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Man arrested, accused of firing gun at Texas high school band competition, police say
Read full article: Man arrested, accused of firing gun at Texas high school band competition, police sayA man is in custody after firing a gun at another person during a high school band competition in the southeast Houston metro area, according to police.
California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from wildfires
Read full article: California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from wildfiresCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires.
California officials warn against price gouging as rents soar in fire-stricken Los Angeles
Read full article: California officials warn against price gouging as rents soar in fire-stricken Los AngelesTenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month.
Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to fire relief and Meghan delays show launch due to the disaster
Read full article: Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to fire relief and Meghan delays show launch due to the disasterWeaker winds and intense firefighting efforts over the weekend boosted containment of fires burning in and around Los Angeles, but the effects of the blazes on the entertainment world continue.
Los Angeles County medical examiner's office confirms wildfire death toll rises to 16
Read full article: Los Angeles County medical examiner's office confirms wildfire death toll rises to 16The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office says the confirmed death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16.
LA wildfires destroy numerous houses of worship. Clergy and congregants vow to persevere
Read full article: LA wildfires destroy numerous houses of worship. Clergy and congregants vow to persevereAmong the thousands of buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches.
Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area
Read full article: Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles areaA fast-moving fire has broken out in the Hollywood Hills about a mile from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millions
Read full article: Monstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening the health of millionsMassive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories.
‘It happened so quickly’: Longtime friend of KSAT anchor details fleeing Pasadena home as wildfire drew close
Read full article: ‘It happened so quickly’: Longtime friend of KSAT anchor details fleeing Pasadena home as wildfire drew closeSouthern California is being ravaged by wind-driven wildfires advancing at unprecedented speeds this week. KSAT’s Courtney Friedman grew up in Southern California and has been in contact with many friends affected by the fires, including a childhood best friend who just had to evacuate her home.
Wildfires latest: Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate as fires tear through Los Angeles area
Read full article: Wildfires latest: Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate as fires tear through Los Angeles areaFierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, sending residents fleeing from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.
Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse seeks to blame others as liability case takes shape
Read full article: Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse seeks to blame others as liability case takes shapeThe owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to minimize their responsibility for the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse.
Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse agrees to pay $102 million for cleanup
Read full article: Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse agrees to pay $102 million for cleanupThe owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department.
Aaron Hernandez ‘American Sports Story’ series wants to show a different view of the disgraced NFLer
Read full article: Aaron Hernandez ‘American Sports Story’ series wants to show a different view of the disgraced NFLerAaron Hernandez's story of football glory and his eventual downfall with a murder conviction has been told many times, but “American Sports Story” dramatizes his life in a way designed to build empathy for him.
The White House wants $4 billion to rebuild Key Bridge in Baltimore and respond to other disasters
Read full article: The White House wants $4 billion to rebuild Key Bridge in Baltimore and respond to other disastersThe White House is seeking roughly $4 billion in additional emergency funding from Congress for costs related to the collapse and repair of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore and to respond to other disasters that have occurred around the U.S. in recent months.
Chris Pine, Diego Luna and more celebrities will be in San Antonio this weekend for Superhero Comic Con
Read full article: Chris Pine, Diego Luna and more celebrities will be in San Antonio this weekend for Superhero Comic ConCelebrities will visit San Antonio this weekend for the 2024 Superhero Comic Con.
'Judge Judy' Sheindlin sues for defamation over National Enquirer, InTouch Weekly stories
Read full article: 'Judge Judy' Sheindlin sues for defamation over National Enquirer, InTouch Weekly stories“Judge Judy” Sheindlin has sued the parent company of InTouch Weekly and the National Enquirer over what she says are false stories about her speaking out on the Menendez brothers murder case.
CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
Read full article: CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persistCVS Health missed first-quarter expectations and chopped its 2024 outlook more than a dollar below Wall Street’s forecast.
What to know about the cargo ship Dali, a mid-sized ocean monster that took down a Baltimore bridge
Read full article: What to know about the cargo ship Dali, a mid-sized ocean monster that took down a Baltimore bridgeHere’s what to know about the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and leaving six construction workers presumed dead.
Neglected and exposed: Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system
Read full article: Neglected and exposed: Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring systemPublic data from a network of state air monitors around the Houston Ship Channel is hard to interpret and is often inadequate, leaving Latino-majority neighborhoods like Cloverleaf unaware of whether the air they breathe is safe.
How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public input
Read full article: How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public inputIndustrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
How to watch Michigan vs. Washington in national championship: Channel, time, streaming
Read full article: How to watch Michigan vs. Washington in national championship: Channel, time, streamingWashington plays Michigan in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, with the Huskies looking for their first national title since 1991 and the Wolverines for their first since 1997.
Jalen Milroe nearly rallies Alabama back, but falls 2 yards short in OT against Michigan
Read full article: Jalen Milroe nearly rallies Alabama back, but falls 2 yards short in OT against MichiganJalen Milroe helped rally Alabama with his legs and put the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide on the verge of its seventh appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game.
