Speaking to a small gathering of supporters as the Ohio River flowed behind her, Dr. Amy Acton announced she was backing a three-year moratorium on permitting new injection wells for fracking in rural Washington County. It’s an issue that is top of mind for voters worried that their groundwater h...
safety
Police said they're still investigating what led up to the near-drowning on Sherman Street in East Houston.
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FDA issues recall for more than 122,000 cases of Gatorade.
government
The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Trump along with major cases on guns, religious freedom, and climate change....
schools
Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush’s agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died ov...
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AI whistleblowers and executives from Google, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to appear before the New York City Council as lawmakers consider new rules aimed at regulating artificial intelligence....
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Actor Michael Douglas is sharing new details about his decades-long career in Hollywood, and the shadow he lived under as he climbed his way to the top....
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ABC News spoke with two senior U.S. officials and an Israeli source familiar with the investigation.
government
Fort Bend ISD said its goal is to relieve overutilization at Austin, Elkins, and Travis high schools and improve feeder alignment at middle schools.
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A federal jury in Waco has convicted a former U.S. Army soldier on nine counts related to the sexual abuse and exploitation of two minor victims, federal prosecutors announced....
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The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack last week has turned into a wide security and intelligence probe spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand as authorities try to figure out how the suspect, previously flagged for extremist views in Oman, was cleared ...
parks
At a Friday hearing in El Paso, a U.S. District Judge ordered all construction on the Big Bend area border wall project to stop immediately — including in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. The order also included the stay of federal waivers that expedited the ...
safety
The FBI arrested an Irvine woman at LAX who is accused of secretly gathering photos, videos and license plate information for China.
