WACO, Texas (FOX 44) --The third annual Famous Friends vs. Waco 6-Shooters Granny Basketball Fundraiser returned to Waco. The event tipped off at the Highlands Gym at MCC, bringing together local leaders, community supporters and familiar faces to raise money for Friends for Life...
The Revolutionary Guard said a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck and the strait was closed until further notice.
For the last two years, the city of Whitney has been collecting fees from our neighbors to register their pets. Now, some residents want to know where the money is going. One city official said that within the past two years, a little over $500 sat in a general fund, and the mone...
Defensive lineman Devonte Tezino is ready to make his fifth year at Baylor his best.
No matter who lifts the FIFA World Cup trophy next weekend, the undisputed winner of this tournament is Erling Haaland.
A mother on Friday pleaded for anyone to come forward with information about what happened to her son whose body was found on an island off the coast of Mississippi....
Aggie baseball players poised to hear their names called at the 2026 MLB DraftMultiple Texas A&M baseball players are projected to be selected when the 2026 MLB Draft begins Saturday. Aggies MLB Draft PreviewAfter a strong 2026 season, several Aggie Baseball players are waiting t...
The whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei have been a mystery to Iranians and the rest of the world since his appointment as supreme leader at the end of February....
The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first overall pick Saturday afternoon at the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft in Philadelphia....
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - Let's face it, these days, anything under $3 per gallon is a score, but one local church takes it a step further every year. Hundreds, literally over 200 vehicles, showed up this morning (July 11, 2026) for Glory Bell Church's annual 'Gas Buy Down Day.' For...
A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, as the Central African country struggles to contain the swelling outbreak.The CDC said it was working with ...
It was the first final between two players of the same nationality at the All England Club since Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus in 2009.
Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon.The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to overcome Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam trop...
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A surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX's IPO has triggered a boom in private jet purchases, overwhelming aviation lawyers with aircraft-purchase agreements....
"What does it feel like to be a vampire? The actors in “The Vampire Lestat” get that question quite frequently.
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South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams, who played at the World Cup, has died. He was 25.His death was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africas minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday.RELATED STORY | World Cup melting pot: How migration is rewriting socce...
Pet ownership is increasingly becoming more expensive, a recent Bank of America Institute analysis finds.
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
Two weeks after Haeran Ryu won her first major at the KPMG Women's PGA, she made golf history.
Most of the world considers all of Israel's settlement activity in the West Bank as illegal under international law. Israel disputes this view.
A new AP-NORC poll found that about 6 in 10 Jewish adults in the U.S. say they feel less safe since the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. The poll, released Tuesday, also found that 3 in 10 Jewish adults said they or someone in their household experienced verbal abuse, physica...
One of the best ways to get rid of extra stuff also comes with the promise of making some cash.
The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after their report on security concerns involving the new Air Force One, according to the paper.The new jet, which President Donald Trump received as a gift from Qatar, entered service last week.RELATED ST...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also outlined plans to allow passport applicants to complete almost the entire process online.
The scents of summer are some of the most deliciously inviting.
SCIENCE
NATO leaders unveiled arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars Tuesday, driving home the message that they are heeding U.S. calls to spend more to defend Europe even as President Donald Trump said he felt let down....
HEARING HELD ON CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION SUSPECT
WORLDVIEW | CUBA
More men are starting hair loss treatments in their 20s, not their 40s. The reason is simple: by the time you notice thinning, you've already lost a significant amount of hair. Male hair loss starts much earlier than you'd think....
MIDDLE EAST
HEALTH CARE | ASSISTED LIVING
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejecting calls to negotiate peace with Kyiv, three sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters, with Ukraine's recent drone strikes on Russia's oil refineries and ports strengthening his resolve to keep fighting for now....
RELIGION
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Mikel Merino will be a Spanish hero forever.
STARTING GRID
Baylor picked up a commitment from four-star guard Samari Holmen, she announced on social media.
LONDON — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will play for his second consecutive Wimbledon title after defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals Friday....
MLB DRAFT
The irony about the end of "JV Day" is that it's really saying goodbye to the varsity. Justin Verlander announced this week that he plans to retire at the end of this 2026 season. The longtime Detroit Tigers ace, who…...
The Trump administration finalized a major change Friday to how threatened species are considered in agency actions, removing regulatory language aimed at preventing damage to wildlife habitats....
BAYLOR SOCCER
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
MIDEAST| War IN IRAN
The United States loosened export controls on the United Arab Emirates on Friday, making it easier to export Nvidia artificial intelligence chips, military equipment, commercial satellites and spacecraft in a boost to relations between the two allies....
MONEY IS POWER, SO HOW WILL IT BE USED?
I took off my gloves the other day and laid them on the kitchen cabinet. I had been outside working in the yard. I have had these gloves a long time, several years....
OFF TO THE RACES
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DEAR NEIL: I'm having trouble with my gladiolus flower stalks flopping over. When the growth gets more than 6 feet tall the plants often fall. I plant the corms 5 or 6 inches deep, but it seems each year that…...
Milet Hopping has retired after a 32-year career working to build stronger communities with the Waco Housing Authority & Affiliates, including a decade as its CEO....
Lois Marie Kelley Freeman was welcomed into her eternal home on July 4, 2026.
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Musk becoming a trillionaire is not the product of a stable, long-standing trend so much as it is the product of a radical, recent one.
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