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Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quick solution. So the laid-off web developer turned to one of a growing number of three-year degree programs. “I ca...
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The former NBA center declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft, saying he identifies as a woman.
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Residents living near a short-term rental property on 7th Street in Houston’s Heights neighborhood said life has become increasingly difficult over the past three years — and a recent police incident has brought renewed attention to the ongoing issues. On Friday, officers pursuin...
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A woman was killed while attempting to cross the Gulf Freeway in southeast Houston, HPD said.
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A mother and her daughter died on Sunday afternoon after a reported lightning strike in Margate, Florida.
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The shooting took place on Brimwood Drive on Sunday afternoon, according to the constable's office. The woman's condition was not immediately released....
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Deputies are investigating a shooting that injured a woman on Brimwood Drive, where a possible suspect has been detained.
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Klay Thompson has signed his deal with the Miami Heat, who waited patiently for weeks to see if they would get the chance to add the sharpshooter to their reworked roster. Thompson — who is No. 4 on the NBA's all-time 3-pointers made list — cleared waivers Sunday afternoon and wa...
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A police chase in Houston didn't happen in a patrol unit, but in an Uber. Dashcam video shows the rideshare driver helping the HPD officers who hopped in his vehicle....
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Shelley Fabares, a beloved television actor known for roles on "The Donna Reed Show," "One Day at a Time," and "Coach," has died at 82.
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Caitlin Clark scored 37 points and Kelsey Mitchell had 30, helping the Indiana Fever pull away from the Chicago Sky for a 113-90 victory on Sunday night. Clark made a career-high eight of Indiana's franchise-record 18 3-pointers. She also had 10 assists. The Fever closed out a 3-...
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New York City's medical examiner used a breakthrough test to identify the 1,651st World Trade Center victim.
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Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from Sunday night's Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud late in the third quarter. Freedom was sitting along the baseline. He had on a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female....
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The rematch was no big deal. There were no major issues for Sophie Cunningham and DiJonai Carrington in Indiana's 113-90 victory over Chicago on Sunday night. Cunningham scored three points for the Fever in 11 minutes, and Carrington had seven points for the Sky in 18 minutes. It...
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Motorists traveling westbound on the Katy Freeway before Beltway 8 experienced delays on Sunday due to a heavy truck fire, according to Houston TranStar....
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UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says he won't run against FIFA President Gianni Infantino but warned the beleaguered head of world soccer that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has come under increasing pressure to step down over his plan, n...
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A Houston man and woman are accused of recruiting U.S. Postal Service mail carriers to steal checks from their routes. It’s part of a 5-person scheme to get the checks and resell them for millions of dollars. According to a federal indictment, Tryston Tremaine Vaughn and Alyssa N...
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President Donald Trump plans to visit Ireland next month to attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his golf course in Doonbeg in County Clare on the country’s Atlantic coast, according to a White House official. The trip is the most recent example of how the president blurs the...
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Ryan Blaney and his team wound up making the most of a major mistake Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske star just needed a moment to vent on his team radio about a pit crew blunder before charging from 17th to first for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Serie...
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Wyndham Clark had Scottie Scheffler with him in the final group at the U.S. Open and Rory McIlroy at his side at the BMW Championship. Both times he started with big leads and watched them vanish. And both times, there was no mistaking who the gallery wanted to win. Only when it ...
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Texas-based gas station giant Buc-ee’s has sparked a backlash in Ohio over one of its frequent trademark infringement lawsuits.
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Three Houston postal carriers are among five people federally charged in an alleged check-theft scheme that investigators say generated more than $23 million over nearly six years....
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A man accused of possessing multiple items of child sexual abuse material was taken into custody last week, the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office said.
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A recall has been issued for alfalfa sprouts linked to E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks that are blamed for at least 55 illnesses in 15 states.
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Grand Prairie firefighters are on the scene on East Avenue J working to extinguish a one-alarm fire involving at least 30 vehicles as a large column of dark smoke looms over the area....
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Ferran Torres scored twice in his Paris Saint-Germain debut to help the French defending champion draw 2-2 at Rennes in its league opener on Sunday, while Barcelona began its defense of the Spanish league title in style with a 5-0 rout of Elche. Manchester City left it late to wi...
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Fairview police are investigating a Friday afternoon burglary at the home of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, where high-end personal items were stolen after a suspect broke through a side window....
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A small-engine plane on its way from Fort Myers to the Bahamas crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Boca Raton on Saturday morning.
