New data show more middle‑aged Houstonians are sharing homes and shifting room searches to the suburbs as housing costs squeeze budgets. The roommate market is getting older—and moving outward.

Shareholders approved a plan to move Exxon’s legal domicile from New Jersey to Texas with preliminary support above 70%.

ICE arrested a Vietnamese national in Houston who had a final 1997 removal order; officials say repatriation limits that kept him here have changed.

A 34-year-old driver was killed after her Chevrolet Malibu crashed and caught fire on Martin Luther King Boulevard; police say the vehicle struck a bollard, a fence and a tree.

Port Houston crews responded after a person was reported in the Houston Ship Channel near La Porte. Officials say a woman was seen in the water and crews are working to rescue her.

BP's board removed Chairman Albert Manifold, citing serious governance and conduct concerns; Ian Tyler was named interim as shares fell and Houston watched closely.

A new peer‑reviewed paper using Wisconsin Longitudinal Study data finds older adults who vote had markedly lower mortality up to 15 years later — but authors caution the link is associative, not causal.

A 40-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a pickup truck on Houston’s southwest side and remains in critical condition, police say.

Houston police say homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found near a southwest Houston bayou; authorities released few details and are seeking tips.

Missouri City is rolling forward on a 20‑acre downtown while building a Freedom Tree Park — a test of whether growth and local history can coexist. Residents, artists and planners are all staking claims.

Harris County deputies found an adult man and woman dead at an apartment complex on FM 2920 in Spring; homicide detectives are investigating. Tips can be reported to HCSO.

Sticky Sunday with patchy fog and scattered afternoon storms. Flood Watch narrowed to coastal counties; heavier rain possible midweek.

A Houston mother says a contract security guard at MacGregor Elementary choked her second‑grader; prosecutors declined to file charges and the family wants the surveillance released.