Pole dancing mishap leads to water damage in multiple apartment units

A Houston woman's pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor's apartment.
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A Houston woman's pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor's apartment.
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A Houston woman's pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor's apartment.

President Trump has overturned the temporary pause on ICE traffic stops, according to a source familiar with the discussion, allowing the traffic stops to resume.

Thousands of California-licensed drivers are being required to retake their written tests because the DMV reportedly suspects them of cheating.

A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said.

Lanei Dees was shot and killed in South LA's Gramercy Park neighborhood in 2024.

Southern California faces its hottest day of the year as an extreme heat wave brings triple-digit temperatures and critical red flag fire risks through Thursday.

The U.S. military launched another wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday, continuing operations that resumed the previous evening. The daytime attacks marked an escalation in the campaign aimed at limiting Iran's ability to disrupt commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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This comes after the latest order that ICE will not conduct vehicle stops anymore following Texas and Maine shootings.

Nearly one month after the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, there's still millions of pounds of rotting food inside the 250,000-square-foot section of the warehouse that wasn't destroyed.

Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East have shredded the interim deal to end the conflict and the region could tip back into all-out war.

The Garden Grove accidents marks the latest of many industrial explosions, leaks, fires and contaminations in L.A.'s residential neighborhoods.

With a heat wave expected to peak in Southern California on Wednesday, forecasters warned of elevated fire risk.

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California's DMV said that irregularities pointing to possible cheating — and not any internal issues — are the reason thousands of Californians are being required to retake their knowledge test.

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The 12th annual award ceremony celebrated athletes, teams, leagues and members of the sports industry who use the power of the sport to make a positive impact on society and communities.

An ICE agent was caught on video pepper spraying the car of VC Defensa community activists who were tracking his movements in Ventura.

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Search and rescue teams are looking for Julie Elizabeth Goforth, an at-risk 63-year-old Long Beach resident missing after a dirt bike trip at El Mirage Dry Lake in Adelanto.

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