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Toxic gas prevented rescuers from reaching 13 workers trapped in a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India on Wednesday after a gas explosion two days earlier killed 12 workers. The blast triggered by a buildup of methane gas tore through the tunnel Monday at the 500-megawatt Teesta...
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Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief . Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between the c...
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Tropical Storm Bertha creeped along the Gulf Coast toward the edge of Louisiana on Wednesday, spinning off strong winds far from its center and closing beaches from Florida to Mississippi. While the storm was expected to lose strength through the rest of the week, forecasters war...
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Jackie, the beloved Big Bear bald eagle, is recovering on Tuesday after she was injured and rescued over the weekend.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Wednesday that Iran's demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz would threaten the world’s economy and the principle of freedom of navigation, even in Asia. Rubio spoke at the start of an annual meeting in the Philippin...
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Episode: 3390 Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve. Today, Geraldine Watson & The Big Thicket National Preserve.
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Asian shares were trading mixed Wednesday following a rally on Wall Street, despite concerns about higher oil prices and inflation. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.2% to finish at 66,115.60, after the government reported that both imports and exports rose last month from a ye...
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President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could hoist children out of poverty and give more Americans the chance to benefit from investments in the stock market. But some parents say they're still waiting for the money to arrive. Trump on Wednesday plans to speak at a Georgia hi...
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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcements during his first 24 hours on the job underscore the political and financial challenges he faces as he tries to jump-start the country’s sluggish economy. Burnham, from Britain’s left-leaning Labour Party, faces restive voters seeki...
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Nicolás Maduro returns to court with his lawyers Wednesday and is expected to continue objecting to the U.S. military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power and deposited him in New York to face drug trafficking charges. Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69...
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The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie went on trial again Wednesday, this time in a federal case that casts the stabbing on a lecture stage as an act of terrorism. Prosecutors said Hadi Matar attacked the renowned author and free-speech advocate in 2022 to tr...
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu , but urged the federal government to do so. In a video, Mamdani described the Israeli prime min...
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A reported new agreement could allow the U.S. to help Saudi Arabia with uranium enrichment capabilities.
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An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare. Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, who is 34 years old and already had four children, delivered the babies last week at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Queensland ...
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As dangerous heat settles across the Houston area, the City of Houston is opening cooling centers to give residents a safe place to escape the high temperatures. The Lansdale Community Center on Roos Road is one of several locations that will serve as a cooling center during the ...
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Gilley faces a capital murder charge in the 2024 death of his pregnant wife, Christa Gilley. He remains in custody in Italy, where a court is deciding whether to extradite him back to the United States....
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A Magnolia woman says she was stunned after receiving a $2,327 water bill from Aqua Texas that showed her household used 97,200 gallons of water in one month—an amount she believes is impossible for her three-bedroom mobile home....
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President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people, who were not authorized to comment publ...
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Jimmy Kimmel returns for a new season of the ABC game show, with celebrities competing to win $1 million for charity. 💰📺
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Dangerous heat continues across the Houston area, and for many people, staying indoors is not an option. FOX 26 spoke with Sean Harris, CEO and founder of Cypherdemics Fitness, about how to stay safe while working, exercising or running errands outdoors....
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district that was at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race and redistricting. The majority Black congressional district was redrawn by the state leg...
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The latest "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" trailer revisits Tom Holland's "Spider-Man" saga before teasing Hulk, Scorpion and a new mystery villain.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a driver after seizing over 22 kilograms of fentanyl concealed inside a pickup truck's spare tire at the Presidio, Texas Port of Entry....
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An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old's cause and manner of death to be “undetermined" pending further investigation. The civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Wells family, announced the preliminary findi...
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Residents at a senior apartment complex in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood say they're frustrated after one of the building's elevators has remained out of service for nearly two weeks....
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Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that three people died of infections of hantavirus, but stressed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans. The Health Ministry said hant...
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Activists took their demands for justice to Houston City Hall Tuesday, laying out plans for a citywide protest as they continue to push for answers in the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Salgado Araujo, a husband and father, was shot and killed by an ICE agent two weeks ago in H...
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Community organizers and faith leaders held a press conference outside Houston City Hall on Tuesday to demand an independent investigation and accountability following the fatal July 7 shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent....
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The Montgomery County Public Health Department confirms three cases of measles after a family was exposed to another confirmed case from an individual who traveled from out of state. Measles is a highly contagious virus, which can have serious health complications that can be lif...
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President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon "a lot" during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country's leader, Joseph Aoun.
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Court records show that a Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy accused of breaking into his wife's home now has a burglary charge dismissed by a district attorney....
