Weekend News Bits

From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits...

• The suspected father of a murdered three month old baby boy who was found Tuesday in Galveston has surrendered to authorities in Philadelphia.

• 8,000 cases of meat from HISD school cafeterias are being pulled after hidden camera video released by the Humane Society shows ill cows being tortured before slaughter.

• A Union Pacific train en route to Indiana derailed near downtown Houston Friday evening.

• A three alarm fire engulfed a southwest Houston apartment complex and over 100 firefighters were needed to extinguish the blaze.

• A League City man has been arrested and charged with two counts of distilling moonshine at a dwelling and three counts of possessing an unregistered firearm.

• A dog discovered human remains near an abandoned house on on Booker Street near Nelson Street on Friday.

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