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2 arrested after box truck pursuit starts in northwest Harris County and ends in Westchase: HCSO
Houston TranStar cameras captured the box truck in pursuit. HCSO said the suspects were allegedly stealing more than $1,200 in merchandise.
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One arrested, one on the run after Katy Freeway chase
Two suspects reportedly fled a Katy Walmart after stealing over $1,200 of merchandise.
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Erling Haaland neutralized by England and subbed off late as Norway's World Cup run ends
Erling Haaland's day ended earlier than many expected. About 15 minutes later, Norway's run in the World Cup ended as well.The Vikings' biggest star didn't shine Saturday.Haaland was a nonfactor for much of his team's quarterfinal against England and — perhaps because of the stra...
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This Week in Texas: $1500 for every Texas Household, ICE accountability, politics in sports
This Week in Texas, we talk about the fatal shooting in Houston involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Gina Hinojosa's proposal for $1500 for every Texas household....
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'Ted Lasso' stars bring World Cup fever to Kansas City as Argentina faces Switzerland
Lionel Messi and reigning World Cup champion Argentina playing for a semifinal spot in Ted Lasso's hometown?You'd better BELIEVE he's paying attention.The fictional coach of soccer club AFC Richmond — or rather, Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character on the Apple TV series...
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England and Norway tied 1-1 at halftime of World Cup quarterfinal
Andreas Schjelderup scored for Norway in the 36th minute and England's Jude Bellingham equalized in stoppage time on Saturday as the teams entered halftime of their World Cup quarterfinal match tied at 1-1.Schjelderup, making just his second start of the tournament, fired a shot ...
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Texans Training Camp open to public ahead of milestone 25th season
The calendar says July, but it's never too early to start thinking about football!
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Heat and humidity make World Cup quarterfinal challenge for Norway, England even tougher
Carla Gregory was fighting the heat even before watching the World Cup quarterfinal between England and Norway on Saturday.She carried cold water in one hand. She had an unfolded fan in the other, flapping it with hopes of creating her own little breeze. And the elements seemed t...
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Argentine Antonio Rattín, whose dismissal in the 1966 World Cup prompted a rules change, dies at 89
Argentine Antonio Rattín, a former Boca Juniors player whose act of defiance while representing Argentina at the 1966 World Cup helped lead to the introduction of yellow and red cards, has died, the country’s football federation said Saturday. He was 89.Rattín died in Buenos Aire...
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Guggenheim Museum among NYC buildings that tested positive for Legionnaires’ amid disease outbreak
New York City’s famed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak.The city health department on Friday released a list of 31 buildings on th...
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Democratic congressman says he was detained by the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna said Saturday that he was detained by settlers and the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank and released only after calls to the American Embassy in Jerusalem. The Israeli Defense Forces denied detaining any visitors in the incident, the latest example o...
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Ro Khanna claims Israeli settlers detained him during West Bank visit
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., says he and members of his congressional delegation were detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the West Bank near the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta....
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‘It doesn’t get easier’: Candlelight vigil honors Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Salgado Araujo was shot Tuesday morning during what ICE has called a “targeted enforcement operation.” He was traveling to work with three other men in his car....
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Justin Wrobleski becomes 6th Dodgers All-Star, White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters also added
Left-hander Justin Wrobleski became the sixth member of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on the National League All-Star roster and Chicago outfielder Tristan Peters was added to the American League squad on Saturday, a day after becoming the seventh White Sox player...
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How do you say Cholowsky? White Sox hope No. 1 pick in the draft spells sure thing in Chicago
Expected to go as the first pick in the amateur draft, Roch Cholowsky submitted a video to Major League Baseball with the correct pronunciation of his last name.For the record, the name is pronounced chil-OW’-skee.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred still botched the pronunciation ...
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North Carolina man broke into ex's home, fatally stabbed his 5-year-old son before going to Taco Bell: police
A North Carolina man allegedly kicked down his ex-girlfriend's apartment door and fatally stabbed his 5-year-old son before leaving and heading to Taco Bell....
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Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump's broad clemency
A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government's landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to attack the Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in the White House more than five years ago.The case's di...
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Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call
President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran “ at levels they've never seen before ” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. But the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic, preauthori...
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Princess Kate watches Wimbledon women's final in Royal Box with Jodie Foster and Olympian Eileen Gu
Kate, the Princess of Wales, returned to Wimbledon for the women's final between Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova on Saturday as part of a Royal Box contingent that included tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King.Jodie Foster, “Emily in Paris” star Lily Collins,...
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Germany officials confident Klopp will be next national team coach
Germany officials have held talks with Jurgen Klopp and both sides are confident he will take over as coach, the national soccer federation said Saturday. Former coach Julian Nagelsmann resigned after his team failed to make the round of 16 for the third World Cup running. Klopp,...
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South Africa World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams, who played at the World Cup, has died. He was 25.His death was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday.“It is with profound shock and a heavy heart that I have learnt of the...
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Dangerous heat wave is building, will bring oppressive temperatures to much of the United States
A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S., with triple-digit highs expected in the Southwest and Great Plains this weekend before spreading eastward under a dome of high pressure that meteorologists say could trap oppressive temperatures for a week or more....
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Haeran Ryu sets an LPGA major record with a 60 to build a 3-shot lead at the Evian Championship
Haeran Ryu set the scoring record for LPGA majors on Saturday with an 11-under 60, giving the South Korean player a three-shot lead in the Evian Championship as she goes for a second straight major.Two weeks after winning her first major at the Women's PGA Championship, Ryu birdi...
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Linda Noskova recovers from 2nd-set meltdown to win Wimbledon and claim her 1st Grand Slam title
Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon.The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to overcome Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam trop...
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Houston weather: Daily downpours expected to continue through early next week
Deeper Gulf moisture keeps pouring in this weekend, so expect more clouds and higher rain chances.
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One runner gored in the face at Spain's San Fermin bull run festival
One runner has been gored in the face, and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain's San Fermin festival on Saturday....
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Labor, community leaders gather in Houston to mourn Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Houston labor organizations, community leaders and elected officials gathered Saturday morning to mourn Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this week.The vigil was held at 10 a.m. at the SEIU Texas office, loc...
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To the GOP, he's a sham candidate. At home, he’s Mr. Sullivan, ex-teacher and Alaska Senate hopeful
On Independence Day, as second-term Republican Dan Sullivan and his chief rival in Alaska's U.S. Senate race Democrat Mary Peltola headlined parades, the other Dan Sullivan seeking the seat was happily on the sidelines of festivities in this small fishing community he long has ca...
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DoorDash driver completes food delivery after being struck by suspect Torrance Whitaker in Houston police chase: VIDEO
A DoorDash driver completed her delivery after being hit by suspect Torrance Whitaker in a police chase in Houston, Texas.
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Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire in southern Spain that killed at least 12
Hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft struggled Saturday to contain one of Spain's deadliest wildfires that killed a least 12 people. A combination of light winds and high humidity are helping crews but the sheer size of the fire still poses chall...
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Trump threatens Iran after open calls for the US leader's assassination during ayatollah's funeral
President Donald Trump has threatened Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral, where there were calls for Trump's assassination.
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15 Indian tourists killed when a speedboat capsizes in southern Vietnam
A tourist boat returning from an island trip in southern Vietnam capsized on Saturday, killing 15 Indian visitors, state media reported. The speedboat was carrying 32 Indian tourists and four crew members when it overturned about 400 meters (1,310 feet) from Hon May Rut Ngoai Isl...
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New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One reporting, newspaper says
The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after their report on security concerns involving the new Air Force One, according to the paper.The new jet, which President Donald Trump received as a gift from Qatar, entered service last week. The subpo...
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11 wounded in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv; Ukraine attacks Russian vessels
At least 11 people, including a child, were wounded after Russia launched an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Saturday, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Separately, Ukrainian forces struck Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov, damaging 21 tankers used...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1600: Adams’s Education
Episode: 1600 Henry Adams ponders the Virgin and the Dynamo. science, medieval architecture, Langley, 1900 Paris exhibition, Chartres cathedral.
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Erling Haaland is Norway's World Cup machine — and the internet's 'babygirl'
Erling Haaland stands at 6 feet, 5 inches, an intimidating force who can make fellow soccer players look tiny in stature and talent. Scoring seven goals across four World Cup matches entering Saturday, the Norwegian player has been described as a machine. But if you ask some loya...
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A lost AirPod, AI fakes and the secret garden: How fans experienced Taylor Swift’s private wedding
With a trash-grabbing claw and plastic bag in hand, Justin Gignac dressed up in his wedding tuxedo and waded through the Swifties, some of whom had spent hours standing outside Madison Square Garden.He was hoping to find beads from broken friendship bracelets — something symbolic...
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Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US
The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he’d met as a teenager in Me...
