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    Houston Police Rescue 26 From Alleged Human Smuggling Operation

    Dec 04, 2020
    Officers discovered 25 men and one woman inside a boarded-up house in the Houston suburbs. Many said they were being held against their will and had been there for up to a week.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    "The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable,"Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter with Nicolas Chavez in April.
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    4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over Fatal Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez

    Sep 11, 2020
    "You don't get to shoot somebody 21 times," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter in April. "I cannot defend that."
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    NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected

    Sep 09, 2020
    In the largest U.S. cities, at least half of all households have seen a serious financial loss such as lost job, wages or savings. Many problems are concentrated in Black and Latino households.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at free COVID-19 testing provided by United Memorial Medical Center at the Mexican Consulate Sunday, June 28 in Houston.
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    Houston's COVID-19 Cases Level Off After Sudden Surge In Late June

    Jul 21, 2020
    Health officials say they're not ready to determine if the data are statistically significant yet, but there's a positive trend. They say people should still practice social distance and wear masks.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    A woman stops to photograph a memorial for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on Tuesday in Houston.
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    WATCH: Family Of George Floyd, Whose Death Sparked Protests, Holds Funeral Service

    Jun 09, 2020

    George Floyd's death at the hands of police sparked protests around the world. His family's private service Tuesday follows public memorials that drew thousands of mourners.

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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    The casket of George Floyd arrives for a public memorial at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on Monday.
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    Mourners Pay Their Respects To George Floyd At Public Viewing In Houston

    Jun 08, 2020
    This will be the last of Floyd's public memorial services, which have previously been held in Raeford, N.C., and in Minneapolis, where he was killed by police on May 25.
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    Emergency personnel work the scene of the early morning explosion that Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said caused significant damage to nearby homes and even knocked some off their foundations.
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    At Least 2 People Killed In Massive Industrial Explosion In Houston

    Jan 24, 2020
    The blast was felt more than 30 miles away, knocking homes off their foundations and casting debris about half a mile. A criminal probe is underway, though it's not clear what caused the explosion.
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    People in Houston navigate the floodwaters on Thursday. The city got more than 9 inches of rain on that day alone, according to the National Weather Service in Houston.
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    Texas Cities Try To Assess Scope Of Damage In Imelda's Aftermath

    Sep 20, 2019
    The National Weather Service in Houston said the amount of rainfall in Houston and Galveston on Thursday was "one for the record books." At least four deaths have been blamed on the storm.
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    Law
    Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said criminal charges will be filed "against whoever is appropriate" on his department, following a drug bust that resulted in the deaths of two suspects.
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    Houston Police To Cease 'No Knock' Warrants, Chief Announces After Deadly Raid

    Feb 19, 2019
    "I'm very confident that we're going to have criminal charges on one or more police officers" from a raid that left two suspects dead, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said.
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    Animals
    A tiger discovered in what was thought to be an abandoned Houston home was rescued by the city's animal shelter, after an intruder called authorities.
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    Woman Breaks Into Houston Home To Smoke Pot And Is Greeted By A Tiger

    Feb 12, 2019
    By Tuesday, the tiger was headed to a sanctuary outside the city, while officials have launched a criminal probe in search of its owner.
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    Law enforcement personnel work at the scene of a shooting where four police officers were  shot and a fifth injured after a drug bust in Houston, Texas.
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    4 Houston Police Officers Shot, Another Injured In Drug Raid

    Jan 28, 2019
    Police were serving a search warrant on a house where residents were suspected of selling heroin. Two suspects were found dead after a gun fight.
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    Law
    Larry Woodruffe was charged with capital murder on Tuesday in the Dec. 30 slaying of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes.
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    Second Suspect Charged With Murder In Shooting Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes

    Jan 08, 2019
    Investigators filed capital murder charges against Larry Woodruffe on Tuesday. The 24-year-old was picked up on Jan. 5 after investigators received a tip connecting him to the drive-by attack.
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    Authorities originally believe a man in a red pickup truck shot and killed a seven-year-old girl in December. Now the Harris County sheriff says the driver was likely just a witness.
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    Police In Houston Charge Suspect With Murder In Death Of 7-Year-Old Jazmine Barnes

    Jan 06, 2019
    The Harris County Sheriff's Office says Jazmine's family was not the target of the Dec. 30 shooting.
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    This sketch provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston, Texas, shows an artist's rendition of the suspect in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes on Sunday in Houston.
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    Police Release Sketch Of Man Wanted In Slaying Of Child In Texas

