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House to get Trump impeachment vote, Houston congressman vows


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Days after the United States Capitol was overrun by a mob, leaving five dead, including a police officer, another Houston-area member of Congress is calling for a second impeachment process against President Donald Trump. U.S. Rep. Al Green said Friday he’s joining others calling for the president to be punished for the Capitol incident, saying he …

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Here’s why your stimulus payment could still take weeks to arrive


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Help is on the way for struggling Texans looking for their stimulus payment or those in need of more unemployment benefits. This week, the IRS sent out eight million pre-paid debit cards. This comes after the government mistakenly sent millions of payments to tax preparers instead of taxpayers. Earlier this week, H&R Block started to return …

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COVID-19 isn’t spreading inside the classroom, experts say, but here’s where it is


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — During Thursday night’s HISD school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan discussed the concerns over the spike in COVID-19 cases in the Houston community. She shared a recent conversation she had with city health officials and revealed a question that has been at the top of many parents and educators’ mind recently. “Are we at a …

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Houston congressman harassed at airport; calls it ‘weaponization of hate’


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hours after he was screamed at in an airport on the way home from Washington, D.C., Houston Democratic Congressman Al Green increased his calls for impeaching President Donald Trump. “The root cause of this [impeachment] is the weaponization of hate by this president,” Green said Friday. “Now, we want to impeach [Trump], but impeaching him for …

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15-year-old shot in road rage shooting along Katy Freeway, sheriff says


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 15-year-old girl was shot in the arm in what Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is calling a possible road rage incident on the Katy freeway. In a tweet posted Friday night, Gonzalez said the shooting happened along the Katy Freeway near Greenhouse Road. He said a person shot at another vehicle and ended up shooting …

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Increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations causes officials to scale back


January 9, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re now 11 months into the pandemic and on a Friday night, things seem the same considering the recent rollback this week after the number of COVID-19 related hospitalizations increased. “We try to stay safe when we go out. Not a crowded club or anything,” said customer Nique Houston. Most bars are still seeing the same …

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Bride Marries Wedding Guest After Her Groom Runs Away


January 8, 2021

A wedding in the southern Indian state of Karnataka took a bizarre turn when the bride married a guest, discovering that the groom sneaked out. Two brothers, identified only as Ashok and Navin, were all set to get married in simultaneous ceremonies Sunday, Jan. 3. However, while Navin participated in all the pre-wedding ceremonies with his to-be wife Sindhu, he …

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Biden says Trump incited ‘domestic terrorists’ at U.S. Capitol


January 8, 2021

WILMINGTON, Del: President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday that President Donald Trump fomented Wednesday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol, calling it one of the darkest days in the history of the country and an assault on democracy. Biden, speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was introducing nominees for his Justice Department, called the Trump supporters who forced their way into …

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