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A church employee has been arrested following 18 felony grand jury indictments for sexual-related offenses involving children, according to the Lake Jackson Police Department....
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After months of uncertainty and controversy, Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of "The Bachelorette" could be making a surprise comeback, according to a report....
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Edgar Villegas is accused of shooting two constable deputies last Friday night, sending one of them to a hospital.
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A 63-year-old man died in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Laredo this month, marking at least the fifth death in Texas ICE detention centers this year, a quarter of the nationwide total, as the fatalities have skyrocketed to a record pace not seen in decades.Ac...
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Former California State Parks supt. Kevin Pearsall was accused of secretly recording lifeguards in the men's Bolsa Chica locker room.
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Texas has formally asked the federal government to pay back more than $10 billion used for the state’s border security efforts.
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The search for a missing father and son who were last seen leaving their Hawaiian hotel on Tuesday morning continues and has extended into the waters off Oahu, the U.S. Coast Guard reported....
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48 hours after flames ignited at an East End Houston recycling plant, we’re learning new information about the materials on site at Mammoth Metals Recycling.According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, any facility that recycles tires is required to register with t...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the World Trade Bridge intercepted a massive shipment of methamphetamine with an estimated street value exceeding $10.1 million, federal authorities announced Monday....
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A giraffe named Gracie is missing in Texas, and the search for her has become a tall order.Gracie, who is about 3 years old, has been missing for nearly two weeks after escaping her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, said Vic Jones, who owns the remote pro...
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A new poll found 56% of Texans were opposed to the construction of a data center in their community.
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Officials from the Ohio Division of Wildlife stumbled upon thousands of mayflies in the middle of Ottawa County this week.
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A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was seriously injured and a pickup truck driver was killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 67 in Brewster County, authorities said....
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"King of the Hill" Season 15 trailer tackles Hank and Peggy's retirement woes and phone scams, as well as Bobby's relationship drama.
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Fans who want to gather to watch the USA vs. Türkiye game with other fans around Houston can check out our list of various places hosting watch parties....
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Houston has a power outage problem — and the latest data makes it hard to ignore.New data from Whisker Labs shows Houston had more power outages than any other city in the country in May, reversing months of improvement and raising fresh questions about CenterPoint Energy’s multi...
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The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees adopted a $1.25 billion budget and staff compensation plan for the 2026-27 school year in a 6-1 vote during its regularly scheduled board meeting June 22. Trustee Christine Kalmbach cast the lone dissenting vote.The general fund budget ...
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The TSA announced a partnership with Google Wallet, allowing eligible travelers to enroll in TSA PreCheck Touchless ID directly through the app. See the U.S. airports where it's available....
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The rise of Abelardo de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer set to be Colombia's next president, is raising questions about whether political shifts underway across Latin America could reshape the future of the Amazon rainforest.The Colombia election result comes as Peru appea...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment error rates (PER) for fiscal year 2025 on Wednesday, which shows nationwide, there were $10.1 billion in improper payments....
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Two Venezuelan nationals living illegally in the United States have been sentenced to a combined 32 years in federal prison for the multi-state sex trafficking of a 16-year-old undocumented orphan....
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Two people were found shot on Tuesday afternoon. One of the victims later died in a hospital.
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There is Tesla news. Texas crash victim Martha Avila's family filed a lawsuit against the car company and driver.
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Miss Anita has spent the last 50 years reading stories and singing songs to kids in Cape May, New Jersey. Now, she is moving on to the next chapter.
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The organization said it will remain at NRG Arena as the new complex, which will be built along Highway 288, is set to complement ongoing rodeo events once the season begins...
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has announced plans for a new facility, marking one of the most significant investments in the organization’s 95-year history.In a formal announcement Wednesday, the HLSR detailed a multiyear project aimed at investing in Texas youth and agric...
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A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, has been charged with murde...
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A Texas judge was awarded more than $600,000 after she was disciplined for refusing to perform same-sex marriages, citing her religious beliefs.
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The Constitution "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections," the judge wrote.
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President Donald Trump will take the stage on the National Mall on Wednesday night, launching a multi-day celebration of America’s 250th birthday in the nation's capital....
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Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Prestage says he will preside over Thursday’s Commissioners Court meeting after county officials concluded that Daniel Wong’s appointment as interim county judge expired following the dismissal of the civil lawsuit that led to his ap...
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A Nicaraguan national who spent more than 20 years fleeing federal authorities has pleaded guilty to the forcible sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl on a cruise ship that departed from Galveston, federal prosecutors announced Monday....
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A maker of humanlike robots that carry totes around warehouses is aiming to go public on Wall Street in a test of whether there's a market for putting AI-powered humanoid machines to work.Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, announced Wednesday a planned merger with an inves...
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A judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors in Texas from getting access to the medical records of transgender patients treated at New York hospitals on Wednesday, saying they were part of an improper government effort to “demonize and eradicate an entire population of transg...
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Scout Troop 133 served as a color guard, posting the United States and Texas flags and leading the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Federal authorities have seized more than 300 drones flying near World Cup stadiums across the U.S. since the tournament began June 11.
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Saharan dust is back!It is something we talk about almost every summer in the Houston forecast, but it’s often misunderstood. Each year, plumes of dust from the Sahara Desert travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic and sometimes reach the Gulf Coast. While it can create haz...
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Amazon isn't the only shop with deals on Prime Day. Check out these retailers that are slashing prices to with their own summer sales.
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A 7-year-old boy in Texas is being hailed as a hero for saving his little brother's life after the toddler was found unresponsive in a swimming pool.
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President Donald Trump is accusing major oil companies of failing to pass along falling crude oil prices to consumers, suggesting motorists are being overcharged at the pump....
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is making the largest single facilities investment in its 90-plus-year history to build a new livestock and agricultural complex along Highway 288, officials announced Wednesday. While the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will remain at Relian...
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The leader of a secretive South Korean church was arrested on suspicion of election influence Wednesday as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally recruited thousands of followers into the conservative People Power Party. The Shincheonji Church has...
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Charlie Brown began writing to a pen pal not long after the comic strip “Peanuts” debuted in newspapers back in 1950. No one has gotten a look at whoever was on the other end of his letters — until now.Her name is Mia, and she's a young girl from London of South Asian descent who...
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A Denison man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced pills to a 20-year-old woman, then recording video of her as she spent hours dying of an overdose....
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Video captured in Inglewood shows a Waymo self-driving car traveling in the wrong lane and heading toward oncoming traffic.
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What’s in the air? East Houston residents demand answers after Mammoth Metal Recycling fireResidents on Houston’s East Side are asking a pressing question in the wake of a large outdoor recycling fire: What exactly are they breathing?The air near the intersection of Kellogg and L...
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Progressive candidate Iván Cepeda on Wednesday conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump.Election results showed de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer who had never run for of...
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Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas.In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston, the camp listed its d...
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Snag these deeply discounts on skincare, makeup and other beauty essentials during Prime Day.
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The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the federal government t...
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Newly released data show the two states that tip the least sit alongside the Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile, the ones in the Ohio Valley have some of the best tippers, but not the best....
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Federal officials have confirmed that the number of New World screwworm cases in the United States has risen to 19, with all but one in Texas.
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Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 28 people.
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Camp Mystic, the Texas Hill Country girls' summer camp where 27 campers and staff members died during a catastrophic flash flood last summer, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection....
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A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged bribery scheme involving a city contract, according to a person familiar with the matter.Frank Carone, along with his brother and two ...
