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• National Weather Service eyes tropical disturbance in Caribbean

  23-05-2018 23:48 via chron.com
  The National Weather Service is keeping tabs on a tropical disturbance near the coast of Belize.
  
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• New website shows cost of common medical procedures in Houston

  23-05-2018 22:56 via chron.com
  How much does a brain scan cost in Houston?
  
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• 13 arrested in Texas prostitution ring

  23-05-2018 22:38 via chron.com
  After a nine-month-long sting, the Georgetown Police Department in Georgetown, Texas have arrested 13 people for alleged prostitution.
  
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• Wharton HS lockout mode lifted after nearby police activity

  23-05-2018 22:36 via chron.com
  No students or staff members were ever in danger, officials said.
  
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• Texas undercover sting nabs nearly a dozen men

  23-05-2018 21:30 via chron.com
  Nearly a dozen men of varying ages were arrested on prostitution charges in Abilene, Texas after a two-day undercover prostitution sting.
  
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• Bridenstine: NASA may ask Congress for more money for James Webb Telescope

  23-05-2018 21:27 via chron.com
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told U.S. senators on Wednesday that the agency might need even more money for its problem-fraught, $8 billion James Webb Space Telescope.
  
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• A Texas woman said a trooper sexually assaulted her. Here’s why her attorney apologized

  23-05-2018 20:13 via chron.com
  After releasing the video, the woman's attorney S. Lee Merritt said the officer involved "should be cleared of any wrongdoing."
  
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• Plan for a 'great,' hot weekend of Memorial Day tubing with these spots, outfitters

  23-05-2018 20:01 via chron.com
  No storms in the forecast means all the conditions are right for the perfect storm that is the slow-moving hoards of inner tubes, coolers, music and fun on area rivers as Memorial Day kicks off the beloved Texas tubing tradition.
  
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• Texas candidate who said he'd reward children for marrying white people loses election

  23-05-2018 19:56 via chron.com
  Former judge and Texas GOP candidate for Dallas County commissioner, Vickers Cunningham, was narrowly edged out of a win for the Republican nomination by Dallas attorney J.J Kock.
  
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• Santa Fe teachers return to work, but not to campus

  23-05-2018 19:14 via chron.com
  Wednesday marked the first day teachers reported back to work in Santa Fe ISD after a 17-year-old gunman walked into Santa Fe High School and opened fire, killing 10 and wounding 13 others last Friday.
  
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• Apple offers $50 rebates for full-price iPhone battery swaps

  23-05-2018 18:21 via chron.com
  Apple Inc. said it will reimburse customers who paid full price for iPhone battery replacements. The $50 credits will be issued to users who paid for out-of-warranty iPhone battery swaps between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 28, 2017.
  
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• Letter to Gov. Abbott: 'Why is our safety less important than the check you get from the NRA?'

  23-05-2018 18:11 via chron.com
  "Our job is to be good students. Your job is too keep us safe. You have failed at your job," the letter to the governor reads.
  
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• Woman dead in possible murder-suicide in Park Place

  23-05-2018 17:49 via chron.com
  A woman was found dead in Park Place Wednesday morning in an attempted murder-suicide, Houston police said.
  
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• Heavy rains hit Houston for the fourth day in a row

  23-05-2018 17:32 via chron.com
  After weeks of dry weather, rain has returned to the Houston area.
  
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• She could be Texas' first Latina lesbian governor - but can she win?

  23-05-2018 17:23 via chron.com
  Lupe Valdez made history on Tuesday after winning her party nomination for governor as the first openly gay and first Latina candidate.
  
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• Homelessness rose after Harvey, Houston-area census shows

  23-05-2018 17:09 via chron.com
  Homelessness in the Houston area increased after Hurricane Harvey, according to this year's annual Homeless Count and Survey released by the Coalition for the Homeless.
  
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• Guns on agenda for Day 2 of post-Santa Fe school safety roundtable

  23-05-2018 16:36 via chron.com
  Advocates and proponents of changing the state's gun laws will wade into the touchy issue of changing firearms policies in Texas Wednesday as part of the next wave of people advising Gov. Greg Abbott on how to prevent future school shootings.
  
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• Texas Dem runoffs: Big night, tiny turnout

  23-05-2018 15:57 via chron.com
  Talk about a tiny blue wave.As the dust settled Wednesday from Tuesday's primary runoffs that picked the Democratic nominee for governor, historical statistics show the approximately 429,000 Democrats who voted were the smallest runoff turnout since 1920.That was back in the day when Princeton professor named Woodrow Wilson was president and Houston publisher William P. Hobby was governor.
  
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• Man leads police on chase through NW Houston

  23-05-2018 14:05 via chron.com
  The pursuit began around 1 a.m., when the man, driving a pickup was speeding south on Hempstead, a Houston Police Department sergeant said.
  
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• Man shot dead during attempted robbery at Houston gas station

  23-05-2018 13:46 via chron.com
  Between two and four men approached the customer in the gas station parking lot and robbed him at gunpoint, according to Sgt. Ben Beall with the sheriff's office.
  
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• Man shot at Hobby area convenience store

  23-05-2018 13:26 via chron.com
  The man was found with a gunshot wound to his hip around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday near Bellfort and Telephone Road.
  
