Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest weeks after wildfires destroyed large swaths of their habitat in Indonesian Borneo, a conservation group said. The orangutans, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and N...
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In the latest Pope Leo surgery news, the Vatican says he has lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed. He has lung adenocarcinoma.
government
A Baytown mother is pushing for change after her teenage son was allegedly stabbed to death by a classmate at school last year. On Tuesday night, Rebecca Meismer held a community meeting in Baytown, bringing together school district leaders, city council members and community adv...
parks
Family confirms an 18-year-old man was killed Friday afternoon after being shot near a Sugar Land park.
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A ground stop has been lifted after damage to a fiber optic cable line was sustained at Bush Intercontinental Airport, officials said.
business
A Houston film studio owner says his business was burglarized in late August, possibly making him one of the first victims in a series of break-ins targeting production studios....
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Metallica Rose Harrison allegedly killed Charles Harrison and her son, ID'd in the complaint as T.H., in a double homicide at Great Wolf Lodge in Scotrun, Pennsylvania....
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A federal judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, a pivotal operational development for the news organizations as the extraordinary case pitting the president against the media that c...
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China’s exports surged 36.3% in September from a year earlier, its customs agency said Wednesday, bringing it on track to exceed last year's record trade surplus as pressure ramped up from its trading partners, including the European Union, to rebalance trade. The exports data, w...
safety
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources as heavy rain and potential flash flooding threaten West Texas and other portions of the state....
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Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, discussed her stance on data centers during a press conference in Dallas on Tuesday.
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Catholics around the world are praying for Pope Leo XIV after the Vatican announced the 71-year-old pontiff has lung cancer and underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. Here in Houston, members of the city’s oldest Catholic church are gathering in solidarity....
schools
Cornell University says all parties and social events at fraternity houses are suspended for the rest of year following allegations of a gang rape on campus....
