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There is a growing backlash over do-it-yourself rape kits, products that makers say are meant to give victims a way to collect evidence if they are unwilling or unable to go to a hospital. But mounting legal threats may keep them off the market.
Founder Madison Campbell says she developed the MeToo Kit after she was sexually assaulted during her junior year of college. She, like many other survivors, says she was afraid to report the attack.
All 13 Texas Democrats serving in the U.S. House now favor opening impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump or are open to the idea.
One by one Tuesday, the last six Texas holdouts — including two in vulnerable seats and one who backtracked after getting pushback from a primary opponent — joined a national wave of Democrats who support impeachment if Congress was not given a report on a whistleblower's complaint about Trump's contact with Ukraine's president.
Vulnerable Democrats continued to announce their support for impeachment proceedings Tuesday ahead of an important caucus meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and amid a scandal over whether or not President Donald Trump reportedly pressured a foreign nation to investigate one of his political foes.
Many Houstonians haven't received mail since Wednesday as a result of Tropical Imelda Storm's impact on several post offices east of Houston and near Beaumont.
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Officials with the U.S. Postal Service still won't tell KPRC 2 if the roof collapse at the nation's largest processing and distribution center in north Houston had anything to do with delays in deliveries.
All they could tell us Tuesday is that customers should start receiving more mail volume.
When asked when, they didn't answer our question.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Residents from Conroe to Galveston are complaining that they haven't gotten their mail since a postal facility roof collapsed during Tropical Storm Imelda.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service says just about all of their mail delivery has returned to normal.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended months of caution on impeachment Tuesday, launching a formal inquiry aimed at removing President Donald Trump over allegations he withheld aid from Ukraine to pressure that country to launch a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden.
"The president must be held accountable," she said in a six-minute speech, flanked by six American flags outside her office at the Capitol. "No one is above the law."
La depresión tropical sorprendió a muchas personas que apenas estaban superando la devastación del potente huracán Harvey, y ahora aseguran que nuevamente se encuentran en situación de emergencia. Lina Hidalgo, juez del condado Harris, dice que se están utilizando fondos locales para atender a los afectados y que se espera la recolección de donaciones para la asistencia. La funcionaria pide a los damnificados solicitar la ayuda, sin importar el estatus migratorio.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX 29) held a press conference Sept. 23 to address post-Imelda recovery efforts, standing across the street from the damaged post office on Aldine Bender Road in north Houston.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the post office building's flat roof collapsed during Tropical Storm Imelda, causing three people to have minor injuries according to Garcia. The post office, located in Garcia's district, is still working to analyze the damage completely before opening it to a tour by Garcia or the media.
PORTER, Texas - The U.S. Postal Service is still working to recover from last week's storm damage after the heavy rain.
The immense damage to the mail distribution facility still looks about the same as it did Thursday morning when the flat roof collapsed during heavy rainfall, leaving three people with minor injuries.
Between the damage and flooding at other post offices, FOX 26 News' Ivory Hecker talked to some people who haven't received mail in up to five days.
This past week, the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed a few bills that would, if passed by the House, result in changes to the securities laws. These include: