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Denton police looking for suspect in connection with restaurant robbery


October 28, 2022

Denton police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who is accused of robbing a restaurant Wednesday afternoon. Denton police are looking for the person in the image above in connection with an aggravated robbery that occurred Wednesday.(Denton police) Shortly before 5 p.m., officers were dispatched to a restaurant in the 2100 block of East University Drive. A …

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A brief history of drag queens in Texas


October 28, 2022

Men have played women’s roles on stage since Ancient Greece. But drag as a performance art as we know it, often linked to cakewalks, minstrel and vaudeville shows, began to come into its own in the 19th century. Historians and queer scholars believe the moniker “drag” likely referred to the swishing effect of early performers’ petticoats and skirts. Drag has …

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This Week in Texas: Crime is top issue on Election Day


October 28, 2022

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crime and criminal justice has become a central issue this campaign season, especially in the race for Harris County Judge. On This Week in Texas we explore that issue in depth. You’ll hear from Harris County’s top public defender, Alex Bunin, and get his take on the system and its role in crime. “I don’t think Texas …

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State leaders overhaul some election laws, including option for drive-thru voting


October 28, 2022

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Voters had the option to remain in the comfort of their own vehicle while casting their vote. But this November, voters no longer have that option after state leaders overhauled some election laws this summer. One woman who utilized the drive-thru voting option in the 2020 presidential election, said she’ll be voting at the Sunnyside Multi-service center …

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Houston pediatricians seeing unusual second spike in RSV cases as hospitals near capacity


October 28, 2022

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston pediatricians are keeping a close eye on hospitalizations, after seeing unusual peaks in respiratory syncytial virus cases among children this year and bed space nearing capacity. Experts said surges typically happen in the winter, but this year, they’ve already seen them in the summer and now the fall. RSV is a contagious virus that causes respiratory …

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HFD short on available ambulances 84% of 2022


October 28, 2022

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Randy Kubosh was getting his second round of chemotherapy at a treatment center in Memorial City when his sister-in-law saw him go into cardiac arrest. “She said I was shaking. My eyes rolled back in my head, and I laid back, and they started doing CPR, and put oxygen on me,” Kubosh recalled. “It lasted a long …

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