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Firefighters Battle Houston-Area Chemical Fire for Hours
Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a suburban Houston chemical warehouse that emitted a dense column of black smoke visible for miles.
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Mother, 3 Children Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash Near Houston
Four people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Harris County on Sunday night, officials say.
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6 Utility Workers Hurt in Gas Explosion Near Houston
Utility workers trying to repair a broken gas line north of Houston struck another one, causing an explosion that injured six of them, including one critically, authorities said.
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Texas Jail Inmates Hungry, Shivering During Unusual Freeze
An unusually heavy winter storm knocked out electricity to millions of Texas homes and left many people without water service, but it also left inmates at the state’s largest county jail vulnerable, hungry and cold. Advocates and lawyers say Harris County Jail inmates have told them of stinking jail toilets that couldn’t be flushed, no access to clean water when...
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Power Outage Forces Harris County Officials to Scramble to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine
Health officials in Harris County scrambled Monday to administer more than 5,000 COVID-19 vaccines after a deadly winter storm caused a power outage in a facility storing the doses.
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What's Causing This Extreme Winter Weather Mess in Texas and Across the Country
A winter storm that swept across the country has left millions without heat and electricity in Texas. NBC Boston meteorologist Chris Gloninger joined LX News to explain what’s causing these extreme conditions and why Texas has been so hard hit.
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Texas Deputy Recovering After Being Shot, Hit Four Times
A Houston-area deputy was recovering at a hospital on Wednesday after being shot while responding to a call about a suspicious person.
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U.S. Marshals Add Convicted Murderer, Texas Prison Escapee to 15 Most Wanted List
The U.S. Marshals have added a convicted murderer who escaped from a Texas prison in 2010 to the Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted fugitives list.
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DSHS Updates After COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Texas
A Harris County man is confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, the first known case in the state of Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the diagnosis Thursday afternoon, saying the patient was an adult male in his 30s with no history of travel. He is said to be in stable condition and…
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DSHS Updates After COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Texas
A Harris County man is confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, the first known case in the state of Texas.
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DSHS Updates After COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Texas
A Harris County man is confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, the first known case in the state of Texas.
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1 Woman Killed, 3 Deputies Shot Outside Houston Nightclub
One woman was fatally shot and three deputies were wounded in a shooting early Sunday outside a nightclub in Houston, officials said.
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Harris County Public Health Director Named New Washington Secretary of Health
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday appointed Dr. Umair A. Shah as the state’s new secretary of health.
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Harris County Sheriff's Office Reports Deputy Dies of COVID-19
The Harris County sheriff’s office on Tuesday reported that a deputy has died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Deputy Johnny Tunches, 56, died Tuesday after being hospitalized for nearly a month, according to a news release from the department. The statement says Tunches is the third Harris County deputy to die of COVID. Since the coronavirus pandemic…
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Harris County Drive-Thru Ballots Will Be Counted, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive-thru ballots that were cast in a Democratic-leaning area of Houston.
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Texas Supreme Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Area Drive-Thru Votes
The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday denied a Republican-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area.
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Texas Teen Charged With Murder in Shooting of Sleeping Woman
Authorities in Texas have arrested an 18-year-old woman on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman as she slept in her bed.
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Texas Attorney General Appeals Ballot Application Decision
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Saturday that he’s appealing a judge’s decision to allow the Harris County clerk to send mail-in ballot applications to all registered voters in the county.
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Texas Court Freezes Plan to Send 2 Million Mail Ballot Applications
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped, for now, a plan to send more than 2 million mail-in ballot applications to registered Houston-area voters before the November election.