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• Tense SWAT scene in Houston’s Heights comes to an end

  30-10-2018 23:31 via chron.com
  A suspect is in custody, Houston police said.
  
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• Armed suspect in custody after SWAT scene in the Heights

  30-10-2018 23:31 via chron.com
  An armed suspect is in custody, Houston police said.
  
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• Halloween contact lenses can up your costume but damage your eyes

  30-10-2018 22:30 via chron.com
  Costume contact lenses for Halloween can seriously damage the eyes, causing infections, scratches, abrasions and even corneal ulcers, and are not safe, doctors say, unless they have been fitted by a professional.
  
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• Ageless Angel: Houston native Jaclyn Smith turns 73

  30-10-2018 21:48 via chron.com
  The brunette beauty, known for her role as crime-fighting female detective Kelly Garrett in the television series "Charlie's Angels" (1976–1981), still looks like a million bucks.
  
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• See some of the most iconic photos from Houston history

  30-10-2018 21:18 via chron.com
  There exist a handful of major events in Houston history that have united our rag tag population and we found the most emblematic photos from some of those moments.
  
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• The City of Houston's highest paid public officials in 2018

  30-10-2018 21:15 via chron.com
  New city data reveals that the average City of Houston employee earns about $2,700 a week.
  
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• Militia offers to help stop caravan raise concern at border

  30-10-2018 21:01 via chron.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Militia groups and far-right activists are raising money and announcing plans to head to the Mexican border to help stop the caravan of Central Americans, echoing President Donald Trump's attacks on the migrants making their way toward the U.S.
  Exactly how many militia members will turn out is unclear, and as of Friday, the caravan of about 4,000 people was still some 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) and weeks away from reaching this country.
  But the prospect of armed civilian
  
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• Get out the vote: Alamo Drafthouse closing doors during Election Day to boost voter turnout

  30-10-2018 20:11 via chron.com
  All 36 locations of the nationwide chain will remain closed until mid-afternoon on Election Day.
  
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• Transgender teen accused of attacking classmates pleads not guilty to assault charge

  30-10-2018 19:36 via chron.com
  The teen is scared about "the whole process" moving forward, her defense attorney says.
  
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• Allegedly bullied transgender teen pleads not guilty to assaulting schoolmates

  30-10-2018 19:36 via chron.com
  The teen is scared about "the whole process" moving forward, her defense attorney says.
  
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• Downtown landmark Houston Press building reduced to rubble

  30-10-2018 18:07 via chron.com
  Energy giant Chevron has owned the 41,000-square-foot building since 2013 and would like to eventually redevelop the valuable downtown real estate.
  
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• TxDOT reminds drivers about an important feature available on all vehicles

  30-10-2018 17:06 via chron.com
  It's a traffic hack better than even the Waze app.
  
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• HPD arrests 16 suspects for prostitution-related crimes

  30-10-2018 16:40 via chron.com
  Police said the suspects were arrested in September for either the solicitation of prostitutes or compelling prostitution, also known as pimping.
  
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• Younger Harris County voters turn out to polls in force, political analyst says

  30-10-2018 16:26 via chron.com
  A week into early voting, the younger demographic continues to turn out in larger than usual numbers.
  
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• Elderly man killed trying to cross street in Fourth Ward

  30-10-2018 16:22 via chron.com
  Authorities are trying to determine whether the 89-year-old man had the right of way when he was fatally struck about 6:35 a.m. Monday at 200 West Gray, just east of Taft.
  
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• Two dead after motorcycle crash in Texas City

  30-10-2018 15:20 via chron.com
  The Texas City Police Department responded to a major crash in the 2800 block of FM 2004 around 12:37 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Selena Gomez No More: Cristiano Ronaldo Reigns On Instagram

  30-10-2018 15:13 via chron.com
  The hunky Portuguese soccer star taken the Instagram crown.
  
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• Groups with neutral-sounding names launch Facebook ads against Texas Republicans

  30-10-2018 14:32 via chron.com
  Some political groups on the left are borrowing a tactic from disinformation campaigns, placing ads on Facebook that pretend to be impartial information or unbiased news sources, when in fact the ads spread misleading facts about candidates.
  
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• Texas family's Harry Potter-themed Halloween costume is a real scream

  30-10-2018 14:19 via chron.com
  The North Texas family dressed their baby as a Mandrake, which is a plant in the Harry Potter world that looks like a human.
  
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• Maggot infested dog chew disgusts Houston woman, complains to manufacturer

  30-10-2018 13:47 via chron.com
  She was given a refund, but the manufacturer said it doesn't appear to be a problem with any other products.
  
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• Report: Resident shot during home invasion near Greenspoint

  30-10-2018 13:10 via chron.com
  A Greenspoint-area resident was shot during a home invasion Tuesday morning, according to Metro Video.
  
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• Trump eyeing executive order to end citizenship for children born in US to noncitizens

  30-10-2018 13:08 via chron.com
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children of noncitizens born on U.S. soil, he said in a television interview taped on Monday.
  The move, which many legal experts say runs afoul of the Constitution, would be the most aggressive yet by a president elected to office pledging to take a hard line on immigration, an issue he has revived in advance of next week's midterm elections.
  
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• Democrats' closing argument against John Culberson: pre-existing conditions

  30-10-2018 12:00 via chron.com
  Amid a thicket of competing Republican replacement proposals, Democrats in close races have gone on the attack, using the issue of pre-existing conditions as their closing argument in next Tuesday's midterm elections.
  
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• Woman found dead in vacant north Harris County apartment

  30-10-2018 11:50 via chron.com
  Deputies responded to the Palms at Cypress Station apartment complex, at 990 Cypress Station, around 2 a.m.
  
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• Woman found dead in north Harris County apartment

  30-10-2018 11:50 via chron.com
  Deputies responded to the Palms at Cypress Station apartment complex, at 990 Cypress Station, around 2 a.m.
  
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• Police arrest mother of 2-year-old girl who reportedly went missing from stroller in park

  30-10-2018 11:46 via chron.com
  The mother of a 2-year-old girl reported missing at a Central Texas park has been arrested and accused of making false statements to police as the search continues for her daughter.
  
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• Voting booth selfies are illegal and 10 other facts about Harris County's elections

  30-10-2018 11:00 via chron.com
  When problems arise during elections, most of Harris County turns to Assistant County Attorney Douglas Ray and a team of attorneys and investigators to figure out what is going on.Most of the problems Ray has been getting called about this year have to do with the 100-foot line that keeps candidates from campaigning too close to the polls.You are not allowed to bring your cell phone into the voting booth under Texas law. Yes, those 'I voted' selfies on social media are illegal. If you want to re
  
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• Husband died three years ago, but his emails have a life of their own

  30-10-2018 11:00 via chron.com
  Q: After the death of my husband three years ago, I had his email come to my computer so I could access it in case I needed to find important correspondence. His computer is still in his office at the other end of our house but is not turned on, and all emails have been deleted from it. Today all his old emails that I have deleted on his computer and on mine started showing up in my Inbox. What can be causing this, and what can I do? A: I imagine this can be quite disconcerting, given the circum
  
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• Fort Bend resident creates voter app to educate others

  30-10-2018 11:00 via chron.com
  Eddie Sajjad became frustrated in March when he was trying to find a place to vote during the primary election in Fort Bend County. The 38-year-old called friends and asked where the closest location to him was. “We’re in 2018. It shouldn’t be an inconvenience, or it shouldn’t take someone 15 minutes, 20 minutes or however long to locate a place to go vote at,” said Sajjad. “That doesn’t make any sense. That should be at your fingertips within literally
  
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• Attorney General Ken Paxton, Justin Nelson raise millions in last-minute campaign rush

  30-10-2018 06:00 via chron.com
  AUSTIN — Candidates running for attorney general raised big money in the past month to fuel their bids for office, injecting $4.4 million into race in which pundits have long expected Republican Ken Paxton to be a shoo-in. The incumbent raised $2.3 million from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27, according to state campaign records. That amount is five-times as much as Paxton’s campaign raised in the previous three months.Democrat Justin Nelson, an Austin lawyer and underdog in the race, has spent
  
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• Police are baffled: What’s in the Clear Lake Mystery Bag?

  30-10-2018 03:07 via chron.com
  Police are hoping the public can help solve a rather odd mystery that an angler pulled out of Clear Lake on Monday.
  
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• Man escapes custody from Harris County courthouse, reward offered

  30-10-2018 00:14 via chron.com
  Authorities are offering a $5,000 for information on a man who bolted Monday morning from a Harris County courtroom.
  
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