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The small plate chicken at Turan Uyghur Kitchen is photographed in Houston, Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Photo by: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle

Review: Turan Uyghur Kitchen highlights Chinese and Central Asian flavors rarely seen in Houston

Turan Uyghur Kitchen's menu specializes in hand-pulled noodles served with chile-flecked chicken, dumplings, grilled skewers of meat and more.

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People posing for photos are reflected in the base of a bust of the late President John F. Kennedy as it is dedicated on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Houston. The East Aldine Management District dedicated an 18-foot-tall bust, sculpted by legendary artist David Adickes, at the intersection of Aldine Bender Road and JFK Blvd.

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Edric Wilson, 47, arrested in 2006 on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault, spent 18 years bouncing between the Harris County jail and state mental hospitals. Then authorities re-analyzed DNA evidence in the murder case and changed the trajectory of his life.

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Houston man accused of killing Joel Osteen's great-aunt spent 18 years in jail without a trial

Edric Wilson was arrested in 2006 and charged with the murder of Lakewood pastor Joel Osteen's great-aunt. After nearly two decades without a trial, prosecutors finally dismissed the murder case.

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