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chron.com —  6+ hour, 29+ min ago

...A good Samaritan called the Houston SPCA after spotting the baby Great Pyrenees trying to escape the sinkhole's sticky clutches off Regg Drive near Sims Bayou, close to James Madison High School.... ...Presumptive owners will have to provide proof of ownership before taking the dog home with them, the nonprofit told KHOU. The Houston SPCA encourages Houstonians to call 713-880-4357 if they see an animal or unattended pet in distress....

chron.com —  7+ hour, 29+ min ago

...Approximately $58,000 worth of items, including sex toys, lingerie, and the "world's most extravagant vibrator," were stolen from the Sexology Institute in San Antonio last month.... ...Having lost thousands of dollars in items, the Sexology Institute was forced to close its physical boutique and online store for a week, including during the Fourth of July weekend, one of the store's busiest holidays....

chron.com —  1+ day ago

...Kosoul Chanthakoummane was on parole when he was condemned for killing 40-year-old Sarah Walker in July 2006. She was found stabbed more than 30 times in the model home in McKinney, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Dallas.... ...He had been on parole in Texas after serving time in North Carolina for aggravated kidnapping and robbery. "I am innocent," Chanthakoummane said in a letter filed in federal court in March....

chron.com —  1+ day ago

...UVALDE -- Alfred Garza III wakes up around 11 a.m. most days and downs a can of Monster Energy drink. After a shower, he heads to a popular eatery here, El Herradero de Jalisco, and orders a fajita chicken salad.... ...Greg Abbott announced he would allocate $5 million for Uvalde to open a social services center for grieving residents....

chron.com —  2+ day ago

...Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Tuesday that a local child younger than two-years-old has tested presumptive positive for monkeypox, marking the first pediatric case of the virus reported in Texas.... ...As of Tuesday's conference, the number of active monkeypox cases in Harris County and Houston has now risen to 269--tallying 228 in Houston and 41 cases in other areas of Harris County....

chron.com —  2+ day ago

...Researchers are now warning about a future "extreme heat belt" likely forming during the next 30 years that would stretch from Texas to Wisconsin.... ..."Increasing temperatures are broadly discussed as averages, but the focus should be on the extension of the extreme tail events expected in a given year," said Matthew Eby, founder and CEO of First Street Foundation, in a news release....

chron.com —  3+ day ago

...Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza by only two percentage points among registered voters, according to the latest poll released Sunday by UT Tyler and the Dallas Morning News.... ...These voters could be the deciding factor in the race for attorney general as they make up the largest chunk of undecided voters, the Dallas Morning News reported. The impetus behind the attorney general's bleeding support remains unknown....

chron.com —  3+ day ago

...Houston authorities are trying to identify the last unknown victim of Dean Corll, the Houston serial killer known as "The Candy Man," Fox 26's Gabby Hart reported.... ..."Somebody out there knows who this child is, somebody does remember him," Schweitzer told Hart. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has been working with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences to discover the victim's identity....