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A video photojournalist shoots footage of damage at a tire shop at the intersection of Sowden and Bingle in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, in Houston.

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

9:57pm May 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.

Jaime Torres, atop Seize The Grey, reacts after crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in Baltimore.

Seize the Grey wins the Preakness, ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid

9:47pm May 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh victory in the race.

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Pod Corner: 'Uncuffed'

5:26pm May 18, 2024

Uncuffed is a podcast from member station KALW that explores the lives of people who are incarcerated in California prisons.

Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts races students on an Iowa track.

Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader

12:36pm May 18, 2024

by Alana Wise

Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.

Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 7, a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again

11:13am May 18, 2024

by John Helton

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.

Democratic campaigners in Georgia are skeptical of Biden's chances in 2024

8:44am May 18, 2024

by Asma Khalid

A group of people involved in past Democratic campaigns talks about skepticism that President Biden can win the state again in 2024.

The shadow of a student walks away from an empty desk surrounded by more empty chairs and desks in a school classroom.

These teens were missing too much school. Here's what it took to get them back

7:01am May 18, 2024

Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.

A Glock pistol with an illegal conversion device, sometimes referred to as a Glock switch. The small piece, which is illegal and not manufactured by Glock, can convert a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic one.

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New York proposes a ban on guns that are easy to convert to illegal automatic weapons

5:01am May 18, 2024

by Scott Neuman

Meanwhile, Maryland's governor signs a bill to address the surge of conversion devices, including Glock switches, that bypass a pistol's trigger mechanism, allowing the weapon to fire fully automatic.

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Funeral is held for U.S. Airman Roger Fortson as family calls for justice

6:27pm May 17, 2024

by Adrian Andrews

Roger Fortson's funeral was Friday in Atlanta. Fortson, a U.S. airman, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy earlier this month, which his family contends was unjustified.

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Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested in Kentucky on the way to tournament

6:27pm May 17, 2024

by Justin Hicks

World champion golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and booked into jail in Louisville, Kentucky, Friday morning for not following police commands after a traffic fatality near a golf course.

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