Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August's sizzle also helped push the globe and the Un...
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Officials say the passenger who died was ejected from a vehicle as it was rolling over.
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BARC says some of the dogs that were rescued after being found abandoned in a North Houston neighborhood met potential adopters Saturday. The dogs were just some of the estimated 30-40 dogs found abandoned near Shady Lane and Bantum Street at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. “Today, some o...
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A 14-year-old boy who was critically injured after being struck by a bus in Dayton has died. The family of Brantley Conner confirms he died in an update on GoFundMe. “Brantley fought with everything he had. Words cannot express the depth of pain our family is feeling right now as...
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump spoke with reporters at his Florida polling place Saturday after casting early ballots in the midterm election....
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An apparent explosion caused a fire Saturday at a Quaker Oats plant in Iowa that the company touts as the largest milling facility in the world.
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Keyone Jenkins threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Grayson Brousseau in the second overtime, and UCF survived a wild finish in regulation to knock off No. 2 BYU 39-31 on Saturday. Needing a touchdown and a 2-point conversion to force a third OT, the Cougars (6-1, 3-1 Big 1...
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Police say two suspected minors shot the woman while she was getting off the bus Saturday evening.
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The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an ema...
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A United Express flight scheduled to depart Houston was evacuated shortly after pushback following the detection of smoke inside the cabin, according to Mesa Airlines....
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Local election officials across California are confused and frustrated after receiving letters from President Donald Trump's Justice Department demanding that county registrars sequester ballots that the federal government believes were sent to noncitizen voters ahead of the midt...
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Thousands of young people marched Saturday through the streets of several Italian cities as authorities deployed large numbers of police and soldiers.
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This Week in Texas, early voting is underway. We break down the races at the top of the ballot as Texans head to the polls.
