Mall of America terror plot stopped, ISIS sympathizer arrested: charges
The U.S. Attorney's Office filed criminal charges Wednesday against an 18-year-old man who was allegedly plotting an attack at the Mall of America.
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9/11 families seek release of documents they say include Saudi's link to attack
The families are also seeking the release of government documents that they say prove a link between Saudi Arabia and the attacks.
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Woman says car crushed by falling debris at HCA Montrose, now struggling to get answers
A Houston woman says she was left scrambling for answers after a piece of the building at HCA Houston ER 24/7 - Montrose fell onto her car while she was with her friend inside, who was receiving medical care. Esmeralda Ledezma said she was already on high alert that day because h...
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Hello Houston (October 7, 2026)
Today: We discuss the federal order to have all Texas prisons air-conditioned by 2029, hear an excerpt from the newest episode of “InnerVIEWS,” and author Louise Barnett discusses her memoir “Tainted Love.” Plus, this week’s “On the Marquee.”...
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Who’s watching your ballot? Inside Harris County’s election safeguards
You scan your ballot and leave the polling place. So who keeps it safe, and how do election workers check that the numbers add up? Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth walked KPRC 2 through the process. She described locked ballot boxes, law enforcement transporting election mat...
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Isaias poised to become the Atlantic season’s first hurricane
Isaias (ees-ah-EE-ahs) has strengthened to 50-mile-per-hour tropical storm moving east-northeast at 8 miles per hour. The latest forecast has the storm becoming a hurricane late tonight or early Thursday morning. The National Hurricane Center has Isaias reaching 110-mile-per-hour...
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Hearing set on motion to preserve evidence in Christa Pike's botched execution
Christa Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.
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Trump's executive order on dyed diesel will offer little relief, farmers and truckers say
Farmers, truckers and economists say a move to cut taxes on diesel will provide little relief from record-high fuel prices that have soared since the U.S. attacked Iran months ago. Industry groups said they appreciate President Donald Trump’s executive order expanding the use of ...
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Federal appeals judges don't reveal how they'll rule on Saudi Arabia's effort to end 9/11 litigation
Family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks packed a federal appeals courtroom in New York City on Wednesday as three judges heard arguments over whether legal claims against Saudi Arabia can proceed. The judges revealed through their questions that there are stil...
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Spain's PM offers condolences after reported death of 87-year-old whose eviction sparked protests
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday expressed his condolences after the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests . "All my love to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones,” Sánchez said in a post on X. “...
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Jon Rahm says he won't be part of the next version of LIV Golf
Spanish star Jon Rahm won't be part of the next version of LIV Golf, dealing a setback to the beleaguered circuit as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy and forge a new path without the financial muscle of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. John Beck, the attorney Rahm hired fo...
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Houston man charged after child pornography allegedly found on his devices
A Houston man has been arrested by Harris County authorities following an investigation into child sexual exploitation materials.
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Texas scheduled to execute man one week after Christa Pike's failed execution
Texas is set to execute a man convicted in a 2000 deadly robbery of a convenience store which killed a woman. This will be the first execution since the failed Tennessee execution of Christa Pike....