    Jan 03, 2019
    Seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes was shot and killed Sunday in Houston while riding in a car with her mom and siblings. The suspect is still at large, and police haven't yet determined a motive.
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    An image taken from surveillance video of a pickup whose driver, according to authorities, fired several shots into a car carrying a family near Houston, killing a 7-year-old girl.
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    Search Continues For Suspect in 7-Year-Old Houston Girl's Shooting

    Jan 02, 2019
    Jazmine Barnes was driving with her family early Sunday morning when they were fired upon by a man in a reddish pickup truck, according to police.
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    Downtown Houston flooded by rain from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017. The buildings in the region exacerbated rainfall from the storm, according to a new study.
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    Houston Got Hammered By Hurricane Harvey — And Its Buildings Are Partly To Blame

    Nov 14, 2018
    The city itself — skyscrapers, homes and factories — snagged the moist air of Hurricane Harvey and caused more rain to fall. Two new studies detail how humans are making hurricane flooding worse.
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    Politics
    Supporters cheer as President  Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas Monday.
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    From 'Lyin' Ted To 'Beautiful': How Trump And Cruz Found Political Love

    Oct 22, 2018
    Donald Trump once accused Ted Cruz's father essentially of being linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. On Monday, he flew to the Texas senator's hometown and gave him his full endorsement.
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    Kayleigh Hogan and Ron Criddle help load vehicles with household supplies provided by the chemical company Covestro to its employees after Hurricane Harvey.
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    Industry Looks For Hurricane Lessons As Climate Changes

    Aug 31, 2018
    Hurricane Harvey was a wake-up call for petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast to rethink plans for major floods. Some companies are starting to prepare for storms that are larger and more severe.
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    Lawsuit Alleges Chemical Companies Should Prepare For Unprecedented Storms

    Aug 30, 2018
    Criminal charges against a chemical company that flooded during Hurricane Harvey are raising two big questions: When is pollution an accident? And when is it a crime?
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    Joseph James Pappas died when confronted by two Houston police officers at the end of a two-week manhunt.
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    Suspect In Houston Slaying Kills Himself As Police Close In

    Aug 03, 2018
    Joseph James Pappas, 62, had been identified as the man who shot cardiologist Mark Hausknecht in July. The killing drew national attention partly because the doctor once treated George H.W. Bush.
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    Hausknecht accompanies Bush as the former president leaves Houston's Methodist Hospital in February 2000.
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    '20-Year-Old Grudge' May Have Led To Killing Of Houston Cardiologist, Police Say

    Aug 02, 2018
    Mark Hausknecht was shot and killed by the son of a patient who died during surgery decades earlier, according to police. The suspect, identified as Joseph James Pappas, remains at large.
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    The Two-Way
    Prosecutors said former 911 operator Crenshanda Williams was involved in thousands of very short emergency calls, triggering suspicion.
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    Former 911 Operator Who Cut Short Thousands Of Calls Is Sentenced To 10 Days

    Apr 19, 2018
    "Ain't nobody got time for this. For real," Williams reportedly was recorded saying after ending a call in which a security guard tried to report cars racing on a Houston-area interstate.
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    The Two-Way
    Satellite images show the San Jacinto Waste Pits near Houston on Sept. 2, 2017 (left) when the site was still flooded after Hurricane Harvey and on Jan. 24, 2018 after the waters had receded.
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    EPA Takes Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey Off Special Cleanup List

    Apr 16, 2018
    The EPA says the San Jacinto Waste Pits near Houston no longer needs Scott Pruitt's personal attention due to progress on a remediation plan. But the site is still years away from being cleaned up.
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    Here & Now Compass
    Damaged furniture and personal belongings sit in front of a flooded home on Sept. 7, 2017 in Richwood, Texas. Several months after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas, residents are still navigating the long process of recovering from the storm.
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    In Houston, Thousands Remain Displaced As Harvey Recovery Continues

    Dec 28, 2017
    Thousands of residents are still living in hotels and rental housing while they await insurance money to help them rebuild their homes that were flooded in Hurricane Harvey this summer.
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    Captain Shpend Berisha, left, at the helm of the Prestige Oysters boat The Diplomat while Francisco Vasquez, center, and Ekrem Sahiti pull in oysters in Galveston Bay.
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    Houston Ship Channel And Galveston Bay Digging Out After Harvey

    Dec 10, 2017
    The sediment and muddy freshwater that spilled into these Texas bodies of water are causing problems for the shipping and oyster industries.
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