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Going behind the story with the Chronicle Investigative Team
The Most Dangerous Job You’ve Never Heard Of
Tank and barge cleaners do some of the dirtiest, little-known work in industry. Chemicals and petroleum travel in tanker trucks, rail tank cars and inland barges. When sludge builds up inside, or when someone wants to ship a different material in the container, they send it to be cleaned. There are machines, like wash heads […]
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Pain of oil boom: top Texas firms in oilfield accident claims
The drilling boom in Texas’ oil and natural gas fields has brought jobs and prosperity, but extracted a bloody human toll. In Texas, 65 oil and gas workers were killed on the job in 2012 — a 10-year high and 50 percent more than in 2011, according to official government statistics. At least 18,000 suffered […]
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A rare look inside a Houston cantina known for human trafficking
La Costeñta cantina was razed in December, with proceeds from the sale of the property and others benefiting teenaged victims of trafficking. Crime scene photos obtained by the Houston Chronicle provide a rare look at a Port of Houston area cantina that functioned for years as a center for a human trafficking ring. Read the […]
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If you think Houston has a clean image, this may shock you
The Houston Police Department environmental investigations unit is deluged with calls about ugly, fetid and dangerous piles of debris deposited illegally along the street in neighborhoods. Nearly 25,000 calls have poured into the city 311 line just since 2008. Dealing with this issue dominates the work of the environmental investigations unit, even though it’s responsible […]
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Chronicle report: HPD officers almost never get punished for shootings
In the last five years, Houston police officers made the life-and-death decision to use lethal force dozens of times — shooting 121 people, 52 of them fatally. Many of those wounded or killed by HPD were armed with guns, knives, screwdrivers and in one case a sword. But more than a quarter of the people […]
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HPD’s use of deadly force: Justified or injust?
The Chronicle spent almost a year investigating how often Houston police shoot and kill civilians — and how rare it is for officers to be disciplined in those shootings. HPD officers in the five years of records examined by the Chronicle shot 121 people, 52 of them fatally. Officers say in all those cases their […]
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A quick look at questions about Congressman Stockman’s campaign finances
In Sunday’s Houston Chronicle, read about how Congressman Steve Stockman’s campaigns have had a history of reported problems both in 2012-2013 and in the 1990s. In October, Campaign Treasurer Jason Posey filed an amended report disclosing that he and another staffer, Thomas Dodd, had improperly contributed $15,000 to Stockman 2013 campaign. Congressional staffers are not […]
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See where U.S. citizens are being killed in Mexico
Reports of U.S. citizens murdered in Mexico accelerated from 2007-2011 as violence spiked and shootouts occurred in Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Tijuana and other border cities that Americans often visit for work, tourism or to see family. By comparison, most tourist zones have had few or no reported U.S. citizen murders, according to the […]
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