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The 2026 precinct maps were redrawn and approved on June 29 — between the March primary election and the November general election. The Texas Supreme Court now barres the county from using those new boundaries in November....
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Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in politics
business
The Astrodome Conservancy, led by Beth Wiedower-Jackson, is asking for businesses to submit their ideas on how to revitalize the Astrodome.
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Texas Republicans took anti-Muslim remarks to the national stage during speeches at the GOP midterm convention.
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On Friday's show: We look back at the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 25 years later as we hear from Houstonians who were in New York and elsewhere, along with others sharing their memories of that day....
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Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we’ve come. Today, we measure how far we’ve come.
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President Donald Trump said he wasn’t going to say it — and then he said it anyway. For the second night in a row at the Republicans’ midterm convention , he mocked Ken Paxton on stage. “I don’t really like the way he looks,” Trump told the laughing crowd in Paxton's home state o...
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Former Port Authority employees Vincent and Rosemarie Borst said the events of 9/11 remain etched in their memories as they recalled their escape from the World Trade Center and the fear of losing loved ones....
parks
A new $100 million initiative has been launched to significantly cut maternal mortality rates and improve childbirth safety across the United States.
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U.S. diesel prices reached a record average of nearly $6.06 per gallon Friday as escalating fighting between the U.S. and Iran disrupted global oil supplies....
government
The vote came amid rising concerns about mass surveillance and how the cameras are being used.
safety
An Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported, the Justice Department said Friday. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth...
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Late-night television talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has made the decision to pull an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico from network TV and air it on YouTube due to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission....
business
What do you get when you mix Owen Wilson, Alan Ritchson, a ruthless cartel and one very important liver? You get ‘Runner,’ a new action-packed thriller hitting theaters September 11. The movie follows former soldier Hank Malone, played by Alan Ritchson, and an unlikely partner, B...
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Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks sometimes seems barely any closer to being put on trial than the day he arrived....
safety
President Donald Trump marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Friday at a Pentagon ceremony honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijackers crashed planes into three sites across the country....
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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer is asking a judge to acquit her of killing her three kids in order to prevent a second murder trial.
government
Vice President JD Vance headlined the second night of the Republican midterm convention, rallying GOP voters while lacing into Democrats.
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It's supposed to be a track meet featuring the best of the best. When Saturday night's sprints roll around at the Ultimate Championship , one thing will be missing: the fastest of the fast. The fastest man and woman in the 100 meters this year — Olympic titlist Noah Lyles (9.79 s...
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A group of men and children gathered Friday at a vantage point overlooking their village in southern Lebanon, watching from a distance as Israeli drones descended, carrying boxes laden with explosives to be dropped on houses. It has become a daily ritual for residents of Mansouri...
safety
A story of family, sacrifice and legacy. The triplet sons of a firefighter who responded on Sept. 11 are finding their own ways to serve.
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There is promising news in the fight against opioid overdoses in Texas, with data showing overdose deaths have declined in recent years. But Houston-area medical experts say the decrease does not mean the opioid crisis is over, and they are urging families to remain prepared for ...
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Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 , remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. Friday’s milestone anniversary brings memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments o...
safety
A 72-year-old woman using a walker was hit and killed near the Texas Medical Center on Friday morning, the Houston Police Department said.
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Conroe will continue funding its Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras after city leaders approved a new budget Thursday, despite residents and two council members pushing the city to reconsider the technology. The decision comes as other Houston-area cities pull back from F...
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Nigeria's parliament said Friday that it's suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting other Africans. The violent protests, which erupted in South Africa earlier this year, have forced thousands of migrants to leave and caused d...
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The Ebola outbreak in Congo, the world's fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record, has now spread to seven provinces in the African country, local authorities said. And it's showing no signs of slowing down. According to the governor of the northwestern province of Sud-U...
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Four fighter jets rose into the air over a French military base and settled into formation at the start of a 40-day flight taking them through the icy Arctic and steamy tropics before ending in a desert. The aircraft left Istres air base in southern France on Tuesday and will tra...
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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen seized a key island Friday after capturing a Red Sea port , moves that threatened to further disrupt international shipping in the region. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack. Her...
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It's estimated 400,000 people were exposed to toxins, risk of physical injury and stressful conditions from 9/11 and the aftermath, according to the WTC Health Program....
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Twenty-five years later, Welles Crowther is still being remembered for saving more than a dozen people during the terror attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11th....
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Walmart customers in Texas and 15 other states are urged to check their freezers after a recall of frozen berries was expanded due to possible E. coli contamination. Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. expanded its recall to include one lot of Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend,...
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Every September, the anniversary of the September 11 attacks brings renewed attention to the nearly 3,000 people killed that day and the countless lives permanently altered in the aftermath....
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U.K. lawmakers on Friday voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the elected House of Commons, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was rejected 286 to 270. The o...
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Hello, Houston.☀️ Hope you’re having an amazing week so far. Today is 9/11, which marks 25 years since the deadly September 11, 2001, attack. It’s the day al-Qaida extremists hijacked four commercial jets and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a fie...
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The bulletin says terrorist organizations continue to encourage attacks.
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Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. ODESSA — The Public Utility Commission of Texas will consider approving the buildout of three 765-kilovol...
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Texas can be more transparent with how much it spends to temporarily house foster children and with what its private contractors are spending to provide foster care services for half of the state, a new state report shows. The state’s Legislative Budget Board said in its 2026 Str...
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The Coast Guard pilot who spotted the lone survivor sitting atop the overturned boat in the Bering Sea called the rescue an "emotional roller coaster."...
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More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defense official said Friday. The dead are part of 1.5 million Russian casualties in Ukraine, Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard Knig...
business
A plan to transform a former Budweiser bottling plant into an artificial intelligence data center is drawing opposition from Jacinto City leaders, who say they may have limited power to stop the project if it moves forward. The debate will come directly to residents Friday night ...
safety
Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States on Friday, South African police said. The men, who were arrested in the South African ...
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Kimi Antonelli kept his momentum on the challenging new Madring track on Friday, leading the way in practice in the return of Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix to Madrid. Antonelli, the points leader coming off an epic comeback win in Monza, set the fastest time at the hybrid circui...
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Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence in the 1970s as a leader of the Radical Party campaign to legalize abortion in heavily Roman Catholic Italy over the objections of the Vatican, has died. She was 78. Her party of recent years, +Europa, announced her death. “Her life w...
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Saudi Arabia said Friday it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said, opening a new front in the Iran war . The Houthis made t...
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The opening day of the Solheim Cup started with smoke blowers and party music blasting out of a boisterous first tee just after dawn. It ended in late-evening silence on No. 18 as veteran European player Carlota Ciganda stood over a 12-foot putt to tie the match against the Ameri...
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Sam Darnold played just five snaps. A.J. Brown will be sidelined for a while. De’Zhaun Stribling was carted off the field. High-profile injuries are adding up just two games into the NFL season. It’s not even Sunday yet. And Tua Tagovailoa got hurt in practice. Darnold got good n...
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As the United States ratchets up the pressure on the International Criminal Court , sanctioning two more high-ranking staff members in recent weeks, a small but growing number of the global tribunal’s member states have announced they will quit the institution. The recent departu...
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U.S. stocks are rebounding Friday and clawing back most of their losses for the week after oil prices eased off their recent spurt. An update on inflation across the United States that came in close to economists’ expectations, even if prices are still rising too quickly for ever...
business
Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of one of Hawaii’s most picturesque islands as residents and businesses work to recover from the latest tropical storm to thrash the state. Intense wind and surging waves from Hurricane Lowell damaged oceanfront resorts, ripped...
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Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments o...
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President Donald Trump observed Friday’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at a ceremony at the Pentagon by commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in three locations and upended American foreign policy and nation...
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Leaders of the BRICS nations will meet in New Delhi this weekend as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and U.S.-China tensions test the group’s ability to act together. Host India will seek to balance its ties with China and Russia against its growing partnerships with the Unite...
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U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas prices spiked in the wake of renewed fighting in the Middle East, underscoring the affordability challenges that are top of mind for many voters with midterm elections now just seven weeks away. The consumer price index rose 3.4% last ...
safety
The fire that gutted a passenger ferry in the Philippines, killing at least 35 people, spread so fast that one man didn't have time to get a life jacket as others stepped on him in panic. Fifty-four people are still missing since the fire tore through the ferry Wednesday night ne...
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The San Francisco 49ers enjoyed every moment of their weeklong Australian adventure. They gradually adjusted their body clocks, enjoyed Melbourne's sights and tastes — and then they dominated a division rival in the NFL's first regular-season game Down Under. The Los Angeles Rams...
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The two-night rally and fundraiser featured President Donald Trump on both nights along with politicians and every day Americans.
schools
The school has canceled the remainder of its varsity football schedule, saying it does not have enough players to safely field a team at the Class 2A level....
schools
No. 7 Miami set a school record for yards and tied the mark for points in a game, with quarterbacks Darian Mensah and Luke Nickel each throwing three touchdown passes in a 77-7 victory over lower-division Florida A&M on Thursday night. The Hurricanes finished with 856 yards, brea...
