After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. The nonprofit running the longstanding contest announced that the bear, known for his pacifist nature, was the winner Tuesday with more than...
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A 4-year-old girl is dead after a shooting in west Houston on Tuesday evening, according to the Houston Police Department.
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A Houston family grieving the loss of a loved one hoped to turn a piece of her into something they could carry with them forever. Instead, they say that irreplaceable piece of their loved one is now missing in the mail. Jonathan Henley lost his sister, Juliet Scioneaux, to cancer...
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Houston police are at a homicide scene in the Memorial area where a woman allegedly shot and killed her young daughter before turning the gun on herself. Police say it happened in the 300 block of Terra Reserve Place. Lt. Larry Crowson with the Houston Police Department says offi...
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A child was killed in a shooting in west Houston on Tuesday evening. Another person was taken to the hospital.
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It is a double blow to the local gymnastics community this week as another major training facility prepares to shut down permanently, leaving families scrambling and athletes in limbo....
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The AL West-winning Astros eked into the playoffs with an 81-81 record to become the first team to reach the postseason without a winning record.
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Now on the brink of elimination, the Astros fell 0-1 to the White Sox in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series on Monday night.
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The meeting comes as AI leaders are issuing dire warnings about the threat of AI and calling for steps to slow it down before it outsmarts humans.
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A federal judge on Tuesday ended federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department after 23 years, capping the longest-running oversight of a police department in U.S. history. “I'm particularly grateful to the men and women of the Oakland Police Department ... for achieving su...
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The X2 rollercoaster, which is the subject of multiple lawsuits, has been permanently closed, the president of Six Flags Magic Mountain announced Tuesday....
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The defendants face multiple charges, including murder, theft of drugs, armed robbery and illegal modification of a firearm.
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Benjamin Daniel, known as Ben Dancer, danced continuously for 168 hours.
