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Damage caused by Tuesday's severe weather has prompted closures of several major roads in the southeast Houston area. The Pasadena Police Department announced in a Facebook post Wednesday morning that several roadways in and around the city will be "temporarily closed… due to the heavy damage sustained from the tornado." According to Pasadena PD, the following roads will be closed for now: Fairmont Parkway @ Mickey Gilley Boulevard. Vista Road @ Mickey GIlley Boulevard. 5150 Burke Road (animal shelter). Iroquois Drive / Ponca Street Spencer Highway from Space Center Boulevard to Lilac Street, including the Beltway 8 intersection. "We ask that the public avoid these areas to provide immediate access to first responders and utility companies," Pasadena PD added in the post, which also includes a list of the many non-working traffic lights in the area. The closures follow the first ever Tornado Emergency issued in the southeast Houston region: Tuesday's storms … [Read more...] about Houston-area tornado damage causes major road closures

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 12 DETROIT (AP) — Kenyon Martin Jr. had a four-point possession with 31 seconds left to help the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons 117-114 on Saturday night in a matchup of the NBA's worst teams. Eric Gordon led the Rockets (12-38) with 24 points. Martin had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Tari Eason added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Alec Burks had 21 points for the Pistons (13-38). They have lost five of six. With the Pistons leading 112-109, Martin was fouled as his layup bounced twice off the rim before dropping in. He missed the free throw, but Jae'Sean Tate kept the ball alive and Martin's putback gave the Rockets a 113-112 lead. Jabari Smith Jr. then tied up Burks, and the Rockets won the jump ball. Gordon hit two free throws to make it 115-112, but Jalen Ivey's layup spun in to make it a one-point game with 10 … [Read more...] about Rockets beat Pistons in matchup of NBA’s worst teams

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that the tool could lead to discrimination against families with disabilities, The Associated Press has learned. The interest from federal civil rights attorneys comes after an AP investigation revealed potential bias and transparency issues surrounding the increasing use of algorithms within the troubled child welfare system in the U.S. While some see such opaque tools as a promising way to help overwhelmed social workers predict which children may face harm, others say their reliance on historical data risks automating past inequalities. Several civil rights complaints were filed in the fall about the Allegheny Family Screening Tool, which is used to … [Read more...] about Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny