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Texas Hospital Suspends Doctor for False COVID Information
A Houston hospital has temporarily suspended a doctor for spreading false information about COVID-19 to her patients and on social media.
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Man Accused in Texas Deputy Slaying Held Without Bond
A judge has ordered that a Houston man charged with capital murder in the slaying of a sheriff’s deputy be held without bond.
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Countable CEO: We Can Behave Online If We Try!
Bart Myers wants us to reasonably and rationally debate politics online.
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Black Student ‘Shamed' When School Officials Colored His Hair
A student’s parents are suing Texas school administrators for coloring in a hair design on the black student’s head. The student, 13, went to Berry Miller Junior High in April with the letter “M” shaved on his head. Three administrators told the student his haircut violated the school’s dress code policy. They told him he could call his mother, receive...
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Animals at Some Texas Shelters Respond to Various Languages
Workers at shelters in the Houston area say some animals respond to a variety of spoken languages
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Message in Bottle, Sent Off Martinique, Found on Texas Beach
A good-fortune message in a bottle tossed overboard last year by a Massachusetts couple sailing in the West Indies has been found thousands of miles away on a Texas beach.
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Message in Bottle, Sent Off Martinique, Found on Texas Beach
A good-fortune message in a bottle tossed overboard last year by a Massachusetts couple sailing in the West Indies has been found thousands of miles away on a Texas beach.
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Texas Prisons Start 3D-Denture Printing Program
Seven months after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced plans to launch a start-of-the-art denture clinic in response to a Houston Chronicle investigation, inmates from across the system are starting to get some of the first sets of 3D-printed teeth ever made inside a U.S. prison.
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27 More Cases Tied to Officers in Drug Raid to Be Dismissed
Prosecutors on Friday said they plan to dismiss 27 pending court cases linked to two former Houston police officers who are being investigated following a deadly drug raid in January. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said the cases are being dismissed “due to concerns about the credibility” of former officers Gerald Goines and Steven Bryant. “Truthfulness is essential in...
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Woman Sues Astros for $1M, Says T-Shirt Cannon Broke Finger
A woman has sued the Houston Astros for more than $1 million, saying that a T-shirt cannon fired at a game by the team’s mascot broke her finger.
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Texas Official Apologizes After Telling Latina County Judge to ‘Speak English'
A Texas county commissioner has apologized for saying that the Latina heading the state’s most populous county should “speak English” after she spoke in English and Spanish at a news conference about a massive chemical fire, NBC News reported. The commissioner, Mark Tice, of Chambers County, posted a comment saying “English this is not Mexico,” after Harris County Judge Lina...
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Report: Hundreds Abused by Southern Baptist Church Leaders, Workers
The San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle are reporting that about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and workers have been accused of sexual misconduct since 1998, leaving more than 700 victims. Dozens of them have Texas ties.
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Welker Expected to Become 49ers' New Receivers Coach
Welker got the most out of his ability in a 12-season pro career
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Dura batalla contra el cáncer se complica para joven
No había podido recibir servicios por un cambio de códigos del plan.
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Police: 3 Young Children Found Dead in Texas City Apartment
Authorities in Texas have taken into custody a 27-year-old man after three young children were found dead Thursday in an apartment. Police in Texas City, 48 miles southeast of Houston on the Gulf Coast, went to Pointe Ann Apartments on Thursday evening on a welfare check and discovered the children along with a woman with a gunshot wound to the head.
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Texas Prisons Often Deny Dentures to Inmates With No Teeth
Inmates without teeth in Texas are routinely denied dentures because state prison policy says chewing isn’t a medical necessity because they can eat blended food.
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Tips for a Healthier Halloween
Inmates without teeth in Texas are routinely denied dentures because state prison policy says chewing isn’t a medical necessity because they can eat blended food.
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Sparks Fly in First Cruz, O'Rourke Debate: Full Debate
Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke squared-off Friday night in the first of three planned debates ahead of the November election.
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Debate Topic: Drunk Driving and Marijuana Laws
The candidates addressed drunk driving and marijuana laws.
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California Man Arrested by FBI for Allegedly Threatening The Boston Globe
A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making threats against The Boston Globe over the newspaper’s campaign to defend the free press, authorities said. Sixty-eight-year-old Robert Chain of Encino, California, was arrested by FBI agents on a charge of making threatening communications in interstate commerce. Chain allegedly called the Globe “the enemy of the people” in phone calls...