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2019 Statewide Warrant Roundup Runs Through March 16

Missouri City is taking part in the Statewide Warrant Roundup again, allowing offenders to settle their fines without going to jail. Payments started being accepted on Friday, Feb. 15—in person and by phone—and will continue to be accepted through Saturday, …

Trash Bash to Hold 26th Annual Cleanup on March 30, 2019

On March 30, 2019, the River, Lakes, Bays ‘N Bayous Trash Bash® (Trash Bash®) will celebrate its 26th consecutive cleanup of the Galveston Bay watershed. Trash Bash® is proud of its heritage as the largest, single-day, waterway cleanup in Texas. …

Man retires from mail delivery at age 91

It was August 1949 when the U.S. Postal Service stopped using the train to deliver mail to Richfield and a 21-year-old kid made his first mail run in a delivery truck from Salt Lake back to his hometown.

Russia is backing a viral video company aimed at American millennials

Three online video channels designed to appeal to millennials have collected tens of millions of views on Facebook since September. But the pages pushing the videos do not disclose that they are backed by the Russian government.

Iraq war veteran and teen next door partner up to remove neighborhood snow

In 2016 we told you the story of Justin Anderson, an Iraq veteran, amputee and brain cancer survivor, who uses a special wheelchair to plow his neighborhood.

Trump's allies get set for fierce fight over emergency declaration

President Donald Trump's allies are mounting a stiff defense of his declaration of a national emergency amid increasing signs that the biggest threat to his border wall now comes not from Congress, but the courts.

Parents of Kelsey Berreth believe she was killed in a custody dispute

It's been almost three months since Kelsey Berreth's toddler has seen her mom. Three months since anyone has seen the Colorado mother alive.

Israel shoots for the moon with privately funded spacecraft

Aiming to become the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon, Israel's non-profit SpaceIL has announced it will launch a spacecraft from Florida's Cape Canaveral Thursday on board a Falcon 9 rocket.

Commander of US-backed forces fighting ISIS asks US to keep troops in Syria

The commander of the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces is asking the US and its coalition partners to provide air support and keep up to 1,500 troops in Syria as part of an effort to stabilize the country.

He's made crosses for more than 25,000 victims since Columbine. The five he just made were the toughest.

Greg Zanis' 26,275 crosses have been seen at nearly every national tragedy since Columbine. Now, five more stand in his hometown.

Science being 'debunked:' Why are some countries making a vaccine U-turn?

More than a century before Facebook, anti-vaccination campaigners had another method for spreading their message -- an eye-catching march through town with tiny children's coffins emblazoned with the words: "Another victim of vaccination."

Potential GOP challenger: Trump 'showed contempt for the American people'

A potential GOP primary challenger to President Donald Trump explained further on Monday why he was stepping in and why he was concerned about Trump's leadership.

California AG Becerra says states to sue over Trump's national emergency declaration

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is preparing to file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, Becerra told CNN's Kate Bolduan Monday.

Shooter in deadly Illinois rampage was not supposed to own a gun, police say

Gary Martin took a gun into work Friday, a pistol he didn't legally own.

Airbus Beluga XL spreads its wings at long last

It's almost here. One of the aviation world's most hotly anticipated planes, the Airbus Beluga XL, has just completed a key round of testing at Hawarden Airport in Wales, ahead of entering service later this year.