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Disney’s Moana has captured the hearts of audiences with its inspiring story of courage, family and adventure. But beyond the animation is a celebration of the rich traditions and heritage of Polynesian culture.On Houston Life, the Houston Hula Academy shares a special Tahitian d...
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Actress Joanna Pettet, a familiar face in film, television and theater, has died at the age of 83.
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Conference Board Chief Economist Dana M. Peterson says consumers are abandoning big-ticket items as housing, healthcare, ad insurance costs influence spending....
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Humanoid robots have performed two surgeries in pigs for the first time, a new development researchers say may be a potential gamechanger for hospitals in the future....
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Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she finished her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.” “I was looking for, like, a personal revolution,” Waterhouse said. Putting the words together for “Loveland,” the album's wistful...
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Houston-area leaders and U.S. Representatives held a press conference to provide new details on the ICE shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston....
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San Francisco Bay Area native 11-year-old Amaya Masoli, who's starring as young Moana in Disney's live-action remake, shared her excitement for the film and how she brought her own Samoan culture into the experience....
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Global oil demand is set to decline this year for the first time since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.The drop, which the agency expects to amount to about 1 million barrels per day in 2026, is due to higher...
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A New York woman is facing a harassment charge after police say she became impatient in a McDonald's drive-thru and allegedly slapped the driver of the vehicle in front of her....
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The Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers will renew their in-state rivalry with a three-game series this weekend.
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Terrion Arnold was released on a $1M bond back in June after being accused of kidnapping and robbing three people back in February.
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The CDC is investigating a growing number of cyclosporiasis cases now reported across at least 31 states. Here's the latest.
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"It's kinda surreal for me!" Maurice Benard, Laura Wright, Lynn Herring, Kristina Wagner and the cast of "General Hospital" celebrate a major milestone. Watch weekdays on ABC and stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+....
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It's the latest instance of the Republican president trying to exert White House influence over how U.S. elections are conducted.
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Unai Simón’s impenetrable wall finally crumbled at the World Cup.The Spain goalkeeper had kept a clean sheet for a record 650 minutes — the tournament's longest scoreless streak — before Belgium ended it in the quarterfinals on Friday.Charles De Ketelaere got in front of Pau Cuba...
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Three days after federal immigration agents fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in Houston, most of Texas’ Republican leaders had yet to weigh in on the incident or respond to calls from Democrats and civil rights advocates for an independent investigation.As public outcry h...
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In the days after two American citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this year, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would “rapidly acquire and deploy” body cameras to its officers around the country. Nearly half a year later, after an...
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire vowed Friday to “pursue an independent and transparent” local investigation into Tuesday’s deadly ICE shooting but said federal control over evidence is proving difficult to overcome. Whitmire said he directed Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz to be “proac...
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Most of America's Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome.
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The Hot Wheels Legends Tour Presented by Mobil 1 is rolling into Cypress this weekend, bringing one of the world’s largest traveling custom car shows to the Houston area.More than 100 custom cars and trucks from across the region will compete for the chance to become the next off...
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Aaron Reitz, a former candidate for Texas attorney general, was sworn in Thursday as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
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The family of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi 18-year-old found dead after a July 4 boat trip, say they've uncovered disturbing details as they try to figure out what happened....
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Rory McIlroy took advantage of the scoring holes in windy conditions Friday and posted a 4-under 66 for a three-way share of the lead in a Scottish Open that no longer has Scottie Scheffler.As comfortable as McIlroy looked, Scheffler struggled from the start and wound up with a 7...
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NASA chief Jared Isaacman has confirmed that the space agency has taken images of objects that remain unknown, which could be classified as UFOs.
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Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and still enjoy summer’s bounty of fruits and vegetables.The exact source of one of...
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A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to resolve the dispute that delayed its debut, according to two people directly involved in the negotiations.The sources were not autho...
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Although it may feel like summer just started, back to school season is right around the corner.School supplies can get expensive, so we’ve made a list of places where you can find either free or cheap supplies for your family.Braeswood Church Community Health FairWhen: Saturday,...
