Texas resident sentenced for distributing sexually explicit material involving toddlers
Daniel Berrones, 27, was sentenced in Texas federal court to 136 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material online.
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LIVE: US attorney to announce major federal case in Houston Thursday
U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz is scheduled to announce a major federal case in Houston on Thursday, alongside senior federal and state law enforcement officials. The announcement is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22, with media arrival at 1 p.m. Central time. Officials have not yet rel...
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Ex-Eminem employee pleads guilty to federal copyright law after selling unreleased tracks
The 48-year-old Oakland County man made copies of at least 10 different audio tracks created by Eminem before selling them online. He earned tens of thousands of dollars on the sales before they were released on public streaming platforms....
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Warmer days are coming for Houston but no runaway heat for the weekend
Work week warm-up: Each day, morning and afternoon temperatures will rise by a couple of degrees. Gone are the mornings in the 40s and afternoons in the 70s. It won’t be hot, but we’re losing that crisp fall feel the rest of the week. There is good news with humidity. It will sta...
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Halloween Weather: Will rain chances bring tricks or treats?
Early Look: Over the past day and a half, the major computer models have started to trend towards a more rainy but cooler Halloween for southeast Texas this year. We are still ten days out and plenty can change, but the trend is moving in a wetter direction. Right now, we’ll keep...
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Americans could be detained for years in popular travel destination, officials warn
Americans traveling to China are being warned about the possibility of detention, electronic surveillance and restrictions that could keep them from returning home....
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Scam losses top $1 billion in North Carolina since 2021
Financial fraud and online scams cost North Carolina consumers over $1 billion over a five-year stretch, federal data reveals.
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Toledo chemical leak update: 57 people treated by hospitals, evacuation area reduced
Toledo area hospitals treated 57 patients for symptoms related to the incident, with seven still being treated Thursday afternoon, and none are in serious condition, according to the city....
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas drops Medicare Advantage plans for 2027
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas announced it will stop offering its Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans in 2027 to private customers, requiring them to select new coverage....
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More than 19 million Texans are registered to vote ahead of midterm election
More than 19 million Texans are registered to vote ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election.
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This company pioneered transplants with genetically modified pig organs. Now they’ve opened a Houston office
The company’s third such facility will focus on commercial production for genetically modified organs, if and when United Therapeutics receives federal approval for its xeno-organs....
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Paxton, Talarico tied in Texas Senate race: FOX News poll
The hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico is even, according to a FOX News poll....
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Texas appeals court upholds Ronald Haskell’s death sentence in 2014 Spring family killings
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Ronald Haskell’s capital murder conviction and death sentence Thursday, rejecting seven claims he raised in his automatic appeal. In its Oct. 22 opinion, the state’s highest court for criminal cases found no reversible error in Haskell’s...