135th Rose Parade boasts floral floats, sunny skies as California tradition kicks off the new year
Read full article: 135th Rose Parade boasts floral floats, sunny skies as California tradition kicks off the new yearFloral floats, marching bands and equestrian units took to the streets under a sunny California sky as the 135th Rose Parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators on New Year’s Day.
Arkansas rules online news personality Cenk Uygur won't qualify for Democratic presidential primary
Read full article: Arkansas rules online news personality Cenk Uygur won't qualify for Democratic presidential primaryArkansas election officials say online news personality Cenk Uygur is ineligible to appear on the ballot in the state's Democratic presidential primary next year.
Top-seeded Michigan returns to Rose Bowl to face Alabama in College Football Playoff semifinal
Read full article: Top-seeded Michigan returns to Rose Bowl to face Alabama in College Football Playoff semifinalTop-seeded Michigan will face Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal to be played as the 110th edition of the Rose Bowl Game.
Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Read full article: Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum ruleThe Biden administration is urging an appeals court to allow sweeping new restrictions on asylum to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.
Moore, Schlee propel No. 24 UCLA to 59-7 rout of North Carolina Central
Read full article: Moore, Schlee propel No. 24 UCLA to 59-7 rout of North Carolina CentralDante Moore passed for 182 yards and two touchdowns, Collin Schlee ran for a pair of scores and No. 24 UCLA scored on its first seven drives in a 59-7 rout of North Carolina Central Saturday.
Teen arrested on murder charge for allegedly strangling, sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl
Read full article: Teen arrested on murder charge for allegedly strangling, sexually assaulting 11-year-old girlA suspect is being extradited to Texas from Louisiana after being accused of strangling and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at her family’s apartment in the Houston area earlier this month.
Child’s body found strangled under her bed, police say she was sexually assaulted
Read full article: Child’s body found strangled under her bed, police say she was sexually assaultedAn 11-year-old girl’s body was found strangled and sexually assaulted underneath her bed at her family’s apartment in Pasadena.
CVS Health turns in better-than-expected 2Q even as pharmacy pricing, increased care use hurt
Read full article: CVS Health turns in better-than-expected 2Q even as pharmacy pricing, increased care use hurtCVS Health topped second-quarter expectations, but the health care giant’s profit sank as pricing pressure hurt its drugstore business and rising medical costs hit the health insurance side.
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
Read full article: Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to JupiterA new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth.
Body found in Houston bayou positively identified as missing toddler, medical examiner confirms
Read full article: Body found in Houston bayou positively identified as missing toddler, medical examiner confirmsHouston police say they recovered the body of a young child from Vince Bayou in Pasadena on Monday and they believe the remains are 2-year-old Nadia Lee who disappeared last October in Pasadena.
Body of toddler found in Houston bayou believed to be little girl who was allegedly killed by her father, police say
Read full article: Body of toddler found in Houston bayou believed to be little girl who was allegedly killed by her father, police sayHouston police say they recovered the body of a young child from Vince Bayou in Pasadena on Monday and they believe the remains are 2-year-old Nadia Lee who disappeared last October in Pasadena.
First Republic Bank shares slide in volatile trading session
Read full article: First Republic Bank shares slide in volatile trading sessionShares of First Republic Bank fell another 47% Monday as investors remain uneasy about the bank’s financial condition even after a group of the nation’s largest financial institutions teamed up on a $30 billion rescue package.
Storm system dumps heavy, wet snow on Indiana and Michigan
Read full article: Storm system dumps heavy, wet snow on Indiana and MichiganHeavy, wet snow — part of a storm system that spawned tornadoes in the Houston area — has covered roads, vehicles, houses and buildings from central and northern Indiana into much of southeastern Michigan.
Bob Odenkirk seeks balance, humor following his heart attack
Read full article: Bob Odenkirk seeks balance, humor following his heart attackBob Odenkirk is still processing his feelings after suffering a massive heart attack in July 2021 and says a big takeaway is to strive for a better work-life balance.
Rose Parade avoids California rain as it welcomes New Year
Read full article: Rose Parade avoids California rain as it welcomes New YearFlower-covered floats, marching bands and equestrian units celebrated the New Year as the 134th Rose Parade slipped through a gap in California’s siege of drenching storms.
de Laura leads Arizona to road upset over No. 9 UCLA 34-28
Read full article: de Laura leads Arizona to road upset over No. 9 UCLA 34-28Jayden de Laura accounted for three touchdowns and had his fifth 300-yard passing game of the season as Arizona upset ninth-ranked UCLA 34-28 Saturday night, snapping an eight-game road losing streak against ranked teams.
Pasadena Police Department issues Silver Alert for missing 92-year-old man
Read full article: Pasadena Police Department issues Silver Alert for missing 92-year-old manThe Pasadena Police Department is looking for a missing 92-year-old man who they say poses a credible threat to his own health and safety.
Ralph Lauren draws A-list Hollywood crowd for sumptuous show
Read full article: Ralph Lauren draws A-list Hollywood crowd for sumptuous showDesigner Ralph Lauren went big for his first Los Angeles fashion show, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of casual luxury, with strong Western accents like cowboy hats and boots, against a setting sun at the grand Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, near Los Angeles.
