A Houston-area judge ruled Thursday that Barbers Hill ISD's policy restricting hair length for boys, which it has used to continually punish 18-year-old Black student Darryl George, is not a violation of the CROWN Act, a new state law protecting students and employees at state-funded institutions from race-based hair discrimination.
More stringent pollution-limiting requirements adopted last month by Texas' environmental regulatory agency will not take effect for up to 10 years in some cases.
Landry's, the Houston-based entertainment and hospitality company that owns the aquarium, called the jury's award "excessive" and said it plans to appeal.
An attorney for Harvey Murphy Jr., a 61-year-old grandfather, says he was sexually assaulted at the Harris County Jail while being wrongfully detained on an armed robbery charge. Murphy was in California when the crime was committed in 2022 and was incorrectly identified as a suspect based on the use of surveillance footage and facial recognition technology, according to the attorney.