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Fire cooked half-shell shrimp from Baso, a new restaurant in The Heights Friday, May 3, 2024 in Houston.

Photo by: Michael Wyke, Contributor

The 10 best dishes Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook ate in May

Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook's favorite dishes for May range from fired-grilled shrimp on the half-shell to a purse-shaped Lebanese flatbread stuffed with pully white cheese.

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Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles, left, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath, and Brandon Dickerson, principal, right, visit in a classroom at Kashmere High School, 6900 Wileyvale Rd., Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Houston.

Photo by: Melissa Phillip, Staff Photographer

HISD community reflects on state takeover 1 year later

Here's what Houston ISD parents, teachers and students had to say about the district's first year under TEA control.

A woman and a girl get to their car during a heavy rain storm that swept through the Houston area on Tuesday in Spring.

Photo by: Brett Coomer/Staff Photographer

Why's it raining so much in Texas and Houston? Here are 5 reasons.

What's with all these storms? A lot of it has to do with seasonal patterns but we've also had a few other factors making May unusually wet.

Speaking through a translator, Celina Manzano, speaks to the Houston Independent School District, Board of Managers, during a meeting Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in Houston.

Photo by: Kirk Sides/Staff Photographer

Timeline: Major moments in TEA's takeover of Houston ISD after year one

The takeover of HISD dates back to 2019, when Wheatley High School triggered a state law by failing to meet accountability standards for seven consecutive years.

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)

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Lock him up? Trump's felony conviction shatters Teflon Don persona. (Editorial)

"Trump's felony conviction shatters the myth that an ex-president is above the law," the Editorial Board writes.

Pick of the Day

Portrait of John Esteban Catano Molina at the ice rink in the Memorial City Mall, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. John Esteban always dreamt of figure skating but there were no ice rinks in his hometown in Colombia. The 17-year-old moved to the U.S. with his parents a few years ago. He found himself at the ice rink at The Galleria and tried skating. He even taught himself to ice skate, practicing multiple times a week. Now he's doing double jumps with the encouragement of local coaches. As the Winter Olympics gets under way on Friday, there are many young people like Esteban with Olympic-like dreams - in a sport in which Black and Latino skaters are few - but they need support.

Photo by: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

Sewing: Whitmire said 'undocumented immigrants' from Gulfton don't go to the Galleria. Here's what he missed.

"What Whitmire missed in his message is that the Galleria is an aspirational place, especially for people seeking the American dream," columnist Joy Sewing writes.