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Cheryl Herpich takes a photograph of a downtown building with blown out windows in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (明星黑料 Photo/David J. Phillip)

Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather

As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.
 
FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to then-President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (明星黑料 Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Conservative activist鈥檚 son sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for 鈥榬elentless鈥� attack on Capitol

 
Denita Dorsey poses with her son Julian Morris, 16, in Saginaw, Mich., Thursday, May 16, 2024. (明星黑料 Photo/Paul Sancya)

Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board

 
FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home, on Oct. 28, 2022. DePape convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer is set to be sentenced in federal court Friday, May 17, 2024. (San Francisco Police Department via 明星黑料, File)

Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi鈥檚 husband with a hammer

 
Scottie Scheffler celebrates after a birdie on the 12th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (明星黑料 Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Golfer鈥檚 prompt release from jail rankles some who recall city鈥檚 police turmoil

 

Storms cause widespread damage in Houston, killing at least 4. Some face no power for weeks

Officials says it could take 鈥渨eeks鈥� for power to be restored in some parts of Houston following fierce storms with winds of up to 100 miles per hour. At least four people were killed. (明星黑料 video by Lekan Oyekanmi)
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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi鈥檚 husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

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Abortion

FILE - Colorado State Sen. Julie Gonzales, third from left, takes a photo of state Rep. Brianna Titone, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis and state Rep. Meg Froelich and others before Polis signed the first of three bills that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications, April 14, 2023, in the State Capitol in Denver. Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot. (明星黑料 Photo/David Zalubowski,File)

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

 

  1. Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

  2. Judge dismisses lawsuit by Georgia court candidate who sued to keep talking about abortion

  3. New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states

LGBTQ+

The Pride House is pictured in Paris, Friday, May 17, 2024. The boat, moored between the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde in the city center, is meant to be a safe space for LGBTQ athletes and visitors during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer. (明星黑料 Photo/Tom Nouvian)

Pride House on Seine River barge is inaugurated by Paris Olympics organizers

 

  1. Georgia鈥檚 prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 鈥榝amily purity鈥�

  2. He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own

  3. As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe

Shootings

Chantemekki Fortson the mother of slain airman Roger Fortson, right, along with family watch Fortson's casket as they leave for a cemetery during his funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga. (明星黑料 Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

 

  1. Judge pushes decision to next week on Alec Baldwin鈥檚 indictment in fatal 2021 shooting

  2. Prosecutors say Washington officer charged with murder ignored his training in killing man in 2019

  3. Man convicted of killing 4 people at ex-girlfriend鈥檚 home near Denver

Immigration

FILE - Migrants begin their journey north in hopes of reaching the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 23, 2023. Mexico President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Ar茅valo met Friday, May 17, 2024, in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration. (明星黑料 Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente, File)

Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development

 

  1. The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly

  2. New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants

  3. Haiti鈥檚 crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic

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Shaun Stecklein, left, Jeff Fritz, Nick Ray and Buddy Aucoin, right, of The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint team load a whole hog into a cooker as they compete at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (明星黑料 Photo/George Walker IV)

At Memphis BBQ contest, pitmasters sweat through the smoke to be best in pork

Competition is fierce at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, where pitmasters are sweating and smoking to see who will be crowned best in pork.
 
Jesse Fernandez, center, stands with his former foster parents Jason and Joyce White Friday, May 17, 2024, in Independence, Mo. Fernandez was paid thousands of dollars of Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother, but by the time he turned 18, the money had all been used by the state of Missouri and Fernandez's relatives to pay for his foster care. (明星黑料 Photo/Charlie Riedel)

For decades, states have taken foster children鈥檚 federal benefits. That鈥檚 starting to change

States have for decades been using foster children鈥檚 federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services.
 
Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chairman of the Committee on House Administration, displays a large photo of an unlocked election ballot drop box in Washington, during a hearing about noncitizen voting in U.S. elections. on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Washington. In recent months, the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S. has erupted into a leading rallying cry for Republicans. (明星黑料 Photo/John McDonnell)

Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging

In recent months, the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S. has erupted into a leading rallying cry for Republicans.
 