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On the streets of downtown Washington, an American led almost the whole way. Kyle Kirkwood raced to his second victory of the IndyCar season Sunday, dominating the Freedom 250 in his No. 27 Honda. Kirkwood crossed the finish line in front of the U.S. Capitol 3.09 seconds ahead of...
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When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating ment...
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Fromm Family Foods is recalling cases of wet dog food over potential metal contamination. It’s at least the second dog food recall announced this month....
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The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel "still” occupies the Golan Heights in violation of U.N. resolutions, remarks that went against U.S. President Donald Trump 's position on the disputed territo...
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Living in Houston, we all know what the humidity does to our hair. From the frizz to flyaways, Houston heat has other plans for your hair. But you’re not alone. A few simple habits and styling tips can help keep your hair soft, shiny and frizz-free. Toni Solinas and Lonnie Cole, ...
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra says it agreed with its musicians to a 48-hour extension of their collective bargaining agreement, allowing more time for negotiations to head off what could be the first strike in the ensemble’s 145-year history. The Boston Musicians’ Association sa...
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San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle was taken off the physically unable to perform list on Sunday, providing hope that he might be able to return from a ruptured right Achilles tendon before the season opener. The 49ers got good news on the injury front 10 days befor...
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The number of people receiving SNAP food aid has fallen more than 13% in a year as changes to the biggest U.S. food aid program start to kick in.
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A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries.
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Gov. Braun said NIPSCO continues to "fail" the more than 20,000 Indiana residents still without power nearly two weeks after major storms.
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A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea 's capital Conakry early Sunday killing 30 people, according to an updated toll released by the central government. Authorities said heavy rains, which started at around 2 a.m. washed over the refuse at Dar ...
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“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” fought off a slew of newcomers, including a comedy, a horror franchise, a Jason Statham action movie and a family pic, to maintain its first-place spot at the box office in its fourth weekend in theaters. “The Odyssey” also became Christopher Nolan’s h...
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Postpartum psychosis has been thrust into the spotlight by the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman on trial for strangling her three children....
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President Trump is planning to allow more imported beef into the U.S. for the next 90 days in an effort to lower record-high beef prices.
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Body camera footage released by the Missouri City Police Department shows the moment a little boy was rescued from a body of water.
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Houston skywatchers, get ready for a celestial show. A deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible Thursday night, Aug. 27, with nearly the entire Moon slipping into Earth’s darkest shadow. Partial eclipse begins — 9:34 p.m. CDT: A dark “bite” will start to appear on the Moon. Pea...
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A woman booked a stay at one Las Vegas hotel, only to arrive and discover the property was actually another hotel she had intentionally avoided.
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A video of Houston police jumping into an Uber driver's vehicle has raised questions about whether he legally had to to help them chase down a suspect....
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Tropical Storm Moke was swirling past Hawaii on Sunday, close enough to dump heavy rain on Big Island communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Lala. The National Hurricane Center located Moke's center about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of Hilo Sunday morning. Its top sustain...
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A big welcome from the fans at the start. A stoppage-time winner at the end. For Enzo Maresca, it was the "perfect day" as he earned his first victory as Manchester City manager. City produced a stirring late rally in Maresca's first Premier League game in charge, scoring twice i...
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When they arrived, deputies said they found an unconscious man in the driver's seat of the vehicle with "severe trauma" and pronounced him dead at the scene....
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A Heat Advisory is in effect across southeast Texas through Monday, with temperatures reaching the low 100s and heat index values up to 110.
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Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada’s prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs that could show how much economic p...
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China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch S...
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Tesla announced Friday that it is recalling nearly 3 million vehicles, marking the largest automotive recall in the country's history.
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The sheriff's office said the child, under 12 years old, was in the front passenger seat of the Toyota without a seatbelt when they were ejected during the crash....
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Erling Haaland's famed flowing locks are no more. The Manchester City superstar has a new hairstyle for the new Premier League season: A buzz cut that went viral on social media on Sunday ahead of the team's opening match against Bournemouth. It didn't help him. The Norway strike...
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A Harris County man was arrested after investigators say he used online messaging to arrange a meeting with someone he believed was a child. Maximiano Torres, 28, was charged with online solicitation of a minor following an undercover operation conducted by the Harris County Prec...
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Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensify...
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A child died early Sunday morning after being ejected from a pickup truck that collided with a marked Harris County Sheriff’s Office vehicle on T.C. Jester Boulevard, authorities said....
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About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, “What’s going on?” She’d lost touch with reality. The family eventually learned that Chesterto...
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The fast-growing Hawk Fire was spreading toward neighborhoods in northwest Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres (42 sq. km.) Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated, and the “GO NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. The fire has been bu...