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A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-old's death and a family's search for answers in the Deep South
A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. He never came back.Two days later, he was found dead. What happened, Wells' parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stori...
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Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral saw open calls for his killing
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the regio...
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Houston forecast: Heavy rain potential ramps up this weekend with a street flooding threat
Saturday’s forecast:More storms are expected this weekend. While similar to the hit and miss sea breeze storms we’ve had all week, we now have tropical moisture mixed in. That means rain will be more widespread and it will be heavier. It won’t rain all day, but storms will be mor...
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FBI arrests man in $3.7B 'Medicare scam,' Houston seniors impacted
13 Investigates a Houston-area connection to what the FBI is calling one of the "biggest Medicare scams in history."
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White Sox rookie Tristan Peters hits for the cycle, first for franchise in nearly 9 years
Rookie Chicago White Sox center fielder Tristan Peters hit for the cycle Friday night, becoming the franchise's first player to achieve the feat in nearly nine years.Peters doubled in the third, singled in the fifth and hit a two-run homer in the seventh against the Athletics.Nee...
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Suspect shot by officer after pointing gun at a father and child in west Houston, HPD says
Police said that an officer said discharged a firearm, striking the suspect. No officers were injured at the scene, HPD said.
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Houston mayor says ICE is out of control, states all Houstonians should be concerned
Houston Mayor John Whitmire says he and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare will do everything within their resources to pursue an independent and transparent investigation following a deadly shooting involving an ICE agent on Tuesday....
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Investigation into Polk County mother’s suspicious death leads to man’s arrest
An investigation into the suspicious death of a Polk County mother in May has led to a man’s arrest.Cody Allen Laviolette, 36, is charged with aggravated assault and unlawful restraint. He was arrested on Friday. Laviolette’s mother, Patty Laviolette, was also arrested on a charg...
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North Freeway to close at Crosstimbers Street in both directions due to bridge repairs, TxDOT says
According to TxDOT, the North Freeway at Crosstimbers Road will close in both directions for bridge repairs starting at 9 p.m. Friday until 5 p.m. on Saturday....
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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was 78. “They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old,” Lil...
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Former Heat teammates Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro have brief altercation in Las Vegas, AP source says
Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro had a brief verbal and physical altercation at a practice facility for the NBA's Summer League in Las Vegas on Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.Adebayo struck Herro at least once during the encounte...
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Fiat launches tiny EV in US with shockingly low price tag – and one major catch
Fiat is bringing its tiny electric Topolino to the U.S., offering American buyers a two-seat neighborhood EV that costs less than many used cars.
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Median price of homes in U.S. hit an all-time high as sales in Houston area slow down
The median price of a home in the U.S. hit an all-time high of $440,600 in June, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury's determination that the company designed its platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being.Lawyers ...
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ICE activity in Texas continues to climb as agency increases focus on street arrests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and across the country have increasingly targeted people who are not already in law enforcement custody, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of federal data.In Houston, where the killing of an immigrant by an ICE agent has gar...
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Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT. This is a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company....
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Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs agree on 5-year extension that could top $250M, AP source says
Victor Wembanyama has signed what will be the richest contract in San Antonio Spurs history, a five-year extension that could exceed $250 million if the player option in the final season is picked up, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Friday.The person spoke on con...
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The Houston Volunteers Making Sure No Child Sleeps on the Floor
Most of us don’t remember our first bed.We remember the pillow forts, the bedtime stories, the nights we stayed up reading under the covers or woke to the sound of rain outside the window. The bed itself fades into the background because it’s always been there.But for thousands o...
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As TxDOT prepares to widen FM 518 in Pearland, some local businesses say they have to move
Widening FM 518 will be a huge change, not simply because of the construction, but because some businesses will have to move as TxDOT widens the roadway....
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‘This is our barrio’: Houston’s East End residents say fatal ICE shooting calls for community resilience
The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent has left the predominantly Latino community reeling. But for the neighborhood with a history of activism, it’s also a call to action....
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Pasadena police sergeant resigns while under internal investigation; council member cites alleged misuse of Flock camera
A Pasadena police sergeant has resigned from the department while he remained under an active internal investigation, according to the Pasadena Police Department.The resignation comes as a Pasadena city council member exclusively told KPRC 2 that the sergeant was being investigat...
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2 teens hurt with multiple gunshot wounds after shooting at each other, HCSO says
Two 19-year-olds were hurt after shooting at each other in west Harris County, according to the sheriff's office. Investigators said the teens are neighbors and were firing at each other from their driveways....