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New MSC cruise ship headed to Galveston thrills passengers with an intimidating robotic arm
It sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie: an imposing robotic arm flips and gyrates hundreds of feet above ...
Marathon assessing damage at Galveston Bay, Texas, Refinery, sources say
Marathon Petroleum continued assessing damage on Friday to the shut residual hydrotreating unit (RHU) at its ...
From Galveston to Concord, 5 communities keep Juneteenth stories alive
For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...
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City of Galveston prepares for parades, fireworks for Fourth of July
The city of Galveston on Friday announced the return of the annual Fourth of July parade, sponsored by the Galveston ...
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Galveston Symphony concert celebrates when 250,000 enslaved Texans were finally freed
A concert from the Galveston Symphony Orchestra marked 160 years since enslaved people in Texas were officially freed – a day ...
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Galveston to the North Country: Trail traced in Juneteenth presentation
ELIZABETHTOWN — North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association President Jacqueline Madison discussed the history ...
Tell the truth, Galveston. Your city had slave markets | Opinion
A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...
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Galveston Island Humane Society pets of the week
Meet Pepper — young, sweet, and oh-so-friendly! She loves nothing more than to curl up in a warm lap and purr her heart out.