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Houston hospital system is offering its employees a $500 bonus if they get Covid-19 vaccine
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Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $ 500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Houston Methodist employees are eligible for a ...
Employees protest against Houston hospital’s policy that all staff must be vaccinated against Covid-19
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A group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system's requirement that staffers be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. Employees had to get the Covid-...
Indianapolis gets in sync with 31-3 victory over Houston
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Indy rebounded from an embarrassing fourth-quarter collapse at Baltimore by winning for the second time in three weeks. The Colts can now move within one game of the AFC South lead — if Buffalo beats Tennessee on Mon...
Houston official blames anti-police rhetoric, weak DAs for rash of violence against cops
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"The violence of officers has started ever since these protests began" it has "not stopped… only increased," Harris County Deputies' Organization Executive Director Eric Batton told Fox News. "Politicians have echoed...
Joel Embiid’s blunt analysis of James Harden after Game 6 loss: Not the same player from Houston
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Harden played 42 minutes for Philadelphia. He was 4-of-9 with 11 points, nine assists and four rebounds in the 99-90 loss. He only took two shots in the second half – one each in the third and four quarters. For a su...
George Floyd mural in Houston defaced with a racial epithet
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A mural of George Floyd in Houston was vandalized, Police Chief Troy Finner said Thursday. The vandalism was carried out overnight by "some knucklehead" and he doesn't "know what their motivation is, hate, or whate...
Man arrested after taking Houston ambulance at gunpoint with paramedic and patient inside, police say
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A man has been arrested after using a car to block an ambulance, ordering the driver out at gunpoint and driving the ambulance away with a 16-year-old hit-and-run victim and a paramedic inside, Houston police say. T...
White helps No. 12 Houston knock off Butler 70-52 in Vegas
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Playing with a big lead, the Cougars backed off a bit and needed time to rev it up again. A lopsided win, just not as complete as it could have been. Fabian White Jr. scored 21 points and No. 12 Houston rode a d...
No. 14 Houston bounces back from 2 losses, beats UCF
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Jamal Shead chipped in 12 points and eight assists, and Kyler Edwards finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Cougars (21-4, 10-2 American Athletic Conference). Houston shot 44% but struggled...
4 Houston police officers involved in fatal shooting are fired
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Four Houston police officers have been fired for fatally shooting an apparently emotionally disturbed man who was on the ground, wounded and incapacitated, before a final volley of 21 shots, officials said. Poli...
Unusual May FCS title game: South Dakota St vs Sam Houston
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Top-seeded South Dakota State takes on No. 2 seed Sam Houston on Sunday, guaranteeing that one of the Football Championship Subdivision playoff regulars will become a first-time champion. This is the 43rd title game ...
Houston men charged in killing of New Orleans detective; ‘Death is on the table,’ officials say
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New Orleans police Detective Everett Briscoe, a 13-year veteran of the force, had just arrived in Houston with friends on Aug. 21 and walked over to the Grotto Ristorante after dropping his bags off at a hotel. While...
George Floyd’s niece, 4, shot in Houston apartment on New Year’s Day
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The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. in the 3300 block of Yellowstone Boulevard when several shots fired from outside came into an apartment, the Houston Police Department said. Two adults and two children were ...
March Madness 2022: Shead scores 21 points, Houston knocks out 1-seed Arizona
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Another No. 1 seed is out, and Houston is one win way from playing in its second straight Final Four after leading throughout in a 72-60 victory over Arizona in an NCAA South Regional semifinal game Thursday night. "...
Bow Wow apologizes after crowded Houston club backlash
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Bow Wow has apologized for taking the stage in a packed nightclub in Houston over the weekend. The rapper, who also acts under his legal name Shad Moss, had received backlash on social media after he was seen in foo...
Houston deputy’s wife and stepchild shot by gunman inside their apartment, police say
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An off-duty deputy's wife and his 4-year-old stepdaughter were shot early Sunday morning when a gunman forced entry into their Houston, Texas, home and opened fire, according to Police Chief Troy Finner. At about 2...