Urban forestry workers remove branches from a redwood tree as they prepare to cut it down next to the Wayfarers Chapel, a sanctuary by architect Lloyd Wright, also known as "The Glass Church," in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The modernist chapel features organic architecture with glass walls in a redwood grove overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Part of the Swedenborgian denomination, the church's followers share in 18th-century Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg's "quest for a religion that interconnects all of life, and for a system that allows reasoned questioning of life's deepest religious issues," the chapel's website says. (明星黑料 Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright鈥檚 son

A decades-old landslide that鈥檚 rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of an iconic Southern California chapel known for its glass frame built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views.
 
FILE - Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly, Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year鈥檚 regular legislative session. In a statement late Friday, May 17, 2024, Youngkin said he was signing seven measures but vetoing 48. (明星黑料 Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year鈥檚 regular legislative session.
 
A person wears a T-shirt with the names of Kristin Smith, Charity Lynn Perry, Joanna Speaks, Ashley Real, and Bridget Webster on it during a news conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun, on second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24; Bridget Leanne Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32, the Multnomah County district attorney announced Friday. (明星黑料 Photo/Jenny Kane)

A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings

A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings 鈥� as well as in the death of a woman whose body was found in Washington state.
 
FILE - Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro talks to 明星黑料 in Honolulu, March 2, 2016. A jury found Honolulu's former top prosecutor, Kaneshiro, not guilty, Friday, May 17, 2024, in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee. (明星黑料 Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)

Jury finds Honolulu鈥檚 former top prosecutor and 5 others not guilty in a federal bribery case

Honolulu鈥檚 former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee.
 

NYC firefighter who collapsed in burning home likely saved by smoke inhalation drug

New York City fire officials believe a smoke inhalation drug may have saved the life of a firefighter who fell unconscious while battling a house blaze.
 

Man shoots his 6-month-old baby multiple times at home near Phoenix, but child expected to survive

Authorities say a man shot his 6-month-old baby multiple times at a home northwest of Phoenix after taking the infant and its mother captive.
 

Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket.
 
Tree service crews climb atop an SUV to cut apart a tree that fell on it at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Sherwood in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via 明星黑料)

What to do when facing extended summer power outages

Texas officials say power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and killed at least four people.
 
Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor'easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. (明星黑料 Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

A murderous romance or frame job? Things to know about Boston鈥檚 Karen Read murder trial

The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is finishing its third week.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a reporters question about his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. The California Teachers Association has criticized Newsom's budget proposal, saying it would wreak havoc on school funding. (明星黑料 Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Teachers criticize Newsom鈥檚 budget proposal, say it would 鈥榳reak havoc on funding for our schools鈥�

California鈥檚 largest teachers union is turning up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California Teachers Association on Friday said it will work to block one of Newsom鈥檚 proposals for balancing the budget.
 
FILE - Dabney Coleman appears on the set of "Courting Alex" at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2006. Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," died Thursday, May 16, 2024, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 92. No other details were immediately available. (明星黑料 Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in 鈥�9 to 5鈥� and the nasty TV director in 鈥淭ootsie,鈥� has died.
 

US security alert warns Americans overseas of potential attacks on LGBTQ events

The State Department has renewed a global security warning for Americans overseas and added to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an 鈥渋ncreased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.鈥�
 
FILE - This May 1, 2015, file photo shows a Dunes Sagebrush lizard in N.M. Federal wildlife officials declared the rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world's most lucrative oil and natural gas basins. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via 明星黑料, File)

New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas

Federal wildlife officials have declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species.
 
FILE - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, center, is sworn into office, Jan. 4, 2021, inside the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Knudsen faces a campaign finance investigation after he told supporters he skirted the state鈥檚 鈥渞idiculous鈥� campaign finance laws by inviting another Republican to run against him as a token candidate in next month鈥檚 primary so he could raise more money for the general election, according to a recording of a May 11 fundraiser. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via 明星黑料, File)

Montana鈥檚 attorney general said he recruited token primary opponent to increase campaign fundraising

Montana鈥檚 attorney general told supporters he skirted the state鈥檚 campaign finance laws by inviting another Republican to run against him as a token candidate in next month鈥檚 primary so he could raise more money for the general election.
 
FILE - Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, May 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Thursday, May 16, 2024, recommended a full pardon for Perry, a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via 明星黑料, Pool, File)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave few pardons before rushing to clear Army officer who killed a protester

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott鈥檚 pardon of a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of a Black Lives Matter protestor was a case of the Republican pushing a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged case.
 
