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Houston leaders condemn women accused of threatening students with ICE at volleyball game

Students say they felt targeted after women threatened to call ICE during a Houston high school volleyball game. HISD says it's reviewing the incident.

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Lockdown lifted at Hastings High School after hours-long delay, Alief ISD says

Students at Hastings High School were released after an hours-long lockdown Wednesday. Alief ISD has not said what prompted the lockdown.

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Healey: I want to help bloody-minded founders

John Healey has pledged to devote next week s Budget to bloody-minded entrepreneurs , acknowledging small and fast-growing businesses have been under pressure from a barrage of fresh taxes and regulation. The Chancellor said he would clamp down on the cost of business as well as on the cost of...

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Ozempic wave boosts US cobblers and tailors as Americans tighten their belts

By Danielle Kaye and Alexander Marrow NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) Lorraine Scott has spent at least $300 to tailor her pants and jeans since losing 60 pounds on weight-loss drugs over the past year. Most of the things in my closet didn t fit anymore, she said. The 42-year-old Atlanta resident, who...

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