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Block, the parent company of Cash App, has agreed to pay $45 million and improve its fraud prevention and customer support to settle allegations from 46 states that it failed to adequately protect users from scams....
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The Afghan women's soccer team has made a new home in Houston after they were flown out of their home country during the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover five years ago....
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Families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl-related deaths will join the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and United Against Fentanyl this weekend for a community walk aimed at raising awareness and connecting people with prevention, recovery and grief support resources.The...
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The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a rural Ohio home for years in squalid conditions is straining the county’s resources as it works to prosecute their parents and two grandparents and provide care to so many children at once.The local prosecutor said t...
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Hidalgo said that she will not be visible in the coming weeks to rest after she contracted mono, but says her team will represent her when necessary.
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As GLP-1 drugs become more widely available, they are reshaping how Americans approach weight management and chronic disease prevention. The trend points to a sustained shift in public health, carried forward by a growing canal of treatment options that more adults are able to na...
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King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit royal life and moved to America six years ago.Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie a...
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A new live-action adaptation of "Moana" is now in theaters and On The Red Carpet is celebrating with a special episode filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Rep. Sylvia Garcia and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare gave more information about this week's deadly ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo....
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Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami were named Friday as participants in the Home Run Derby, filling out the eight-man field for the contest in Philadelphia on Monday night.The 33-year-old Schwarber, who leads the majors with 32 homers, ...
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More than 30 years after Astrid Bridges was found dead in her Gresham, Oregon, home, authorities have reopened the case after the Medical Examiner's Office reclassified her death from an accident to a homicide....
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According to deputies, an altercation occurred before the shooting, which left two people injured early Friday morning.
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A passenger on board a flight from Greece to Germany was reportedly partially sucked out of a window when it broke mid-flight.
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Kia’s latest recall covers certain 2020-2024 model year Telluride SUVs manufactured between 2019 and 2024.
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Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
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The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown....
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American actor Dustin Hoffman and cricket great Sachin Tendulkar were among the celebrities at Wimbledon on Friday to watch defending champion Jannik Sinner play Novak Djokovic on Centre Court.British actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Laurie and Damian Lewis watched from the Roya...
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Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.The president at first suggested his renovati...
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The update comes as the family of the man killed in Tuesday's shooting, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and local officials are demanding an independent investigation....
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Authorities say it is unlikely they will ever recover all of the remains of 4-year-old Javeayah Harris after investigators determined her parents allegedly used corrosive chemicals and other tools to destroy evidence following her death....
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The three men detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are being “pressured” to sign paperwork agreeing to self-deport, according to League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Chief Executive Officer Juan Pr...
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HPD said the officers arrived and were met with the suspect brandishing knives before he barricaded himself inside the home, where SWAT officers deployed CS gas....
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British actor Micheal Ward was acquitted Friday of rape and other charges in a London court on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in the back of a friend's Mercedes in 2023.Ward, 28, who starred in the Netflix crime drama “Top Boy,” sobbed after a jury in Snaresbrook Crown...
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Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case.
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Graham Platner on Friday submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U.S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control.The Maine Democratic Party announced later Friday that it will...
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Nadine Menendez surrendered to federal authorities Friday afternoon and is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee....
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will have his left knee drained Sunday to relieve continued irritation, and the procedure will force him to miss the All-Star Game next week in Philadelphia.Ohtani will have fluid removed from his left knee following a three-gam...
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Mikel Merino is Spain's World Cup hero once again, and even he finds it hard to believe.A mere four days after Merino scored a clutch goal as a substitute in injury time to beat Portugal, he found himself in the right spot again in the quarterfinals when Belgium's backup goalkeep...
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Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state have been rescued, the government said Friday.Government spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not specify the total number of students rescued, but authorities said at the time of the abductions on May 15 tha...
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Mayor John Whitmire provided an update Friday afternoon on the investigation into the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, days after the incident sparked calls for greater transparency from local leaders.Whitmire was joine...
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The tropics remain relatively quiet for July, no complaints here.
