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Texas Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Voting Illegally
A woman who voted in the 2016 election while on supervised release from federal prison was sentenced this week to five years behind bars for voting illegally, NBC News reported. Crystal Mason had testified she didn’t know that her 2011 fraud conviction made her ineligible to vote. Texas law makes knowingly voting illegally a second-degree felony with a maximum punishment...
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Whole Foods Says Customer Payment Information Was Hacked
Whole Foods officials said the credit and debit card information of customers who bought meals or drinks at its in-store restaurants or bars were exposed to hackers. The grocer, which was recently acquired by Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com Inc., says the data breach did not affect its main checkout registers or any Amazon.com shoppers. Officials did not say which of...
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Joel Osteen: ‘The City Didn't Ask Us to Be a Shelter'
Televangelist Joel Osteen continued to defend the decision to delay opening his Houston megachurch to flood victims in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, arguing city officials had not asked him to use the building as a shelter and citing safety concerns. “We worked very closely with the city [of Houston] and four miles down the road the city established its...
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Mazda Recalls Nearly 80K Vehicles to Replace Faulty Air Bags
Mazda is recalling nearly 80,000 cars and SUVs, some for a second time, to replace dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The recall covers front passenger inflators on certain 2007 through 2009 and 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda 6 vehicles. The recalls vary by state and age of the vehicles. Takata inflators can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel...
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Man Trapped in ATM Slips Notes to Customers Begging For Help
Police say a Texas man who became trapped inside an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot pleading for them to help him escape.
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Takata Adds New Type of Inflator to Huge Air Bag Recall
Takata adds a new type of air bag inflator found in 2.7 million vehicles to the nation’s largest automotive recall.
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South Carolina Inmate Captured in Texas After Second Escape
An inmate was re-captured in Texas early Friday after his second escape from a maximum security prison in South Carolina, prison officials say.
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Video Appears to Show San Antonio Officer Striking Teenage Girl
The San Antonio Police Department is reviewing body camera footage after a bystander posted video online that appears to show an officer punching an eighth-grade girl outside a birthday party last weekend.
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Man Sues Woman for $17.31 Movie Ticket After Bad Date
A Texas man is suing a woman he went on a date with for the price of a movie ticket after he says she texted through the film and left him at the theater.
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‘Fixer Upper' Star Chip Gaines Speaks Out About $1M Lawsuit
HGTV star and North Texas native Chip Gaines is speaking out on Twitter about a lawsuit filed against him by his former business partners.
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RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy for Second Time in 2 Years
Troubled electronics retailer RadioShack files for bankruptcy for the second time in just over two years.
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Target Recalls 1,300 Patio Benches Due to Fall Hazard
Target recalls about 1,300 benches after reports of them collapsing while in use.
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Charges Dropped Against Women After Attorneys Release Bodycam Footage of Viral Fort Worth Arrest
Hours after lawyers released bodycam footage of a Fort Worth police officer wrestling a woman and her daughter to the ground, the city’s police department issued a statement Thursday saying the woman has been cleared of all charges and another man has been cited for assault.
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Johnny Manziel to Sell Photos With Fans at Super Bowl
Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel will be in Houston ahead of the Super Bowl LI to give fans a chance to take a photo with him at a price.
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Cancer-Stricken ‘Jeopardy!' Player Wins $103K Before Death
A woman who died of cancer just days before her appearance on “Jeopardy!” aired wins six contests in a row and more than $103,000, some of which she donated to cancer research.
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Zeke Says He'd Match Fine With Salvation Army Donation
Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott says he’d match any fine he receives for jumping into a large Salvation Army kettle in the form of a donation to the charity.
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Texas Republican Elector Resigns Rather Than Vote for Trump
A Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas says he’s resigning rather than casting one of the state’s 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump.
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Trump Thanks His Supporters, Clinton After Stunning Win
Taking the stage to chants of “USA! USA!” Donald Trump addressed both his supporters and the nation as the president-elect of the United States, noting that he received a call from Secretary Clinton conceding the race to him. He said she has worked very hard and long. “We owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our…
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Slow Cookers Recalled Due to Fire, Shock Hazard
3 Squares recalls nearly 175,000 rice and slow cookers Tuesday due to improper wiring that poses fire and shock hazards.
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Boy, 5, Pulls Brother, 2, From Burning Truck After Fatal Crash
Authorities say a 5-year-old boy pulled his 2-year-old brother from a big rig after a crash that killed their father in Houston Friday morning.