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Summer-like temperatures are sticking around across Central Texas. Most of us will be in the low 90s for most of the week, keeping conditions warm in October. A possible cold front could bring changes to our weather pattern next week. Isolated thunderstorms with rain chances may ...
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With an estimated 200,000 people expected to pass through the Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo, organizers say safety is a top priority and they're backing that up with hundreds of first responders on the grounds every day. Sgt. Charles Conner, chief security officer for the HOT Fair ...
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The Waco City Council is discussing the possibility of installing a safe haven baby box a secure, anonymous way for parents to surrender their newborns. Andrea Zimmerman, with the Families and Foster Care Coalition, spoke during Tuesday's city council meeting , urging council mem...
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Gen Alpha’s slang can feel like an entirely different variant of the English language, shaped by TikTok, memes and Twitch streamers.
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Serena Williams' mantel is crowded between her 23 Grand Slam singles trophies, 14 major doubles titles and four Olympic gold medals. Now, she'll have to find room for her Barbie....
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President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday, a day after announcing an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase Russian diesel exports to global markets. Speaking to reporters, Trump said Zelenskyy could have ended the ...
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Pilot Light created a food-based curriculum for educators to incorporate food, nutrition and the food system into core subjects, promoting active and enjoyable learning among students....
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An Emmy nomination at 17 made getting work more difficult for Asante Blackk. That hustle figures into his latest series, “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga.”
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By Kalena Reynolds | Editor-in-Chief, Sophia Monson | Opinion Editor, Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor After a muddy first weekend, crowds traveled through the now dusty and dry Zilker Park to experience the sights and sounds of Austin City Limits Weekend Two. As for our day, we ...
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By Arden Berry | Arts & Life Editor Bo Staloch grew up in Austin watching from the audience as artists performed onstage at Austin City Limits in Zilker Park. Oct. 2 and again Friday, now 21-year-old Staloch returned to ACL as one of those artists on the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Sta...
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There have been weeks with more high-end college football matchups, and there will be more ahead as we move deeper into autumn. But, there are no truly uneventful Saturdays....
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Christa Pike, who survived Tennessees attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, the womens ...
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The U.S. military plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting....
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When the movers finally pack up Dabo Swinney’s Clemson office, he’ll have left the place just how he found it.
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Officials said nine people, including two children, were killed in a shooting Friday evening in Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie Police said it responded with a SWAT team after a gunshot detector alerted officers. They said that the deaths were not a result of police inaction and that in...
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At this point, the only people winning in the NCAA’s never-ending legal battles are the lawyers. Billable hours, you know?
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Betting on customers spending big to fly with them, U.S. airlines increasingly add premium seating and new premium products.
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Governor Greg Abbott appoints Trasa Coburn, Bryan Collier, and Zane Blackwell to key Texas boards, with each term running through February 1, 2029.
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As last season progressed, Baylor guard Taliah Scott saw her scoring become more inconsistent. As she steps into a leadership role this season, she's determined to reverse that....
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For just the second time on record, parts of California are under a tropical storm watch. Tropical Storm Rachel was spinning over the eastern Pacific early Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall Sunday on Mexico's Baja Calif...
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Trump is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans just weeks before the Nov. 3 elections. Here is a list of Trump's recent giveaways....
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Golden State Valkyries owner Joe Lacob proclaimed that his team would win a championship within its first five years when he bought the expansion franchise. The Valkyries are now one step away from achieving his mandate way ahead of schedule as it only took two years for Golden S...
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Last year alone, Virginia’s Loudoun County issued building permits for more than 10 million square feet of data center space.
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Hurricane Isaias became the first hurricane to make direct landfall in the United States in more than two years when it came ashore late Friday as a Category 2 storm. By Saturday morning, Isaias had weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it moved across Alabama. While no longer...
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Texas pumpkin growers are finishing an early harvest after extreme drought cut yields in the state’s primary production area by an estimated 30%-40%.
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Waco has paid a $15,600 penalty and agreed to document corrective actions at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Brazos River after pollutants exceeded permitted levels for several months....
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A Texas A&M assistant professor returned to the Waco church where she grew up, searching for Black students who lived through La Vega and Waco school desegregation in the 1970s....
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The AMC Galaxy 16 dimmed the lights permanently this week, bowing either to vagaries in the movie industry or the arrival of Cinemark's 14-screen theater across town five years ago....
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President Donald Trump's administration asked an appeals court on Monday to let it terminate more than $2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University, a major target in the Republican president's broader campaign against elite universities....
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Public schools banned almost 12,000 books in the 2025-2026 school year, according to new data from PEN America, the highest number since the organization began tracking book bans in 2021....
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They say mothers forget the pain of childbirth, which explains how siblings happen. and so it goes with many experiences: The sting fades while the pleasure keeps its color — but not today. a square of Venus and Mars serves…...
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Dear Annie: This might seem a little weird for a 78-year-old man, but this really bothers me. When I was in elementary and high school, I wasn't liked by many of my fellow students. I was shy, a bit awkward…...
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Defensive coordinator Matt Burke's time as the playcaller for the Houston Texans' defense has ended, at least for now.
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PALM COAST, Fla. — More than 30 years ago, a snow delay on the PGA Tour set in motion a series of events that would change Jim and Tabitha Furyk's lives and eventually make a lasting difference for thousands of…...
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President Donald Trump will no longer attend Alabama football vs Georgia on Saturday, as Hurricane Isaias threatens the Gulf Coast.
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Behind what head coach Casie Maxwell called "some really solid rides," the ninth-ranked Baylor equestrian team knocked off No. 8 Fresno State, 11-9, on Friday at the Willis Family Equestrian Center....
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The Houston Rockets started their preseason off on the right foot, defeating the Dallas Mavericks, 135-117, on Friday in Macao, China.
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HUBBARD — Early in the season, the Jaguars' football team found itself at a crossroads.
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WASHINGTON — The exit from the COVID-19 pandemic raised incomes and wealth for most families, with income gains concentrated among the less well-off but more wealth flowing to the top 10%, a new Federal Reserve survey covering the 2022-2025 period…...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. diesel prices remain at near-record highs, up 70% since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began despite two recent moves by President Donald Trump to boost supplies: pressuring allies to release emergency reserves and expanding access to tax-exempt…...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a new inquiry into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook weeks before congressional elections, convening an investigative committee and ordering an unprecedented White House hearing into allegations she made false statements on mortgage a...
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NEW YORK — Most Americans now favor government-paid health insurance for all, according to a new poll, as voters across party lines see major healthcare reforms as a priority less than a month before midterm elections to decide control of…...
