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8 changes following NBC News' reporting on unclaimed bodies used for medical research
A Texas medical school suspended its body donation program, major biotech companies responded and lawmakers called for accountability.
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Fleeing motorist is dead after driving into Texas shopping mall and injuring 5
Authorities in Texas say law enforcement has fatally shot a fleeing motorist who drove into a JCPenney at a busy shopping mall Saturday. Five bystanders were injured. Sgt. Bryan Washko of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the five are at area hospitals. They range in age from 6 to 75 years old. Washko says chase the pursuit began...
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‘We didn't know she was dead': How an NBC News investigation helped families find answers
Nearly a dozen of families learned that their relatives’ bodies had been used for medical research not from a medical examiner, hospital or police officer — but from NBC News and Noticias Telemundo.
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Texas new mom deported after missed immigration hearing following emergency C-section, family attorney says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was following the orders of an immigration judge and the parents decided for the infants to go to Mexico with her.
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Texas inmate killed jailer in ‘heinous, horrific, purposeful murder,' sheriff says
An Ellis County detention officer was killed Monday in an attack by an inmate the sheriff describes as a “heinous, horrific, purposeful murder.”
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‘I'm devastated,' says wife of man killed while helping stranded driver in Texas
Arlington police are investigating an SUV driver who crashed into a man helping a friend, whose car was stuck in the mud.
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4 injured after plane crashes into 3 cars on Texas highway, police say
A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway and split in two Wednesday afternoon, scattering debris across the road and sending four people to hospitals, authorities said.
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Sundance Head, past winner of ‘The Voice,' returns to the stage after accidental shooting
Texas native and winner of ‘The Voice’ Sundance Head survived a freak accident. In an NBC 5 exclusive he opens up about the ordeal that almost stolen his career and his life.
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6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in 2021 Mexico bus crash that killed dozens
United States and Guatemalan authorities have announced the arrest of six people charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants.
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3 US Army soldiers arrested on human smuggling charges near US-Mexico border
Three U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, have been arrested on human smuggling charges, U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas said Thursday.
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Texas is offering land for Trump mass deportation facilities
The state’s land commissioner bought a 1,402-acre plot on the Rio Grande and has offered it to the incoming Trump administration for immigrant detention centers.
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Son surprises dad with dream car 41 years after he gave it up for diaper money:
It’s been 41 years since a Mesquite father gave up his prized possession to pay for diapers. Now years later, his son is looking to make it right.
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Texas mother on death row, supported by Kim Kardashian, is ‘actually innocent' of murder, judge says
A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is “actually innocent” of murder and should be freed from custody, the prisoner’s trial judge said in documents unearthed on Thursday.
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The FBI says it stopped possible terrorist attack in Houston
Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that they stopped a Texas man from carrying out a possible terrorist attack in Houston.
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Texas police seeking person in Michael Myers mask spotted in area where man is fatally shot on Halloween
A possible suspect wearing a Halloween Michael Myers mask was seen in the area of a Harris County, Texas, home where a man was found shot to death, authorities said Friday.
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Hiker found dead in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The National Park Service didn’t name the hiker. A vehicle left parked for days led to a search that discovered the body.
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San Antonio mom of 4 Suzanne Simpson still missing after husband, his business partner arrested
The search for a missing Texas mother is entering its third week as police continue the investigation into her disappearance.
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Officials reviewing pilot's records after helicopter carrying 4 hits radio tower in Texas
National Transportation Safety Board officials are reviewing the records of the pilot involved in a helicopter crash that killed all four people on board on Sunday.
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Deaths reported after helicopter carrying 4 hits radio tower in fiery Houston crash
Multiple people died as a helicopter struck a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night and sparked a large fire, authorities said.
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Son writes humor-filled obituary for his dad: ‘He is God's problem now'
The obituary of the Texas man who died at 74 lampooned his eccentric life and mishaps.