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Shawn Ryan speaks in court in Howell, Mich., on Friday, May 17, 2024. A judge set a trial date for Glenn Chin, seated in orange. He's a pharmacist blamed for 11 deaths linked to contaminated steroids made in 2012 at a Massachusetts specialty lab. (明星黑料 Photo/Ed White)

Fall trial set for pharmacist in 11 Michigan meningitis deaths after plea deal talks fizzle

A fall trial has been set for a pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents.
 
FILE - Actor Steve Buscemi attends the premiere of "The Dead Don't Die" at the Museum of Modern Art, June 10, 2019, in New York. A person wanted in connection with the random assault on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was taken into custody Friday, May 17, 2024 police said. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/明星黑料, File)

Man charged in random assault on actor Steve Buscemi in New York

A man wanted in connection with the random assault on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month has been arrested on an assault charge.
 
Emily Ferrando wears a T-shirt she bought in the parking lot in support of Scottie Scheffler during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (明星黑料 Photo/Matt York)

After starting his day in jail, Scheffler finds peace on the course and a chance to win, too

Perspective was even harder to come by than birdies through all the raindrops, bourbon and cigar smoke that streamed across golf鈥檚 biggest stage during one of the sport鈥檚 most bizarre mornings ever.
 

Washington state trooper fatally shoots a man during a freeway altercation, police say

Police say a Washington state trooper fatally shot a man with a hammer who had attacked state Department of Transportation workers along Interstate 5 north of Seattle.
 
A worker digs out bricks from a collapsed wall near Commerce and Main Street downtown on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston, after a strong thunderstorm moved through Thursday evening. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via 明星黑料)

Once-in-a-generation wind event caused deaths, extensive damage across Houston, meteorologist says

Meteorologists say exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks were a once-in-a-generation event and the damage left in their wake is comparable to that caused by a hurricane.
 
FILE - The Indiana Statehouse appears on May 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. Mothers of two children with disabilities are suing an Indiana agency in federal court over changes to Medicaid attendant care services they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, Friday, May 17, 2024. (明星黑料 Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Parents of disabled children sue Indiana over Medicaid changes addressing $1 billion shortfall

Mothers of two children with disabilities are suing an Indiana agency in federal court over changes to Medicaid attendant care services they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
 
FILE - The Michigan Capitol is seen, May 24, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan officials are projecting that the state's tax revenue will see a slight decrease from the previous year but then rebound in the next two years. (明星黑料 Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan lawmakers get final revenue estimates as they push to finalize the state budget

State economists in Michigan provided their final fiscal forecast of the year as lawmakers work to finalize a budget ahead of a self-imposed July 1 deadline.
 
FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice speaks at an election night watch party at the governor's mansion in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Justice is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider an $80 million allocation to the state's colleges and universities to help students pay for school, among other proposals. (明星黑料 Photo/Chris Jackson, File)

West Virginia governor calls special session for school funding amid FAFSA issues, other proposals

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider an $80 million allocation to the state鈥檚 colleges, among other proposals.
 
Melissa Smith, mother of Kristin Smith, right, looks to Diana Allen, mother of Charity Lynn Perry, left, as they speak during a news conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Portland, Ore., after a grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun on second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24; Bridget Leanne Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32. (明星黑料 Photo/Jenny Kane)

A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings

PORTLAND, Ore. (明星黑料) 鈥� A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings 鈥� as well as in the death of a woman whose body was found in Washington state.
 

Judge rejects former Delaware trooper鈥檚 discrimination lawsuit against state police

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Delaware State Police in a lawsuit filed by a trailblazing former trooper who said she was subjected to years of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation.
 
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani interacts with officials after being honored, Friday, May 17, 2024, during a council meeting in Los Angeles. (明星黑料 Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Shohei Ohtani Day to be annual event in Los Angeles for duration of his Dodgers career

Shohei Ohtani isn鈥檛 just getting his own day in Los Angeles this year. The Japanese two-way superstar will be able to call May 17 Shohei Ohtani Day for the duration of his Dodgers career.
 
Georgia's Republican Party chairman Joshua McKoon speaks at the Georgia GOP Convention at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center in Columbus, Ga., on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via 明星黑料)

Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board

A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board.