Houston joins cities fighting potential state takeovers

Foster had been crossing 4th Street on Congress Avenue with Mitchell and hundreds of other demonstrators when a motorist sped towards the crowd and began blaring its horn. Cell phone footage captured the moment the fatal shots rang out Perry was convicted Friday by a Travis County jury of fatally shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster during a July 2020 protest in Austin over George Floyd's murder. He faces up to life in prison when sentenced.  Gavin Newsom has declared emergencies in 34 counties in recent weeks, and the Biden administration approved a presidential disaster declaration for some on Friday morning, a move…