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Up To 2,000 Gallons Oil May Spill Into Gulf Of Mexico As Barge Hits US Bridge
Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated.
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Raw Oysters Linked To Man's Death In US
The man, who was in his thirties, was admitted to the hospital on September 1 and died three days later.
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US Girl Born In Prison All Set To Attend Harvard University
Aurora Sky Castner from Montgomery County was born in Galveston County Jail after her mother was sentenced to jail when she was born.
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Customers Gift Car To Waitress Who Had To Walk 22 Km To Work Every Day
A waitress in Galveston, Texas, was gifted a car by two strangers she served at breakfast.
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US Coast Guard Hunts Man Who Allegedly Jumped From Cruise Balcony
The US Coast Guard was searching early on Friday for a 26-year-old man who went overboard from a Carnival Cruise ship about 47 miles (76 km) out in the Gulf of Mexico, near the port of Galveston in Texas.
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"Stay Next To Me": US Cop, On Horseback, Leads Black Man Tied To Rope
One of two white police officers who rode through the streets of Galveston, Texas, on horseback escorting a black man walking tethered to a rope is heard saying: "This is going to look really bad" in newly released police video footage of the incident.
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Cops On Horseback Led Black Suspect By Rope Through Texas Streets
In a pair of photos, two white lawmen atop horses guide a bound black man with a rope down a wide and empty street. If it weren't for the cars and pavement, a quick glance may lead to the conclusion that they were colorized plates from the antebellum South.
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Donald Trump Pardons First Black Heavyweight Champ, Sent To Prison A Century Ago
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion who was sent to prison a century ago in a racially charged case.
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Flash Flood Warning As Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Towards US
Weather monitors warned Wednesday of tornados and potentially deadly flash floods as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico headed towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.At 0600 GMT Cindy was located about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas, the National Hu...
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Needle-Free, Inhalable Vaccine Developed for Ebola
The first needle-free Ebola vaccine that can be inhaled protects non-human primates against the deadly virus and may advance to human clinical trials soon, scientists say.
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Cruise Ship Docks With Ebola-Watched Health Worker
A cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who was being monitored for Ebola returned to port on Sunday after an eventful seven-day trip in which passengers had their vacations briefly disrupted with an infectious disease scare.
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Up To 2,000 Gallons Oil May Spill Into Gulf Of Mexico As Barge Hits US Bridge
Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated.
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Raw Oysters Linked To Man's Death In US
The man, who was in his thirties, was admitted to the hospital on September 1 and died three days later.
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US Girl Born In Prison All Set To Attend Harvard University
Aurora Sky Castner from Montgomery County was born in Galveston County Jail after her mother was sentenced to jail when she was born.
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Customers Gift Car To Waitress Who Had To Walk 22 Km To Work Every Day
A waitress in Galveston, Texas, was gifted a car by two strangers she served at breakfast.
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US Coast Guard Hunts Man Who Allegedly Jumped From Cruise Balcony
The US Coast Guard was searching early on Friday for a 26-year-old man who went overboard from a Carnival Cruise ship about 47 miles (76 km) out in the Gulf of Mexico, near the port of Galveston in Texas.
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"Stay Next To Me": US Cop, On Horseback, Leads Black Man Tied To Rope
One of two white police officers who rode through the streets of Galveston, Texas, on horseback escorting a black man walking tethered to a rope is heard saying: "This is going to look really bad" in newly released police video footage of the incident.
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Cops On Horseback Led Black Suspect By Rope Through Texas Streets
In a pair of photos, two white lawmen atop horses guide a bound black man with a rope down a wide and empty street. If it weren't for the cars and pavement, a quick glance may lead to the conclusion that they were colorized plates from the antebellum South.
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Donald Trump Pardons First Black Heavyweight Champ, Sent To Prison A Century Ago
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion who was sent to prison a century ago in a racially charged case.
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Flash Flood Warning As Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Towards US
Weather monitors warned Wednesday of tornados and potentially deadly flash floods as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico headed towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.At 0600 GMT Cindy was located about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas, the National Hu...
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Needle-Free, Inhalable Vaccine Developed for Ebola
The first needle-free Ebola vaccine that can be inhaled protects non-human primates against the deadly virus and may advance to human clinical trials soon, scientists say.
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Cruise Ship Docks With Ebola-Watched Health Worker
A cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who was being monitored for Ebola returned to port on Sunday after an eventful seven-day trip in which passengers had their vacations briefly disrupted with an infectious disease scare.
