Daytime temperatures in Southeast Texas will peak in the upper 70s, which is more than 10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year.

At least nine people were shot, including two fatally, in a series of New Year’s Day shootings across the Houston metropolitan area, marking a violent start to 2026 despite recent declines in the city’s crime rate.

HOUSTON — During a news conference about the military operation in Venezuela, he mentioned Jocelyn Nungaray, a Houston girl who was killed in June of 2024 in north Houston. Venezuelan nationals Franklin Peña, 26, and Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, are charged with capital murder in connection with her death.

“They kidnapped, assaulted and murdered, by Tren de Aragua — animals — they murdered Jocelyn and left her dead under the bridge,” Trump said. He also said Nungaray was an example of “those innocent Americans whose lives were so heartlessly robbed by this Venezuelan terrorist organization, one of the worst.”

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Sgt. Robert Nobles was at the hospital to be treated, but according to investigators, he ended up attacking three nurses, including one who is pregnant.

The three bodies recovered in recent weeks were among the more than 30 found in the city’s waterways in 2025, according to NBC affiliate KPRC.

According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday, Jeffery Lee Lawson claims he suffered from “burning lungs, shortness of breath, pain in his throat, nausea, dizziness and skin irritation” as a result of the chemical leak.