City of Galveston councilmember arrested for alleged DWI, resisting search
Officials say the councilmember showed potential signs of intoxication, then refused to cooperate during tests.
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Attorneys for Alaska say 'meritless' Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots 'not even possible'
Alaska's Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump's direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state's pivotal U.S. Senate race, writing that there is “no reason for this C...
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Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter is dismissed with prejudice
A federal judge on Saturday threw out President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed ...
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Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat. Trump to campaign virtually instead of in person
Texas was not expected to be an epicenter of midterm elections that could reshape the final chapters of Donald Trump's second presidency. But Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico are making final weekend blitzes in a tossup U.S. Senate race that has become one measur...
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‘Find Your Yellow’: Texas friends turn a domestic violence experience into a mission to help others
Women are reaching out from Florida, West Virginia and even Australia, asking two Texas friends questions that can be difficult to answer: How do I get out of an abusive relationship? Where can I turn for help? For Kalynn Moran and her best friend, Kasey Davis, those messages are...
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Arrod Berjis says he lost college savings in car scam, apparent DMV mistake that led to repossession in Los Angeles, California; teen seeks answers from Carvana, DMV
Arrod Berjis is seeking answers from the DMV and Carvana after his 2019 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG he found on Autotrader disappeared.
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More than 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens not on California's voter rolls: analysis
More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration cannot be found on the state's voter rolls, according to a legal filing Saturday by an immigrant-rights group. It's the first outside analysis of a list that the Department of ...
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Gun pulled during fight in west Houston; young man killed
Officials say a security guard was one of multiple people who were questioned at the scene on Saturday.
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Galveston City Council Member Jason Hardcastle arrested for intoxicated driving after crash: Police
Galveston City Council Member Jason Hardcastle was arrested for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest after a crash, police said.
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DC and Virginia file federal lawsuit to block proposed Triumphal Arch at Memorial Circle
The District of Columbia and Virginia filed a federal lawsuit to block the proposed Triumphal Arch at Memorial Circle, claiming the project is unlawful and poses severe traffic, environmental and airspace risks....
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Harris County closes early voting with a record and its biggest day
Early voting for Tuesday's election ended Friday night with 1,081,010 Harris County voters already counted, the most ever for a midterm in the county.
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Dozens arrested outside US Embassy in London for supporting proscribed pro-Palestinian group
Dozens of people were arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London on Saturday in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action, police said. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement that 48 people had been arrested and that the majority of the arrests were...
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Virginia and DC sue over Trump's arch, adding to legal challenges as government wants work to begin
The legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week . There are now three lawsuits calling for a ...