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Woman Falls to Death From Mast of Historic Ship in Galveston, Texas
A woman fell to her death from a mast on a historic ship that’s featured at a Texas Gulf Coast museum after her safety harness somehow came unclipped, police said.
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Hurricane Nicholas Brings Flooding to Texas Gulf Coast
Many city streets in Galveston, Texas, are underwater Tuesday after Hurricane Nicholas dumped 13 inches of rain on the area overnight.
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Carnival Passenger Dies After Contracting COVID, the 1st Death Since Cruises Resumed in June
A Carnival Cruise Line passenger died after contracting COVID-19, the company confirmed Tuesday. It is the first reported death since cruises resumed in June in the Caribbean and United States
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Vaccines Are Being Required for Travel — Here's How Unvaccinated People Feel About That
Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again. But increasingly, the rules make that harder.
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Congress Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
The Senate and House have passed a bill to make Juneteenth, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday.
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Juror Removed From Durst Murder Trial as Pandemic Delay Ends
A juror has been removed from the murder trial of multimillionaire Robert Durst because she violated the court’s order not to read about the case during the unprecedented 14-month pandemic hiatus.
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Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Laura Aims at Gulf Coast; Damaging Winds Expected Inland
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane early Wednesday morning.
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Attorneys Address Public Monday After Horseback Officers Lead Man by Rope
Galveston’s police chief is apologizing after two of his officers, mounted on horseback, led a handcuffed trespassing suspect by a rope through downtown streets.
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Appeals Court: Trump Can't Use Pentagon Cash for Border Wall
An appeals court upheld on Wednesday a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with a lower court ruling that prevented...
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Father of 2 Allowed to Return to US After Being Deported Two Years Ago
A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. on Monday, two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the Trump administration. Jose Escobar was welcomed at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport by a group of supporters. He was accompanied by his wife, Rose, and their two children, Walter and Carmen,...
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Here's Why 46 States Celebrate Juneteenth in the US
A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was originally celebrated on June 19, the day that Union soldiers in 1865 told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free. Celebrations include parades,...
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Here's Why 46 States Celebrate Juneteenth in the US
A holiday that is spreading across the U.S. and beyond, Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was originally celebrated on June 19, the day that Union soldiers in 1865 told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and they were free. Celebrations include parades,...
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Court Hears 2 Cases Against Trump's Plan for Border Wall
President Donald Trump is moving fast to build a wall on the Mexico border with billions of dollars secured under his declaration of a national emergency, but he first must get past the courts. On Friday, a federal judge in Oakland heard arguments in two lawsuits seeking to block the White House from spending money from the Defense and Treasury...
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Texas Killer Dies, Leaving Open Questions About 11 Slayings
A convicted murderer serving 70 years for a 1978 slaying near Houston who was also under investigation in the unsolved killings of 11 missing girls has died in a Texas prison.
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US to Waive Environmental Reviews for San Diego Border Wall
The Trump administration will waive environmental reviews to replace up to 14 miles of border barrier in San Diego, shielding itself from potentially crippling delays. The Department of Homeland Security said it would issue the sixth waiver of Donald Trump’s presidency under a 2005 law that empowers the secretary to waive reviews required under environmental laws if the border barrier...
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Texas Woman Who Adopted ‘Overlooked' Senior Pet: She Fit Right Into My Doggy Life
Jill Karnicki was watching local news on a Saturday morning when she first learned about Ginger, a 14-year-old shepherd mix. Each week, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brings an adoptable pet to a local TV station to highlight as the “Pet of the Week.” The group brought Ginger with the hope of finding the older...
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Mother of 4-Year-Old Boy Arrested, Admits She Dumped Body
The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose naked body was found on a South Texas beach last year admitted to authorities that she beat him and denied him medical care after he suffered a head injury from running into a wall, then drove to Galveston in the middle of the night and dumped the body in the water, according to...
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Essay: Freedom's Promise Still Denied on Juneteenth to Thousands of Blacks Unable to Make Bail
June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail – that promise remains unfulfilled. And coming immediately after Father’s Day, it’s also a reminder of the loss...
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Texas Boasts 4 of Top 5 Fastest Growing US Cities
Ten of the 15 fastest-growing cities with populations of 50,000 or more were spread across the South in 2016, with four of the top five found in Texas, according to new population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Retired NYC Detective: Robert Durst's Wife Told Neighbor of Beating, Threats
The missing wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst once told a neighbor that her husband had beat her and she feared he would kill her, a retired detective testified Tuesday.