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• Constable’s new K9 makes bust during first day on the job

  15-02-2018 23:22 via chron.com
  The Harris County Precinct 6 Constable's Office's investment in a new drug-sniffing K9 is already paying off after the pup helped take a large amount of marijuana off the streets during his first day on the job.
  
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• Senate votes fail to break the impasse on 'Dreamers'

  15-02-2018 22:50 via chron.com
  The Senate came up empty-handed Thursday after a carefully-planned sequence of votes on competing immigration proposals to break the impasse over the fate of so-called Dreamers.
  
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• Disability rights group threatens to sue Texas over voter registration

  15-02-2018 20:48 via chron.com
  Lawyers for a disability rights group are threatening to sue the state for failing to provide voter registration services to Texans with disabilities who obtain job training from state agencies, a violation of federal law, according to a letter sent Monday afternoon.
  
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• Two dog food brands pull products off shelves due to contaminants

  15-02-2018 20:30 via chron.com
  Two dog food brands have had their canned food pulled from store shelves after a harmful drug was found inside.
  
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• HISD superintendent calls for drastic changes in annual speech

  15-02-2018 20:15 via chron.com
  Superintendent Richard Carranza vowed to help Houston ISD rebuild after Hurricane Harvey even as it fights potential state efforts to close down some low-performing schools and a $200 million budget deficit.
  
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• HISD superintendent calls for drastic changes, $200M deficit in annual speech

  15-02-2018 20:15 via chron.com
  Superintendent Richard Carranza vowed to help Houston ISD rebuild after Hurricane Harvey even as it fights potential state efforts to close down some low-performing schools and a $200 million budget deficit.
  
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• Trey Blocker's message falls flat in McLennan County debate

  15-02-2018 19:26 via chron.com
  Conservative podcaster Trey Blocker's attacks and jabs at Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller fell flat to a room of McLennan County Republican voters at a candidate debate Thursday, underscoring the uphill battle the challenger has to woo conservatives ahead of the Republican primary.
  
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• HCC's Chris Oliver ordered to surrender to prison in early March

  15-02-2018 19:01 via chron.com
  Chris Oliver, a former Houston Community College trustee, was ordered to surrender by 2 p.m. on March 6 to Federal Correctional Institution Oakdale II, a low security facility in Louisiana, following a six-year prison sentence on bribery charges.
  
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• Celebrities call for gun control, mourn victims on Twitter after Florida school shooting

  15-02-2018 17:44 via chron.com
  From prayers to calls for gun control, many celebrities tweeted that school shootings in America are becoming too familiar.
  
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• JJ Watt to get doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine

  15-02-2018 17:43 via chron.com
  J.J. Watt, already Sports Illustrated's co-Sportsman of the Year and the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year, is about to add a scholarly salute: a Baylor College of Medicine honorary degree. The elite Houston medical school announced Thursday it will give Watt a Doctor of Humanities in Medicine degree for his Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence to visit Texas border and San Antonio on Friday, Dallas Saturday

  15-02-2018 17:38 via chron.com
  Vice President Mike Pence will travel to San Antonio Friday to deliver keynote remarks at a Republic National Committee event, the White House announced Thursday. He also visit McAllen, Texas ,with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to tour the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley.
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence to visit Texas border and San Antonio on Friday

  15-02-2018 17:38 via chron.com
  Vice President Mike Pence will travel to San Antonio Friday to deliver keynote remarks at a Republic National Committee event, the White House announced Thursday. He also visit McAllen, Texas ,with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to tour the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley.
  
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• Texas lawmakers praise Harvey funding - say more may be needed

  15-02-2018 17:24 via chron.com
  While officials have given no definitive estimate on how much of the total emergency aid package will go to Texas, but Houston U.S. Rep. John Culberson said it is enough "to finish every federally authorized flood control project in southeast Texas."
  
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• Houston federal judge to issue order in historic Harris County bail case

  15-02-2018 17:23 via chron.com
  The federal judge behind a historic bail ruling that upended Harris County's bail system is expected to issue an order Thursday providing the next steps for the key players after an appeals court on Wednesday upheld the vast majority of the lower court's findings, including the fact that the old system punished poor low-level defendants who couldn't afford bail.There are several possible scenarios for what will happen next in the federal case, according topeople closely monitoring developments.
  
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• Houston federal judge issues order in historic Harris County bail case

  15-02-2018 17:23 via chron.com
  The federal judge behind a historic bail ruling that upended Harris County's bail system Thursday ordered the key players to submit their recommended revisions after an appeals court on Wednesday upheld the vast majority of the lower court's findings, including the fact that the old system punished poor low-level defendants who couldn't afford bail.There are several possible scenarios for what will happen next in the federal case, according topeople closely monitoring developments.
  
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• Police: Thousands of tires stolen from 7 counties were resold at Houston shop

  15-02-2018 17:12 via chron.com
  Investigators in Harris County say they have broken up a multi-county tire- and wheel-theft ring and charged 13 suspects after executing several search warrants on Thursday morning.
  
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• Metro poised to buy buses for Post Oak rapid transit line

  15-02-2018 17:11 via chron.com
  Metro officials next week are set to spend at least $11.2 million on buses for bus rapid transit service along Post Oak, committing the agency to spending on the controversial project after years of discussion.
  
