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Near-record ‘dead zone’ predicted in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS — Scientists are predicting a near-record Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” where the water holds too little oxygen to sustain marine life. ...
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US opens new mass shelter in Texas for migrant children
The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, June 6, 2019 5:22 pm
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TEXAS ROUNDUP — School speech interrupted when victims named
DALLAS — School officials in Dallas say they’re investigating why a high school valedictorian had her graduation speech interrupted after she said the names ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:30 pm
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BASEBALL: Five in a row: Bregman, Houston beat Seattle for 5th straight win
SEATTLE — Even without Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and George Springer, the Houston Astros are rolling toward another AL West title. Alex Bregman had ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:13 pm
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TEXAS ROUNDUP — 3 dead in home due to carbon monoxide
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police say a man and his two children have been found dead in a house where the electricity had been ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 7:00 pm
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Concerns raised over access to public beaches in Galveston
GALVESTON — City officials are pushing for clear signage indicating public access to some beaches in Galveston despite resident complaints about unmanageable crowds of ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 4:18 pm
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Transgender asylum seeker dies after release from US custody
EL PASO — A transgender asylum seeker has died just days after being released from a U.S. immigration detention center where advocates say detainees are ...
by Associated Press, Monday, June 3, 2019 7:05 pm
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US says border wall will ‘avoid’ historic Texas cemetery
HOUSTON — The U.S. government said Monday that it won’t build President Donald Trump’s border wall on the site of a historic cemetery that ...
by Associated Press, Monday, June 3, 2019 5:37 pm
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TEXAS ROUNDUP — Body of trans woman pulled from Dallas lake
DALLAS — Dallas police say a transgender woman’s body was pulled from a lake over the weekend, the latest death of a transgender person ...
by Associated Press, Monday, June 3, 2019 5:20 pm
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Texas coastal flooding strands about 100 endangered turtles
CORPUS CHRISTI — High tides and flooding associated with May storms that buffeted parts of Texas caused the stranding of about 100 young sea ...