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• 13-year-old arrested after police chase involving stolen car

  23-05-2018 13:11 via chron.com
  The chase began when deputies saw the car going double the speed limit on Mount Houston in northeast Harris County, around 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, said Lt. Chris Ecke of the sheriff's office. The driver was going 60 in a 35 mph zone.
  
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• Wildlife photographer catches bald eagle swiping rabbit from baby fox in perfect image

  23-05-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Wildlife photographer and Lynnwood, Wash. resident Kevin Ebi headed for the San Juan Island National Historic Park Saturday just for the red foxes.
  
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• New MD Anderson president calls for a more patient-centered hospital

  23-05-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Dr. Peter Pisters, MD Anderson Cancer Center's new president, has unveiled a vision that would make the elite Houston hospital more accessible to patients and more humane about end-of-life care. In his first major address since taking over the top job, Pisters said he wants to create a more patient-centered MD Anderson, one that features same- or next-day appointments and better anticipates the desires of those in the last stages of cancer.
  
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• Mayor Turner’s $4.9B budget heads to Houston City Council

  23-05-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Houston City Council on Wednesday will take up Mayor Sylvester Turner's proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July, and, as usual, plan to offer dozens of amendments to the $4.9 billion annual spending plan.
  
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• Did you know? Trekkies named the first Space Shuttle

  23-05-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  The very first space shuttle, unveiled in 1976 as Enterprise, was named by "Star Trek" fans --also known as Trekkies.
  
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• Crosby ISD names East Texas superintendent as 'lone finalist'

  23-05-2018 13:00 via chron.com
  Crosby ISD's board of trustees announced Tuesday that Scott Davis, currently Rusk ISD's superintendent, is the lone finalist to lead the northeast Houston-area district.
  
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• Suspected drunken driver slams into back of Houston police car

  23-05-2018 12:52 via chron.com
  Two police units were helping a motorist stalled on the freeway at I-10 east and the East Loop before the crash, police said. The police cars were blocking the lane the stalled car was in and had police lights on.
  
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• Body of Pakistani killed at Texas school arrives in Karachi

  23-05-2018 08:00 via chron.com
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The body of a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Texas arrived before dawn Wednesday in the port city of Karachi, where her family lived and where she was being buried.
  Sabika Sheikh was among 10 students and staff slain Friday at Santa Fe High School. The alleged shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who is being held on capital murder charges.
  Sabika had planned to return home in a few weeks for Eid al-Fitr
  
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• Houston police responding to report of armed man at apartments near Briarforest

  23-05-2018 05:54 via chron.com
  Houston police officers are responding to a report of a barricaded suspect armed with a gun at an apartment complex in west Houston near Briarforest.
  
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• Houston police arrest man after home invasion

  23-05-2018 05:54 via chron.com
  Houston police officers are responding to a report of a barricaded suspect armed with a gun at an apartment complex in west Houston near Briarforest.
  
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• Missing 9-year-old boy found in west Houston

  23-05-2018 05:34 via chron.com
  A 9-year-old boy reported missing Tuesday was found by Houston police, ABC13 reported.
  
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• Fletcher defeats Moser as Texas Democrats vie for the U.S. House

  23-05-2018 02:45 via chron.com
  Fletcher will take on nine-term Republican incumbent John Culberson, who Democrats have targeted since Hillary Clinton won the historically GOP district in the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Crenshaw wins 2nd Congressional District runoff as Roberts concedes

  23-05-2018 02:10 via chron.com
  Republican Dan Crenshaw jumped out to an early lead over his opponent Kevin Roberts for one of the hottest Congressional battles in the Houston area.Early voting and absentee ballot results showed Crenshaw had twice as many votes as Roberts in the battle for 2nd Congressional District's Republican Primary runoff on Tuesday. The GOP foes were battling for the right to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Atascocita.
  
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• HPD arrested 36 on felony DWI charges in April

  23-05-2018 01:31 via chron.com
  During the month of April, Houston police arrested 36 drivers on felony alcohol charges.
  
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• Santa Fe ISD confirms graduation date, offers counseling resources to students

  23-05-2018 00:40 via chron.com
  Santa Fe High School's graduation will still take place at the Joe Raitano Memorial Stadium, located at 16000 Highway 6 in Santa Fe, on June 1.
  
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• Lupe Valdez wins close race with Andrew White in Dems' gubernatorial runoff

  23-05-2018 00:37 via chron.com
  Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez widened an early lead over Houston entrepreneur Andrew White late Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination for governor.The contest was much closer than expected, by just single digits late Tuesday, after Valdez outdistanced White in the March 6 by nearly a two-to-one margin.Shortly before 10 p.m., White conceded to Valdez, congratulating her in a phone call that "she has my endorsement and my support," he said.Valdez, a one-time migrant farmworker who ro
  
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• Nikki Haley to University of Houston: 'Our political opponents are not our enemies'

  23-05-2018 00:21 via chron.com
  U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged University of Houston students to listen to and debate political opponents at a Tuesday speech briefly interrupted by protesters critical of her recent statements on the killings of more than 50 Palestinians by Israeli soldiers.
  
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• Katy ISD school investigating threatening text messages

  23-05-2018 00:11 via chron.com
  The police department at Katy Independent School District has launched an investigation into racial and violent threats made against several African American students.
  
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• Santa Fe survivor improves to fair condition at Clear Lake Regional

  23-05-2018 00:09 via chron.com
  The condition of one of the seriously injured victims in Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School has been upgraded to fair, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center officials said Tuesday.
  
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