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Hundreds rescued from flooding as water continues rising in parts of Texas
High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water.
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Bodycam video released of deadly shooting at Joel Osteen's megachurch in Houston
Houston Police on Monday released body camera and surveillance footage of a shooting that left a woman dead and her son critically injured after she opened fire inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in early February.
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Warning signs mounted before Texas shooter entered church with her son, former mother-in-law says
The former mother-in-law of the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch tried for years to alert authorities and others, including church staff, about her ex-daughter-in-law’s mental health struggles, she said Wednesday. But Walli Carranza said nothing came of her actions.
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A federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal. Issue likely to be decided by US Supreme Court
A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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‘Senseless Crime': Texas Woman Killed by Stray Bullet While Sleeping, Authorities Say
The death of a woman, who authorities say was sleeping in her suburban Houston apartment when she was killed by a stray bullet fired by a neighbor shooting at people breaking into vehicles, was called a “senseless crime” by her family Thursday.
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House Advances Water Bill That Includes Giant Texas Storm Surge Project to Create ‘Ike Dike'
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.
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Texas Executes Man for Killing Ex-Girlfriend and Her 7-Year-Old Son
Stephen Barbee, 55, was executed Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
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Texas Executes Man Who Killed His Mother and Buried Her Body in Her Backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago.
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Texas Death Row Inmate Asks to Delay Execution for Kidney Donation
A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney.
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Texas Suspends Inmate Transports After Escapee Allegedly Killed 5 While on Run
Texas’ prison system has temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and later killed a man and his four grandsons.
