When Palau President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. recently took his children to his nation's Helen Island, two-thirds of it was gone. Rising seas caused by climate change had swallowed generational burial grounds, washing away a people's entire culture and identity. “For us, it's devastating,” Whip...
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The White House left CNN off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s trip Saturday to a college football game in Tennessee, marking the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. CNN, a member of the U.S. network v...
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Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands to Paris' Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass.
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President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Houston and Galveston County Drivers and METRO riders should plan for delays due to major road closures and METRORail's Red Line service suspension.
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Thousands are without power on the U.S. Northeast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities.
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METRO's Community Connector is an on-demand electric shuttle service that works sort of like any ride share app you book from. After it's three-year pilot program, the agency says it will begin charging a fare for the service....
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A day after his boss met with President Donald Trump in Washington, China's vice president unfurled the nation's familiar list of global talking points, emphasizing development, issuing mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism, and m...
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Former AFL player Mark Hutchings announced the sudden death of his partner, Hannah Camplin, two days after she gave birth to their daughter, Sofia.
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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said a 12-year-old boy was wounded Friday night when he was caught in the crossfire as someone in a sedan fired at a truck driving through a parking lot....
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A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized in fair condition after being struck by gunfire while sitting inside his family’s minivan in northwest Harris County, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Friday night to the 8700 block of Barker Cypress Road near ...
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Texans in Congress on what the state needs from Washington right now and what they’re fighting for on behalf of their state.
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Nearly 1.7 million pounds of sugar have been recalled because of a “potential wheat kernel contamination.”
