Man pleads guilty to Fort Bend County deputy's hit-and-run-death
Deputy Kenneth Lewis passed away two days after he was hit by a vehicle in late February.
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Cypress polling site unseats downtown location as most-visited early voting site in Harris County
Harris County is seeing record early voting turnout this midterm cycle, and a Cypress community center has overtaken a longtime downtown favorite as the busiest polling location....
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Houston considers tighter rules on where gas stations can be built
Houston's mayor's office presented City Council with a proposed ordinance to restrict where new gas stations can be located near residential areas.
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Alley Theatre’s newest production, ‘Uhuru’ explores identity, culture, and belonging
A mountain climb becomes a much bigger journey in “Uhuru,” a new dramedy at Houston’s Alley Theatre . Written by Gloria Majule and directed by Shariffa Ali , the production follows an unlikely group attempting a “Tanzanian-only” climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. Along the way, the char...
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Fort Bend County approves $10B Tesla deal with 10-year tax break tied to 8,700 jobs
If Tesla chooses Fort Bend County as the location for the new solar manufacturing facility, the company will be required to employ a minimum of 8,700-plus workers by the time the site is fully operational, in exchange for the tax break from the county....
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Zelenskyy tells ABC News Starlink network still isn't fully working
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed a willingness to make a deal to end his country's war with Russia and lamented diminished U.S. assistance....
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Faith Hedgepeth murder trial: Jury finds Miguel Olivares guilty of first-degree murder in killing of UNC student in 2012
Faith Hedgepeth was a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was fatally beaten in her off-campus apartment in 2012....
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Mississippi DEI ban in public schools can take effect after Fifth Circuit ruling
Parts of Mississippi’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools can take effect after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement....
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Houston homeowner uses 5-gallon bucket to expose faulty water meter
Houston water customers continue to question unusually high bills, with some saying they struggle to get answers from the city’s Public Works Department. “Every time I have communicated with someone from the Public Works Department, it feels like a dead end and nobody will help,”...
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Trump at South Florida rally revives the idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran
President Donald Trump on Friday told a rally for candidates in South Florida that U.S. warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, his latest suggestion of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. Trump fi...
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New York state woman charged with voting illegally says she recently learned she wasn’t a citizen
An upstate New York woman who says she only recently learned she wasn’t born in the U.S. has been charged with voting illegally, one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections. Marva Cook was adopted a...
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DOJ preemptively sues to block Alaska Senate results if Republican narrowly loses
President Trump says he directed the DOJ to preemptively file a lawsuit to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses....
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Meghan Markle 'deeply distressed' amid report her father Thomas Markle Sr. is under investigation
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has been estranged from her father Thomas Markle Sr. since 2018.