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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, first lady Jill Biden and a slew of writers and social justice activists are lauding Gloria Steinem as a revolutionary and inspiring figure. The celebrated author and activist, who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices...
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Pabst Blue Ribbon needs your help finding its stolen beer, and the company is now offering a reward for information that helps them track it down.
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Surveillance video captured the moment a pregnant hardware store employee confronted a man who tried to run out of a store with a 46-pound air-conditioning unit....
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Animal cruelty investigators rescued 19 animals Wednesday from a Cypress-area home where they were being kept inside a garage during extreme heat, according to the Houston SPCA. Harris County Constable Precinct 1 deputies assisted with the response. Investigators said 17 dogs wer...
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Authorities said the woman was driving at a high rate of speed when her motorcycle slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler.
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The U.S. Geological Survey released a new study showing the probability of a major earthquake in the San Francisco area.
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Sisters Rooney and Kate Mara play sisters who speak in unison in Werner Herzog’s new film “Bucking Fastard,” which had its world premiere Thursday at the Venice Film Festival. The 83-year-old German filmmaker had actually met twins who spoke in unison some 45 years ago. Greta and...
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Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, officials said.
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Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear for a sworn deposition before Congress on Thursday and instead sued the House Oversight Committee, asking a federal court to block subpoenas issued as part of its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The House O...
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Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial returned to the courthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday for a sixth day of deliberation after twice saying they can’t agree whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three young child...
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Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that an inflation report next week will largely determine whether he supports an interest rate hike later this month or not. The government will release August inflation figures Sept. 11, and if that report shows inflation...
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Dolly Parton’s famed east Tennessee theme park will debut new features soon to honor the life of its “dreamer-in-chief.”
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An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved....
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Beginning on Day One, House Democrats plan to "hold the crooks accountable.” That's the promise House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has made, previewing an ambitious agenda with oversight of President Donald Trump's administration and legislation to address the high costs of ...
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Shop the best furniture deals happening now for Labor Day 2026, with slashed prices from brands like Wayfair, Crate & Barrel and more.
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Data shows the number of Texas children on a waiting list for childcare payment assistance has spiked in recent years, and advocates worry the pressure on the system isn't letting up....
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More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs are still rare and jobless claims remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday filings for benefits ticked up to 206,000 last week from a revised 204,000 the week before. The four-w...
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Robot dogs could soon be deployed by ICE agents on the streets of Chicago and nationwide. They can search for suspects, assess explosives, and more, costing taxpayers $2 million, according to federal contract records....
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Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a blog post Thursday that more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face to share more than 3 million models, 500,000...
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President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity , and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of Congress. Als...
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"Gloria's near-century on earth were years well-lived," an official social media account said.
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The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was expected to keep trying to reach a verdict Thursday and avoid a mistrial.
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A Lebanese man who had been held prisoner in Israel was released Thursday, the first such handover since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war six months ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross and two Lebanese security officials said. The man, identified as M...
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Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering and developing conductive polymers, has died. He was 90. The discovery by Shirakawa and two fellow American scientists, Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid, demonstrated that plastic c...
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Remnants of Edouard continue to bring heavy rainfall and flooding after it caused power outages to thousands of residents. See how many outages have been reported, how to view the outage map, and how to report an outage at your home....
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Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and Gallery Furniture are marking Labor Day weekend with a meaningful giveaway — 150 free mattresses for veterans and first responders in the Houston area. The giveaway takes place today from 8 to 10 a.m. at Gallery Furniture, located at 6006 North F...
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A 44-year-old woman was hospitalized after becoming trapped beneath a Volkswagen Beetle following a crash involving her e-bike.
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More rain is headed toward an area of Polk County that is still recovering from the flooding and damage left behind by Tropical Depression Edouard. For some families in and around Livingston, officials say it won’t take much additional rain to create another problem. Edouard: Hig...
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Live radar: Extreme rainfall totals were recorded in the eastern and northeastern parts of Southeast Texas over the past few days due to the tropical rains brought in by Edouard. Edouard is moving north into DFW but leftover moisture could continue to bring us scattered heavy rai...
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A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape. The EPA proposal would elimi...
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On Thursday's show: We learn more about the recent deal the city of Houston made promising to never absorb The Woodlands. And we discuss how AI is showing up in health care....
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Hello, Houston.☀️ As the remnants of Edouard move north and out of Texas, some parts of the Houston area are still seeing tropical moisture. Edouard hit as a 60mph tropical storm. So far this hurricane season, we have not had a hurricane form in the Atlantic basin. The latest fir...
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Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles is setting her sights on the 2028 Summer Olympics, and she brought some Houston star power along for the announcement. Chiles announced her intention to compete in the Los Angeles Games in a new social media video titled “LA2028...WHY NOT?” View this...
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A federal judge in Boston said she has heard “nothing” from the U.S. Postal Service about how it would implement a plan to regulate mail ballots for the midterms as she considers whether to extend her prohibition against the proposal that is part of an executive order by Presiden...
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Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement and a fierce advocate for feminist causes throughout her life, has died. She was 92. With her trademark streaked hair parted down the middl...
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A Houston restaurant is getting worldwide attention for something many Houstonians already know: people really love ordering from Aga’s. The Indian-Pakistani restaurant has been named the No. 1 single-location restaurant in the world for Uber Eats orders, according to 2025 data f...
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U.S. striker Folarin Balogun pulled out of a deal to join Everton in the final minutes of European soccer’s summer transfer window because he felt uncomfortable that the English club raised doubts about his health in a medical check, Monaco’s sporting director has revealed. In an...
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Editor’s note: Are you struggling with higher costs? If so, we want to hear from you. Fill out the form at the bottom of this story to share how rising costs have affected you. In a state once considered one of the most affordable places in the country, candidates have popped up ...
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A woman is dead following a fatal motorcycle crash on Interstate 10 westbound in Katy early this morning. The crash occurred around midnight in the 2200 block of I-10 westbound near Mason Road. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, an adult female on a motorcycle was t...
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Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio was acquitted on Thursday of charges he revealed a sex video without consent. The court decision came hours after coach José Mourinho said the club opened a disciplinary proceeding against Asencio following a DUI conviction. He was cleared of cha...
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It is World Alzheimer’s Month, and we continue to bring awareness to this disease that has no cure, but many treatments can help slow the progression. Doctors say they are seeing the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease lowered by taking this one small step towards better health. Certain ...
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South Korean police are pushing for an indictment of music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk, the chairperson of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, over alleged investor fraud. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency referred Bang to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office on Thursda...
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Iran fired at Kuwait on Thursday as part of its retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Israeli police said they arrested a settler allegedly involved in an attack on Palestinians last week. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and th...
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Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand’s seaside resort city Pattaya on Thursday, as part of a port call after a lengthy deployment to the Middle East. The Lincoln was supporting the U.S. war against Iran , and its deploymen...
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Some survivors sheltering in relief camps after deadly floods in Nepal struggled Thursday to obtain essential medicines and cash, even as authorities provided food and other basic supplies to thousands of displaced people. The shortages are adding to the hardships of those living...
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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey arrived early Thursday in a courtroom not far from LSU that is the focus of college football as several dozen athletes seek a ruling that could clear the way for them to play this fall — even after they turned pro. Former New Orlea...
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In a civil defense shelter hewn into rock, behind doors designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack, two Finnish conscripts wearing hazmat suits and breathing masks are measuring radiation levels as they take part in an exercise to turn a cave into a place of safety for ...
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Russia will shutter German cultural centers across the country, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday. The move comes after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month and announced the closure of both the Russian Consulate in Bonn and ...
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Episode: 2636 Admiral Michael Mullen and Mathematics. Today, leading the charge.
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The Houston Rockets on Wednesday announced a full slate of theme nights, giveaways, and fan experiences for the 2026-27 season, highlighted by the expansion of Red Rush 90 to every home game, three bobblehead giveaways, Kid Days, Space City Saturdays and special ticket packages. ...
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The Houston Texans have a new receiver on board to ease pressure off of Nico Collins. After losing Jayden Higgins to a torn ACL recently Texans General Manager Nick Caserio reached out to strike a deal with the Patriots to land Boutte. With playing time in New England hard to com...
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Oil prices slipped Thursday after recent gains, with Brent crude trading near $95 a barrel, while Asian shares mostly advanced. U.S. futures edged higher. Renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran pushed oil prices sharply higher earlier in the week. But U.S. President Donald Tr...
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A Hong Kong court on Thursday dismissed appeals brought by a 94-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and four others over their convictions for failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested during anti-government protests. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bi...
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The latest pieces of President Donald Trump's wide-ranging Washington makeover are set for an airing Thursday in front of a federal panel that already has blessed other big-ticket plans from the designer-in-chief. The National Capital Planning Commission, which this spring approv...
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In a country where governments are famously short-lived, the perceived success of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has often been attributed to her survival skills rather than her accomplishments. Meloni’s conservative administration became Italy’s longest-serving uninterrupted gov...
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There were long lines at gas pumps, turning each fill-up into an ordeal. Flights to vacation destinations were canceled, delayed or rerouted. Online orders were disrupted as e-commerce hubs were set ablaze by buzzing drones. It's been a difficult summer for Russians — a season of...
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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals. It’s some of his biggest supporters. A series of small, pro-Netanyahu parties are competing in the run-up to the Oct. 27 vote . But instead of strengthening the ...
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Martin McDonagh had written a few versions of his new film “Wild Horse Nine,” which receives its world premiere on Thursday at the Venice Film Festival , before he homed in on the CIA and the 1973 military coup in Chile. One was about a father and son, another was about two actor...
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The 2026 Labor Day Classic between Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern found a calmer tone during the rivalry week luncheon at the Omni Houston Hotel as both head coaches spoke with our KPRC 2 Sports team about their excitement for the 41st year of this game. “I love the other pl...
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Mia Ortiz says the lightning hit her bedroom while she was there with her 3-month-old son. Homeowners can take steps to protect their homes as officials say there's been an uptick in house fires caused by lightning....