Thompson-Robinson leads UCLA past No. 15 Washington, 40-32
Read full article: Thompson-Robinson leads UCLA past No. 15 Washington, 40-32Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns and UCLA beat No. 15 Washington 40-32 in a Friday night matchup of unbeaten Pac-12 teams at the Rose Bowl.
Federal grand jury indicts two men in fatal tractor-trailer incident in San Antonio
Read full article: Federal grand jury indicts two men in fatal tractor-trailer incident in San AntonioA federal grand jury in San Antonio on Wednesday indicted two men charged in the June fatal tractor-trailer incident on the city’s Southwest Side that resulted in the deaths of 53 people and 11 more injured.
Fred Savage dropped from 'The Wonder Years' amid allegations
Read full article: Fred Savage dropped from 'The Wonder Years' amid allegationsFred Savage has been dropped as an executive producer and director of “The Wonder Years” amid allegations of inappropriate conduct, the show’s production company has confirmed.
New Year's Rose Parade marches on despite COVID-19 surge
Read full article: New Year's Rose Parade marches on despite COVID-19 surgeA year after New Year’s Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 marched on despite a new surge of infections.
New Year's Day Rose Parade set to go despite virus surge
Read full article: New Year's Day Rose Parade set to go despite virus surgeThe Rose Parade and Rose Bowl college football game between Ohio State and Utah are set to go forward on New Year’s Day despite surging cases of COVID-19, which forced the cancellation of the 2021 parade.
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Texas executes Pasadena double murderer in third lethal injection this year
Read full article: Texas executes Pasadena double murderer in third lethal injection this yearRick Rhoades was convicted of killing two brothers 30 years ago, the day after he'd been released from prison on parole. His attorneys argued that racial bias in jury selection denied him a fair trial.
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'Jeopardy!' begins season with already-ousted Richards
Read full article: 'Jeopardy!' begins season with already-ousted RichardsThe very brief Mike Richards era on “Jeopardy” began Monday, a visible embarrassment for makers of the popular game show that has so far botched its effort to replace legendary Alex Trebek as host.
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Hong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole Kidman
Read full article: Hong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole KidmanHong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work” following reports that Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman did not have to spend time in quarantine when she arrived in the city to film a TV series.
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‘We’re back on the road!’ Rolling Stones relaunch U.S. tour
Read full article: ‘We’re back on the road!’ Rolling Stones relaunch U.S. tourRolling Stones fans in the United States will finally be getting, yes, some satisfaction: The band announced it was relaunching its “No Filter” tour, derailed by the pandemic, this fall.
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With layoffs down and spending up, US rebound gains momentum
Read full article: With layoffs down and spending up, US rebound gains momentumA much-awaited economic boom coming off the pandemic recession appeared to edge closer to reality Thursday with fresh data showing the pace of layoffs dwindling, consumers spending freely and manufacturing rebounding.
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‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87
Read full article: ‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87Actor George Segal appears in a portrait from 1965. “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery," Sonia Segal said in a statement. George Segal was always best known as a comic actor, becoming one of the screen's biggest stars in the 1970s when lighthearted adult comedies thrived. But his most famous role was in a harrowing drama, “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In “Virginia Woolf,” he played Nick, one half of a young couple invited over for drinks and to witness the bitterness and frustration of a middle-aged couple.
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Texas man accused of fatally shooting 6-year-old for clogging toilet, spilling water, police say
Read full article: Texas man accused of fatally shooting 6-year-old for clogging toilet, spilling water, police sayA Texas man has been arrested after a 6-year-old girl was fatally shot over a clogged toilet and spilled water, according to authorities. A neighbor told KPRC that before the shooting, Means knocked on their door and asked if their water was working. “He was like, “Oh, can you check if you have water coming down because the little girl clogged the toilet,’” the neighbor said. The Houston Chronicle reported that he was upset that the girl clogged the toilet, causing water to spill over. “All I can say to my sister, ‘I’m here for her.’ I can imagine what she’s going through because we’re all going through the same thing,” House told KPRC.
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New hosts for 'The Bachelorette' after racial controversy
Read full article: New hosts for 'The Bachelorette' after racial controversy(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Chris Harrison will not host the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” following controversy over racially insensitive comments, and will instead be replaced with two former contestants, ABC Entertainment and Warner Horizon said in a statement. Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe will pick up hosting duties for the show's next season, the statement issued late Friday said. Harrison stepped down from hosting for “The Bachelor” in February following the controversy connected to an interview with “Extra.” He had defended “Bachelor” contestant Rachael Kirkconnell after she was accused of racially insensitive past behavior. Past photos of her resurfaced in which she is dressed in costume as a Native American and at an antebellum plantation themed ball. He later apologized for his comments, saying in a statement: “By excusing historical racism, I defended it.”Ad“We support Chris in the work that he is committed to doing,” ABC and Warner Horizon said Friday's statement.