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The National Weather Service said heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of the Houston metropolitan area on Tuesday....Read More

As the local population in Buffalo, N.Y., declines, advocates hope refugees can reinvigorate the city’s economy....Read More

Chantek — one of the first orangutans in the world to learn sign language, and who used it to communicate with his zookeepers — has died at the age of 39....Read More

Two former police officers in California were spared prison time after they pleaded guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and selling them on the street....Read More

An 11-year-old Boy Scout died Monday from injuries after a boating accident in East Texas that took the lives of two other Boy Scouts two days before....Read More

The American Astronomical Society on Monday warned that fake solar eclipse-viewing glasses are being sold ahead of the Aug. 21 event....Read More

A St. Louis-area grocery store on Monday introduced customers to a new employee who doesn’t take bathroom breaks or need to call in sick — Tally the robot....Read More

Six inmates at an Arkansas prison stole keys from correction officers and took control of an area of the prison, authorities said....Read More

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will propose a tax on the city’s most wealthy residents to pay for repairs to the subway and bus systems....Read More

While New Orleans’ pump stations are operating and pumping water from the weekend’s floods, officials on Monday warned of more potential trouble....Read More