The rat infestation was caused by the huge amounts of evidence material in the room. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The rat infestation was caused by the huge amounts of evidence material in the room. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Houston immigration advocates are preparing for upheaval after President Donald Trump signed a series of stringent executive orders on Monday aimed at dismantling immigration into the United States. In declaring an “emergency” at the southern border,

Trump, who takes his oath of office Monday morning, campaigned on promises to deport the roughly 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.

A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.

Houston, Texas, does, in fact, get snow. The Jan. 21 storm is proof of that. So, how does the city prepare for winter roads? Does the city have snowplows?

That's wild considering it hasn't snowed in New Orleans since 2009, and their last "big" snowstorm was in 2008 when 1-2 inches fell. Up to five inches of snow could accumulate in the Houston area. The all-time record snowfall in Houston is 3.0 inches, so this is very clearly a historic situation.

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In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It became the basis for a TV movie.

Space City is launching a new area code Thursday, so what impact will that have. There's no doubt Houstonians take pride in the city's original area code -- 713. It's been the OG area code since 1947. Then came along 281, 832, and 346 in 2013. But now 621 is coming into the fold.

The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.

Arctic air grips the central and eastern U.S., bringing record-breaking cold, dangerous wind chills, and historic snowfall. Follow Newsweek's live blog.