," read another.Police eventually moved the truck off the highway to a Fiesta Mart parking lot at Interstate 10...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe man shot and killed Friday by a Houston police officer has been identified as Adrian Medearis, a well-known local gospel artist who directed the gospel choir at Evangelist Temple Church of God In Christ in the South Acres neighborhood, friends say.Medearis, 48, was a former director for the Prairie View A&M Baptist Student Movement gospel choir and founder of God’s Anointed People, a contemporary gospel group. He also performed with choirs at other churchesMedearis was pulled over around 1:30 a.m. by a Houston police...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe man shot and killed Friday by a Houston police officer has been identified as Adrian Medearis, a well-known local gospel artist who directed the gospel choir at Evangelist Temple Church of God In Christ in the South Acres neighborhood, friends say.Medearis, 48, was a former director for the Prairie View A&M Baptist Student Movement gospel choir and founder of God’s Anointed People, a contemporary gospel group. He also performed with choirs at other churchesMedearis was pulled over around 1:30 a.m. by a Houston police...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHarris County on Thursday broke its all-time voter turnout record with one day of early voting remaining, the Harris County Clerk’s Office announced on Twitter.The office had not released the early voting numbers as of press time. Eight polling locations remained open overnight into Friday.The turnout record of 1.34 million was set in the 2016 election. Texas also hit a statewide early voting milestone Monday, when the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots surpassed the total early voting turnout from any other...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHarris County on Thursday broke its all-time voter turnout record with one day of early voting remaining, the Harris County Clerk’s Office announced on Twitter.The office had not released the early voting numbers as of press time. Eight polling locations remained open overnight into Friday.The turnout record of 1.34 million was set in the 2016 election. Texas also hit a statewide early voting milestone Monday, when the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots surpassed the total early voting turnout from any other...WW…

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a bill to name a Houston post office after slain Harris County sheriff’s deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, the first Sikh deputy to work for the agency, according to U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.Dhaliwal was gunned down in September 2019 during a routine traffic stop in the Cypress area. He was the first Sikh American in Texas to receive a policy accommodation to serve while wearing his articles of faith, including his turban and beard.Dhaliwal was considered a trailblazer for other Sikh Americans and religious minorities interested in law...…The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a bill to name a Houston post office after slain Harris County sheriff’s deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, the first Sikh deputy to work for the agency, according to U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.Dhaliwal was gunned down in September 2019 during a routine traffic stop in the Cypress area. He was the first Sikh American in Texas to receive a policy accommodation to serve while wearing his articles of faith, including his turban and beard.Dhaliwal was considered a trailblazer for other Sikh Americans and religious minorities interested in law...WW…

Houston police are asking local butcher shops to keep an eye out for meat stolen from multiple slaughtered horses in Pearland.Department spokesman Victor Senties issued the warning Thursday during a news conference. and are thought to have been killed for their meat.One of those horses belonged to Jodi and Jason Bockel, whose 10-year-old horse Goldie was found dead in late May. Their son found Goldie with a stab wound in the heart and her backstraps and hindquarters missing, Jodi Bockel said.“You could tell they knew what they were doing,” she said of the assailants, who remain at large.“We...…Houston police are asking local butcher shops to keep an eye out for meat stolen from multiple slaughtered horses in Pearland.Department spokesman Victor Senties issued the warning Thursday during a news conference. and are thought to have been killed for their meat.One of those horses belonged to Jodi and Jason Bockel, whose 10-year-old horse Goldie was found dead in late May. Their son found Goldie with a stab wound in the heart and her backstraps and hindquarters missing, Jodi Bockel said.“You could tell they knew what they were doing,” she said of the assailants, who remain at large.“We...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHouston police said they believe a Latino man found hanged early Monday was a likely suicide.After the man's body was discovered in the Shady Acres community, a Huffington Post freelance reporter mischaracterized the victim on Twitter as a black male and questioned official statements on the likely cause of death. The tweet was widely liked and shared.Responding to press inquiries, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Monday evening that the victim was a "Hispanic/Caucasian male, and described by his family as suicidal."...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHouston police said they believe a Latino man found hanged early Monday was a likely suicide.After the man's body was discovered in the Shady Acres community, a Huffington Post freelance reporter mischaracterized the victim on Twitter as a black male and questioned official statements on the likely cause of death. The tweet was widely liked and shared.Responding to press inquiries, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Monday evening that the victim was a "Hispanic/Caucasian male, and described by his family as suicidal."...WW…