Houston/ Community & Society
Published on January 02, 2020
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Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Houston.

Victim in celebratory gunfire death identified as nurse, adjunct professor

Deputies say the woman was with her family lighting fireworks as they were celebrating the New Year, when they say she was hit by a stray bullet.

Read the full story on KHOU 11 News.

100,000 patients could lose access to doctors at Houston Methodist hospitals due to insurance company’s contract dispute

A hundred-thousand people insured by United Healthcare are scrambling to find new doctors and hospitals after the insurance company and Houston Methodist Hospital could not come to terms over reimbursement rates.

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Woman dies after she and daughter shot inside southwest Houston home

Police say there was also a 1-year-old girl inside the home at the time of the shooting, but she was not injured.

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 Veteran's fiancee found stabbed to death with cousin 

Houston police say Theotis Carter returned to his northeast Houston home Monday morning after working overnight, when he discovered the bodies of his fiancee, 63-year-old Mercury Liggins, and her cousin in the living room of the home.

Read the full story on KPRC2/Click2Houston.

Houston-area attorney accused in fatal DWI wreck in Stafford that left pedestrian dead

Investigators revisited the site of a fatal auto-pedestrian wreck Tuesday that they believe was caused by a Houston-area attorney accused of being drunk behind the wheel. 

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