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Bertha is expected to slowly churn toward Louisiana the next couple of days before taking a turn toward Texas late in the week.
Investigators said it uncovered evidence such as texts in which the suspect acknowledged his actions and apologized.
Today’s Temps: A very steamy start to Tuesday as winds will remain light, so it will still feel sticky through the morning hours. Tuesday’s Forecast: Tuesday will be dangerously hot, with mostly sunny skies and temperatures climbing close to 100 degrees. A Heat Advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. ...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has prevented nearly $99 million in federal payments from being disbursed to deceased individuals using a new verification system deployed under President Donald Trump's executive order targeting government fraud, waste and abuse.
Joseph Henrichsen, 49, and his son, 23-year-old Phoenix Henrichsen, have been charged with kidnapping federal employees.
Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Gulf of America.
Former British politician Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer as she was eating lunch at home, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesday for the man charged in her murder. Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London over the killing that shoc...
Federal investigators say the cyclospora parasite behind the suspected illnesses of thousands of Americans has been unusually difficult to trace. Experts say it does not leave behind any culturable samples and no genetic fingerprints, which forces officials to rely almost exclusively on patient i...
The 38-year-old is accused of intentionally starting a fire at the Cypresswood Apartments, killing his brother and seriously injuring his mom and several others.
The group is believed to have been fishing at the river, when at some point one of the adults went in to go swimming and started to struggle, authorities said.
The assailant attacked a man and a woman, both Greek Americans, with a knife on a pedestrian street near an entrance to the Acropolis.
A Houston-area man is now officially charged with felony murder and arson after investigators say he set a massive fire at a local apartment complex that killed his own brother and injured 13 others, including a 3-year-old boy who was severely burned. Pilot injured after small plane crashes into ...
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.
CVS Health announced Tuesday that CVS Pharmacy is now dispensing select prescription medications for dogs and cats
The Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries, a new report released Tuesday shows. The President’s Emergency Pla...
The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles is expected to last about four days and will look much like an abbreviated trial.
A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze Star, P...
Experts, officials and residents say the slower pace of the rainfall — over several days instead of hours — combined with new sirens and increased vigilance helped save lives this year.
The demands came in a letter spearheaded by Maine's Independent Sen. Angus King, signed by 38 Democratic senators and sent to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE.
The new Air Force One is undergoing an upgrade that's expected to put the Qatari-gifted jet out of commission for about a month, President Donald Trump said on Sunday.
A U.S. electric grid operator has issued a warning for 14 central states that it may implement rolling blackouts due to the heat wave and increased electrical demand.
The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz . And neither is backing down, showing the limitations of President Donald Trump’s reliance on escalating airstrikes to bend Tehran to his will. While the Trump administration says it is open to diplomacy , I...
The preliminary hearing is expected to last three to seven days, with prosecutors looking to prove that there is probable cause to move forward to a trial.
The mission of a Support A Sport is to get more kids with disabilities on the field to achieve their goals.
At the Marcus Hook Plank house you can step back in time to the days when pirates ruled the seas.
Tropical Storm Bertha is prompting watches and warnings along the Gulf Coast as the storm continues on a path that could impact Texas and Houston. Here's a look at the path, a live radar tracker and when it might reach Houston.
As electric scooters and bikes continue to grow in popularity, local leaders are considering new steps they say could improve safety for riders and the public. The Fulshear City Council is scheduled to discuss whether additional regulations — or even a prohibition on e-scooters — should be consid...
A murder suspect accused of killing his pregnant wife in Harris County remains in Italy after a court there temporarily paused his extradition to the United States over concerns about potential sentencing, according to his attorney.
A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president . A divided three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspen...
Powerball ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin Tuesday, giving players across the Atlantic a chance at winning the same massive jackpot that U.S. players already play for - with the same minuscule odds.
A pilot has been taken to the hospital after landing on top of a house in the Fulshear area on Monday morning, according to the Texas DPS.
The Trump administration is slapping an additional 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods imported into the U.S.
Temperatures are going to cook up into triple digit territory ahead of a chance for tropical downpours late this week.
On Tuesday's show: We get the latest on Tropical Storm Bertha, which has formed in the Gulf southwest of Florida, and how it might affect Greater Houston in the coming days.
A suspected gas explosion on Monday triggered a collapse inside a tunnel that was under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, leaving at least 11 people dead and 14 missing, officials said on Tuesday. State Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, who vi...
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. McALLEN — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from McAllen, is trying to protect the name of a beloved South Texas beac...
Rescue crews in Afghanistan searched Tuesday for survivors and bodies in the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities said have killed at least 23 people and left more than 100 missing. The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday that 80 peop...
New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham gathered his Cabinet for its first meeting on Tuesday and vowed to take a “one-team approach” despite purging allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government. Burnham told his top team that he would lead a “cost-of-living government” focused on easing t...
Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches, forecasters said. The storm was about 110 miles (177 kilometers) south of Panama City, Florida, and 170 miles (274 kil...
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