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A Houston woman who rents out cars through her private rental company found her stolen vehicle sitting in another family’s driveway — sold to them with a forged title. Brionte Shurn said what started as a routine rental quickly turned into a nightmare involving a fake ID, a stole...
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Stephen Curry is headed to the Hall of Fame, making more basketball history with a first-of-its-kind exhibit for an active player. Stephen Curry: Beyond the Arc is set to open Friday, celebrating the career of a two-time MVP and the NBA's career leader in 3-pointers. The Naismith...
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President Donald Trump is set to rally in Michigan next week as early in-person voting begins in the battleground state’s primary, where voters will choose nominees for open Senate and governor’s races. The rally is set to take place in Oakland County on Monday, according to a pe...
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A Texas man out on bond for allegedly assaulting deputies is back in custody after law enforcement say he impersonated a peace officer to direct traffic on a Colorado highway....
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HOUSTON — A Houston funeral home director is charged with five felonies after investigators say they submitted forged documents to obtain a state license — and then stole the estate of a man whose family hired them for his funeral. Unique Green, the unlicensed director of A Commu...
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A bagel store owner in Galveston is turning a burglary into a slogan and using the words to help cover the costs of damages.
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The skies were mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat had finally broken as 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Dias and his 28-year-old wife, Marina Suyapa Regalado, set out with their two children for some leisurely fishing in an Ohio river. A second Honduran couple and an adult f...
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The Justice Department is investigating embattled Florida Congressman Cory Mills, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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A Conroe man is calling it a win after the Attorney General's office ordered the City of Conroe to release documents they were trying to withhold related to Flock cameras....
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LUBBOCK — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows called for an audit of the Texas Broadband Development Office Tuesday. Their request comes after the office faced allegations last month for favoring satellite companies when it came to distributing more than $5 bill...
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Zillow estimates the U.S. is short about 4.7 million homes, but building on every listed vacant lot could reduce that shortage by more than 6%.
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Ken Paxton accused Democratic Senate opponent James Talarico of being hostile to law enforcement during a Fort Worth campaign event.
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A man in Woodland Heights says the City of Houston has been ignoring his complaints about leaking sewage along his street for more than three decades.
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The wreckage from a Pan Am plane crash in the ocean 74 years ago that helped lead to requirements for the passenger safety briefings on every flight today has been found off the coast of Puerto Rico. The talks flight attendants deliver about how to inflate a life vest or find the...
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The England World Cup forward Morgan Rogers completed his British transfer record move from Aston Villa to Premier League rival Chelsea on Tuesday. No fee was officially disclosed but media reports say it is worth 117 million pounds ($156.5 million), which surpasses England teamm...
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From longtime collectors to those searching for their very first signature scent, fragrance lovers have something new to experience in Houston. The inaugural Global Fragrance Convention, known as FRAGCON , is bringing together fragrance houses, independent brands, perfumers, reta...
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The funeral director whose Third Ward facility was raided by police last November was arrested Tuesday and charged with theft, forgery and tampering with evidence, according to officials....
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Gilley, 39, faces a capital murder charge in Harris County after allegedly killing his pregnant wife inside their Heights home in 2024.
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Four months after two children’s deaths and other staffing problems at Dallas-based foster care provider EMPOWER forced the state to place it into receivership , the agency’s commissioner took action on Tuesday and abruptly canceled the private company’s contract. In a letter sen...
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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to halt the deportation of a witness in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston's East End, according to court documents....
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The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was fired last week less than an hour after being sworn in sued over his termination Tuesday, teeing up a legal challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to control who occupies the powerful Justice Department posts. Roger Rogoff is...
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With Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf serving as a reminder that hurricane season is well underway, now is a good time for Houstonians to make sure they’re prepared for whatever Mother Nature has in store. CenterPoint Energy appeared on Houston Life to discuss the work being don...
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A Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer in Florida after running from federal immigration officers was vacationing in the U.S. and had a tourist visa, according to a Mexico official and a group assisting his wife. Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 ...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News on Tuesday that the multi-state cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S. is "under control."...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed an executive order directing multiple state agencies to investigate and crack down on healthcare providers involved in "birth tourism" schemes....
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A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday afternoon to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up. It’s the second satellite-saving mission to launch this month, all part of a growing, money-saving eff...
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An arson charge was lodged Tuesday against a former Army soldier who was detained without bail after a prosecutor said he gave investigators a lengthy confession detailing his fiery attack on a federal building in Manhattan that houses immigration court proceedings. Andrew Arraba...
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The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention....
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A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor that has seen numerous candidates drop out and re-enter the race has threatened to leave thousands of voters who have already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state's top office. That possibility prompted the ...
