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A "public health emergency" is declared in Harris County, Texas after the number of monkeypox cases rapidly increase in the state.
2022-07-25

Four people (including the perpetrator) are killed in a murder–suicide in Harris County, Texas.
2022-05-19

The United States reports its first confirmed death related to the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated man in his 50s in Harris County, Texas who had underlying health issues.
2021-12-20

Multiple appellate courts in Texas uphold the mask mandates imposed in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, and Travis counties in an effort to override Governor Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates in schools.
2021-08-13

Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas.
2018-09-24

An American woman shoots two employees at a food distribution plant in Houston, Texas, killing one person and injuring the other, before killing herself.
2018-08-20

Heavy rain of more than 1 ft causes major flooding in Houston, Texas, affecting 1,000 homes, causing five deaths and causing power outages for over 100,000 residents.
2016-04-18

U.S. police in Harris County, Texas, arrest Shannon Miles for the alleged murder of Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth on Friday.
2015-08-29

A sixth person is found to have died in this week's floods in Harris County, Texas, which contains the city of Houston.
2015-05-27

Continental Airlines announces that it plans to lay off 500 staff in Houston, Texas following its merger with United Airlines.
2011-02-7