By KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Four surviving Chinese American veterans of World War II and others were presented with one of the nation’s highest civilian honors on Sunday. In a ceremony commemorating their service, the veterans and families of more than 175 others were given the
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A house fire call in a southwest Houston neighborhood led to the discovery of the bodies of two adults and two children with gunshot wounds, authorities said. Houston firefighters were dispatched to a home in the 7500 block of Imogene Street
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By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil fields, natural gas and a crucial water project. Officials say Monday they will be key for oil-rich Iraq to maintain crude output. The deals were inked Sunday with Prime Minister Mustafa
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estados Unidos facilitó la salida de cuatro ciudadanos estadounidenses de Afganistán a través de una ruta terrestre hacia un tercer país, dijo este lunes un alto funcionario del Departamento de Estado. “Nuestra embajada recibió a los estadounidenses cuando cruzaron la frontera hacia el tercer país”, dijo el funcionario a CNN. El
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By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — French energy giant Total has signed mega contracts with Iraq worth $27 billion to develop oil fields, natural gas and a crucial water project. Officials say Monday they will be key for oil-rich Iraq to maintain crude output. The deals were inked Sunday with Prime Minister Mustafa
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Francesca Street, CNN Working as a flight attendant previously afforded Mitra Amirzadeh the freedom to explore the world — taking her from her home in Florida to destinations including Kenya, France and Spain. As the pandemic spread, the perks of Amirzadeh’s job diminished. Now restricted to domestic US flights, her work involves navigating not only
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Horas después del último vuelo militar de Estados Unidos que salió de Kabul, el presidente Joe Biden comenzó una reunión en la Sala de Crisis de la Casa Blanca con elogios. “Han hecho un trabajo excelente”, dijo Biden a sus principales colaboradores de Seguridad Nacional, según un funcionario de la Casa
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kulture Kiari is officially a big sister. Her mom and dad, rappers Cardi B and husband Offset, have welcomed their second child. The couple made the announcement Monday on social media. Cardi B shared a photo of her and Offset with their new bundle in what appeared to be a
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar extended for two weeks the pre-trial detention of Danny Fenster, an American journalist in the military-led Southeast Asian nation who was arrested in May. Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport on May 24, as he was about to board a flight to go to the United States
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By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales, Louisiana. For almost 10 years, he told his family he wanted to cut it down, but he couldn’t afford the expense of a tree-cutting service. On Sunday night, as Hurricane Ida started shredding
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police is investigating four Argentina footballers for allegedly providing false travel information upon arrival for a World Cup qualifying match. Chaos ensued when the Brazil-Argentina qualifier was interrupted after seven minutes by agents from the country’s health agency Anvisa. The agents insisted they
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) — Rural communities across the country are wrestling with the economic perks and environmental drawbacks of opening up their roads to ATVs. Interest in ATVs has only intensified as more people got outdoors during the pandemic. But their popularity has sometimes pitted riders against residents. People in
Continue ReadingBy WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story LOWER MERION TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The Action Cam was on the scene after a car crashed through the wall of a building in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County. The crash happened along City Avenue at Old Lancaster Road around 5:30 a.m. Monday near St.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists As meteorologists, we are still stunned by what happened in the Northeast last week. The flooding was forecast, but to see New York City underwater was not something anyone could have imagined. “As you see it unfold, you’re just gripped with this growing pit in your stomach
Continue ReadingBy George Solis Click here for updates on this story PHOENIXVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Crews are working around the clock to get things running at full capacity at the Aqua America plant in Phoenixville, Pa. after last week’s storm caused remarkable damage. “We hadn’t seen flood on the Schuylkill like this since 1869,” said Marc
Continue Reading GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 6-year-old girl died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of Glenwood Springs. A spokeswoman for the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park says “an incident” occurred Sunday evening on the Haunted Mine Drop ride that caused the death. The Post Independent reports the park
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Saskya Vandoorne, Xiaofei Xu and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The legendary French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died aged 88, his lawyer, Michel Godest, said on Monday. The cause of his death was not disclosed. The son of French sculptor Paul Belmondo and painter Sarah Rainaud-Richard, Belmondo was born into an artistic family in Neuilly-sur-Seine in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Jerusalén (CNN) — Las autoridades israelíes están buscando a seis militantes palestinos que escaparon de la prisión, aparentemente a través de un túnel, en algún momento de la madrugada del lunes. Los hombres escaparon de la prisión de Gilboa, que se encuentra entre el mar de Galilea en Israel y la ciudad
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The October illegal campaign contribution trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani and a guilty plea set to occur this week by a second associate puts a spotlight on him as a government probe of the former mayor continues. A judge last week refused to delay
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — Según cifras de Our World In Data, más del 40,3% de la población mundial en promedio está vacunada al menos parcialmente contra el covid-19. Sin embargo, solo el 1,8% de la población en promedio en los países de bajos ingresos ha recibido al menos una dosis. ¿Cómo van las tasas de
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