Loved ones, friends, and colleagues around the Houston area are expressing their condolences after a notable resident was killed over the Father’s Day weekend.

A longstanding event in southeast Texas comes around once a year, makes headlines across the area and then slowly is forgotten about until the next year.

Initial investigations indicate that one man fell asleep while the other collapsed, with the presence of extremely high carbon monoxide levels confirmed by Hazmat teams.

Houston Police have filed charges against the parents of twin infants after their deaths on October 4, 2023.

South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 21 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London Sunday and authorities say most of the victims were minors as young as 13-year-old.

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is higher than that of any other developed countries.

Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths of two Woodlands High School students.

A Greek woman accused of killing her hospitalized 9-year-old daughter has been ordered held in pre-trial prison custody, under enhanced protection measures to prevent her from being attacked by other inmates.

As the first impacts of coronavirus happened nearly six months ago, several states have drawn back social distancing measures to reopen its economy.

HOUSTON – 2020 was the deadliest year for officer-related deaths, and Texas tops a nationwide list produced by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum. The organization found officer deaths have increased sharply by 96%, with COVID-19 being the leading cause, according to a news release distributed this week. Texas leads the U.S. in officer fatalities, with 48 in 2020, followed by New York, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana, the release said. Thirteen states did not lose an officer in 2020. “As the leading authority in line-of-duty deaths, this time of year always reminds us of the sacrifice of law enforcement and the importance of our mission to honor the fallen, tell the story of American law enforcement, and make it safer for those who serve.” said National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund CEO Marcia Ferranto.

SAN JUAN U.S. researchers who estimated that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria are now investigating deaths that might have been missed and could be linked to infrastructure damaged by the Category 4 storm, officials announced Wednesday. The Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington University received a nearly $1 million contract from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the investigation. University officials said the project seeks to improve the death certification process and building standards across the U.S. mainland ahead of future storms as part of a collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico and others. Yaritsa Santiago, whose mother died after she was airlifted from Puerto Rico to Miami shortly after Maria struck, praised the upcoming investigation and said she was encouraged that the storm-related deaths will not be in vain. Puerto Ricos government at the time came under heavy criticism for severely undercounting the number of deaths related to Hurricane Maria, which destroyed the power grid and caused more than an estimated $100 billion in damage.