A Houston woman was sentenced to 36 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.

In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. In 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. The park received record flooding in November 2006, resulting in more than $36 million in damage.

Southern border agents say illegal border crossings have been on the decline since last fiscal year, but deportation flights are on the rise.

ICE officials in Houston arrested an immigrant "predator" previously convicted of secretly recording others in a bathroom.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo trail riding groups triumphantly returned to Houston on Friday after a weeklong journey from different corners of Texas to Memorial Park. Eleven groups, totaling thousands of riders,

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has removed a transnational gang member or criminal alien from the Houston area who illegally entered the United States at least six times. This marks the third such removal in 10 days.

Filipovity 6-10 3-6 16, N.Tshimanga 2-3 2-2 6, E.Tshimanga 3-3 0-0 6, Cook 3-10 1-2 9, Z.Jackson 3-9 2-2 10, Bostick 0-6 6-9 6, Carpenter 4-10 1-2 10, Pickens 0-1 0-0 0, Osborne 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 1-5 0-0 2, Biekeu 0-0 0-0 0, Cherenfant 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Nnamoko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-59 15-23 65.

Organized crime groups fuel rise of US cargo thefts; Imperial Auto opens $21M factory in Mexico; EGO Group launches electronic components plant in central Mexico; and Billor opens logistics hub in Houston.