A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning ...

Those findings were referenced in a 91-page ruling issued last week by Austin-based U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, who opined that the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is ...

Pitman found that Texas prisoners "experience irreparable harm" while climate control remains out of reach. However, he wrote, ordering the system to install temporary air conditioning would delay ...

Authorities are ordering a funeral home to shut down after a video captured several bodies exposed and without air ...

In 2018, the state was ordered to install air conditioning at a unit for older prisoners and those that are medically vulnerable. Officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did not ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities are ordering a southwest Houston funeral home to cease all operations on Monday after the remains of at least 10 people were found in shocking conditions.

Houston police are seeking public assistance to identify a man who may have information about a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy at an apartment complex on Northborough Drive.

Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking ...