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Race leader Tadej Pogacar pulls out of Spanish Vuelta after crashing during Stage 8

Five-time Tour de France champion and overwhelming favorite Tadej Pogacar pulled out of the Spanish Vuelta after crashing during the eighth stage of the race on Saturday. The Slovenian held a big lead in the race but got caught in a crash about 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) from the...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Houston Weather: Isolated showers and storms Saturday across southeast Texas

We made it to the weekend and after Friday’s powerful storms this weekend will be mostly hot and humid. Below is a picture that Deborah Rutherford sent in from Houston. This is a shelf cloud. Inside the loop did not get a lot of rain but it did get this cool looking cloud from th...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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James Talarico to air first TV ad attacking Ken Paxton in Senate race

State Rep. James Talarico is going up with his first negative television ad of the U.S. Senate race — a 30-second spot attacking Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of corruption. Talarico has frequently criticized Paxton on the campaign trail over his 2023 impeachment b...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Niger's security forces battle mutinous soldiers in the capital

A group of soldiers in Niger rebelled against officers at a key military base and fired at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey, in an apparent mutiny and threat to the country’s struggling junta, authorities said Saturday. Sustained gunfire and explosions were heard overni...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Death toll following Russian attack on Ukraine's Kyiv region rises to 37

At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said Saturday. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the local regional military administration, said that at least 50 residential buildings had been damaged...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Alex Eala returns to the US Open with a roaring fan base and on a path to stardom

More than 8,000 fans packed the Grandstand at the U.S. Open last year to witness Alex Eala rally from down 5-1 in the third set to upset 14th-ranked Clara Tauson. The crowd went crazy, waving Filipino flags to celebrate the comeback. Eala is now up to a career-best 18th in the wo...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Nepal-China flood rescue enters fourth day as death toll and missing count rise

Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day. Rescue workers and military personnel have been worki...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 29, 2026

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Trump, Beef & Ballots

Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in politics

Houston Public Media (NPR/PBS)Aug 29, 2026

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Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump's ‘Lake America’ executive order

The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 28, 2026

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Prosecutor will take Houston ICE shooting case to grand jury

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Friday that federal officials have not provided his office any information about the fatal shooting last month of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by immigration officers in Houston, so he plans to take the evidence his office has collected s...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 28, 2026

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Houston Life celebrates 10 years on the air with epic lookback of the broadcast

August 2026 marks 10 years since Houston Life premiered on KPRC 2. Since then the show has broadcast thousands of hours of LIVE TV, has booked thousands of special guests, and has continued to evolve. “Doing a LIVE show in that setting really was like a giant experiment,” said De...

KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)Aug 28, 2026