Victor Correa approached the abandoned house with caution. The lawn was overgrown, and various pieces of junk — a broken charcoal grill and rusted push lawnmower...
The rising number of foreclosures in the area has created a new term in the animal welfare lexicon: "foreclosure pets." As realtors and junk haulers find more and more animals...
Joy Weathers watched from her front porch as the car rolled to a stop. Martin Draughon stepped out of the back, and Weathers rushed to meet him. It was the first moment of...
Sunrise was hours away when Zach Corcoran and three friends returned to The Exchange, an apartment complex for students in College Station. Zach and the others were drunk. The...
Enveloped by darkness, a tractor rumbles down the hills that surround Cuba's western coast. The tractor pulls a cart loaded with a makeshift boat constructed from aluminum...
La Posada, a refugee shelter near the Texas border, is a pretty cosmopolitan place for the Rio Grande Valley. Along with Cubans, there are Somalis and Eritreans living in...
Juan Martinez strolls through the parking lot at the Carlingford Apartments, a sprawling complex in southwest Houston, carrying a plastic sack filled with Miller High Life...
Aurora Ortegon calmly entered the emergency room at Park Plaza Hospital on a Wednesday morning suffering from nausea and dehydration. She hadn't been able to eat much the night...
Rafael Sierra smiles as he watches the face of his girlfriend, Maria Martinez, with their newborn son. It's a July afternoon and sunlight pours into their hospital room at...