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• New York charity distributes $5M in gift cards to families displaced by Harvey

  15-02-2018 17:02 via chron.com
  Families from 13 school systems and some nominated by nonprofits received aid last Sunday and Monday from the the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund at an event at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
  
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• Ted Cruz predicts Republicans will lose Congress if DACA deal includes amnesty

  15-02-2018 16:53 via chron.com
  U.S Sen. Ted Cruz said Republicans will lose the majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate if they support an immigration deal that would provide a path to citizenship to so-called Dreamers. "Mark my words, if Republican majorities in Congress pass citizenship for millions of people - an amnesty - I think it is quite likely we will lose both houses of Congress and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will impeach President Trump," Cruz said during an interview on Fox News Channel Thursday morning.
  
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• Lockdown at Houston Can Academy lifted after gun found at school

  15-02-2018 16:07 via chron.com
  Houston Police received a call Thursday morning about a suspicious person carrying a weapon at a southeast Houston charter school.
  
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• Closed since 2016, the Sky Lobby at the Chase Tower will reopen for one day for a good cause

  15-02-2018 15:44 via chron.com
  Closed to the public since 2016, the Sky Lobby located on the floor of JPMorgan Chase Tower is reopening to the public for just one day all in the name of charity.
  
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• Houston ISD: Our officers train for school shootings

  15-02-2018 15:09 via chron.com
  The Houston ISD Police Department has also given more tactical and safety equipment to officers to better prepare for a school shooting like the one in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday.
  
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• After 17 killed in Florida, Houston ISD says officers train annually for school shootings

  15-02-2018 15:09 via chron.com
  The Houston ISD Police Department has also given more tactical and safety equipment to officers to better prepare for a school shooting like the one in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Men stormed Fort Worth game room, robbed customers and shot woman

  15-02-2018 15:06 via chron.com
  Anyone with information about the robbery is encouraged to call Fort Worth police at 817-469-8477.
  
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• TSU to break ground on new library

  15-02-2018 14:55 via chron.com
  Texas Southern University will break ground on a new library on Thursday morning. The facility, which will take $43 million in construction, will replace its existing library.
  
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• Police chase Jaguar stolen in carjacking, arrest 2 juveniles

  15-02-2018 14:16 via chron.com
  Houston police pursued a black Jaguar early Thursday that was stolen in a carjacking three days earlier.
  
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• West Houston apartments damaged after fire

  15-02-2018 13:50 via chron.com
  Crews came to the apartment on Panagard Drive and Westhollow Park Drive after 12:40 a.m. Thursday.
  
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• Man injured in East Houston drive-by shooting

  15-02-2018 13:14 via chron.com
  An apparent drive-by shooting in the Trinity Gardens area sent one man to the hospital, Houston Police Department said.
  
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• Turner, Emmett send letter to Gov. Abbott seeking state help for local flood control repairs

  15-02-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  County Judge Ed Emmett and Mayor Sylvester Turner are asking the state of Texas to advance Harris County and Houston $200 million to pay for damage to local bayous and detention basins incurred during Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Texas AG accuses Brazosport ISD leader of violating political advocacy laws

  15-02-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  An assistant attorney general told Brazosport ISD Superintendent Danny Massey to remove several Twitter posts and retweets in which Massey showed support for candidates running for office. Time stamps show the Twitter activity occurred during normal school hours on weekdays, leading the Attorney General's Office to conclude Massey engaged in illegal "electioneering."
  
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• Residents, Houston ISD trustee advocate suing state to stop takeover law

  15-02-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Several speakers and Houston ISD Trustee Jolanda Jones called for legal action over HB 1842, the new law that could lead to a state takeover of the district's school board, during a community meeting Wednesday at Cullen Middle School.
  
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• Defense Department adds thousands of names to firearms background check database

  15-02-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  One of the central questions after the Sutherland Springs shooting was: How did shooter Devin Kelley get his guns?He'd been able to legally buy the weapons, despite having a domestic violence conviction - and having been committed to a mental hospital during his time with the U.S. Air Force.
  
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• Northshore home total loss after fire

  15-02-2018 12:45 via chron.com
  Around 9 p.m., Houston Fire Department responded to the house fire on Lear Street, south of I-10 near Greens Bayou.
  
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• Winning numbers for Feb. 14, 2018

  15-02-2018 05:24 via chron.com
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• 17 killed in shooting at south Florida high school

  15-02-2018 04:55 via chron.com
  PARKLAND, Fla. - A heavily armed 19-year-old who had been expelled from a South Florida high school opened fire on campus shortly before classes let out Wednesday, killing 17 people while terrified students barricaded themselves inside classrooms, police said.
  The violence unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, a school of more than 3,000 students in a tony suburb northwest of Fort Lauderdale where houses sit on broad lots.
  The Broward County sheriff identified the suspect as Nikolas Cruz, w
  
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• EPA chief says he flies first class due to security concerns

  15-02-2018 04:20 via chron.com
  WASHINGTON - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has broken months of silence about his frequent premium-class flights at taxpayer expense, saying he needs to fly first class because of unpleasant interactions with other travelers.
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke about his flight costs Tuesday in a pair of interviews in New Hampshire, following a first-class flight to meet with the state's Republican governor and tour a toxic waste site.
  Pruitt told the New Hampshire Union Leade
  
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