Houston Chronicle

A Houston-based rapper named Warren Brown, also known as Cartel Bo, is facing aggravated kidnapping charges after a woman, the mother of his children, claimed she was held captive in a locked closet and handcuffed for four days before escaping. He was arrested following a traffic stop and outstanding warrants related to the same incident. The woman was found by a neighbor and taken to a hospital after escaping.

City Controller Chris Hollins called for Mayor John Whitmire to suspend his senior adviser Chris Brown, but the mayor is defending him. The probe followed a Houston Chronicle report stating Brown swiped into city facilities on only 13 out of nearly 600 workdays.

Basketball star James Harden was arrested on a weapons charge in Texas early Saturday morning. Court records show he was charged with unlawful carrying of weapons after being stopped in downtown Houston around 3:40 a.m.

China has implemented restrictions on exporting chemical precursors used in fentanyl manufacturing to the United States as part of a crackdown on the drug trade. The action involves seizures of barrels containing fentanyl manufacturing precursor chemicals, as evidenced by a news briefing in Pasadena. This measure represents a bilateral effort to combat the fentanyl crisis affecting the US.