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LONDON — Fewer crowds, cheaper prices and milder weather, the last quarter of the year can offer a lot for travelers. Much of Europe is arguably better in September and October than the height of summer – a lot of…...
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TRITTENHEIM, Germany — Thomas Weber ditched life in front of a screen and grabbed a pair of rubber boots instead. As a young fisherman on the Moselle river, his job involves back-breaking work. And his aim is no less than…...
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GET UP! The Lariat’s Sports Buzz is back for another semester of Baylor Athletics. The stove is starting to get a little hot only one week into classes, as soccer and volleyball have successful weeks and the Bears are itching to return to the gridiron. College football is back Th...
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By Aidan O’Connor | Sports Writer The weekend started with No. 21 Baylor volleyball hanging 10 and hitting the waves of Hawaii. The Bears escaped the harsh Waco heat for an island paradise before opening the 2026 season. Baylor (3-0) hung three wins at the Hawaiian Airlines Wahin...
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a new streamlined Diabetes 1st Step program from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Extension office, 4224 Cobbs Drive....
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McLennan Community College will present the Ken Starr Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, featuring presidential historian, author and speaker Lindsay M. Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon....
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Newly retired educators will be honored by the Waco-McLennan County chapter of Texas Retired Teachers Association from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Region 12 Education Service Center, 2101 W. Loop 340 in Waco....
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Country music star Pat Green will headline the Wild Game Extravaganza fundraiser for Meals on Wheels Waco at 6 p.m. Sept. 12.
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The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a State of AI & Innovation luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Baylor Club, 1001 S. Martin Luther King Blvd....
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By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer, Charlie Cole | LTVN Sports Broadcast Reporter Baylor struggled to pull ahead in a tightly contested second half against Pepperdine. One goal was called back because the Bears were offside and senior forward Aryanna Jimison could not connect on a ...
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After putting in decades of hard work, we naturally expect to have financial security in our golden years. But not all Americans can look forward to a relaxing retirement. Around61%of workers are somewhat confident that they will have enough money…...
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Kids explore how mud connects to plants, animals, soil and the environment at a free, family-friendly Mud Day event Sept. 19 at the Gary Halter Nature Center....
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HAMILTON COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - UPDATE: As of Sunday, August 30, 2026, the Texas A&M Forest Service is reporting that the Rio Escondido Fire in Hamilton County has burned 2,713 acres and is 95 percent contained. 111 total structures have burned as a result of this fire, includi...
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Greensboro, N.C., is the 18th-worst place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Lincoln, Neb., is the 36th-worst place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Buffalo, N.Y., is the 42nd-worst place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Omaha, Neb., is the 127th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Winston-Salem, N.C., is the 113th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Tulsa, Okla., is the 110th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Tucson, Ariz., is the 55th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Bismarck, N.D., is the 24th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Richmond, Va., is the 20th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Madison, Wis., is the 11th-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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Casper, Wyo., is the fifth-best place to retire, according to a new WalletHub study comparing more than 180 U.S. cities across 45 key metrics. The analysis considered factors ranging from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability…...
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I got a kick out of seeing some of the Facebook comments on our story about the prolonged hot and dry weather this August. Apparently between the time we posted the story and our beloved social media fans saw it,…...
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A strong night from Baylor’s freshmen helped the Bears turn a tight match into a comfortable victory Sunday.
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WACO (FOX 44) - Wildfires have ravaged parts of Central Texas over the past week, and now one of them is fully contained. Kiley Moran with the Texas A&M Forest Service told FOX 44 on Sunday evening, August 30, 2026, that the Yellow Square Fire in Coryell County is 100% contained....
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WACO (FOX 44) - AI has been and continues to be a game changer for business and personal use. Navigating those changes can be challenging, and there's a summit coming to Waco that can help. The You X AI Summit will be held on September 12, 2026, at the Performing Arts Community C...
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The NFL preseason is — mercifully — over.
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First things first... yes Waco hit 100 degrees again. This is now the 28th day in a row. The major weather story is a tropical disturbance that's quickly forming and organizing in the Gulf, just south of New Orleans. It currently has a low pressure central and is close to Tropica...
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If you’re dealing with an overload of cukes, perhaps these recipes will help you out of your pickle.
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Scheffler joined golf royalty as the only players to win multiple FedEx Cup championships when he captured the Tour Championship in the finale of the FedEx Cup playoffs Sunday....
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What's in a cheese name? That question has become a sticking point in U.S.-Mexico trade talks.
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About 15 people may be missing at the Grand Canyon after a flash flood tore through the national park, destroying footbridges and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers and campers, according to park officials. The park service said a previous figure of 20 missing or unaccoun...
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - The Texas Rangers Hall of Fame and Museum was dressed to the nines last night, August, 29, 2026, for the golden anniversary of the home of the best law enforcement agency in the Lone Star State. Attendees came together to break bread and honor the Texas Ran...
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Two people are dead and at least one person is unaccounted for after a major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced evacuations, pushed large boulders into the Colorado River and knocked out the sole water pipeline that serves tourists and residents, the National Park Service sai...
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Two Iranian launchers were hit Sunday, a U.S. official said, in the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
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Mexican cattle exports have resumed after a more than 15-month shutdown, with huge implications for ranchers, cross-border commerce, animal health policy and the U.S. beef supply....
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U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month on Sunday, according to a U.S. official, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Forces with the Revolutionary Guard Co...
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Anyone in the United States searching for Lake Ontario on Google Maps can no longer find it as of this weekend. Users in the country will now see the smallest of the Great Lakes identified as Lake America on that site, following President Donald Trumps executive order on Thursday...
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Trump announced Thursday that he changed the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes in an escalating trade feud with Canada.
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A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a gunfight Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute, the police chief in Columbia said. The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Chief W.H. Skip Holbrook said at...
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Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clea...
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ROSEBUD, Texas (FOX 44) - Over 100 members of the Rosebud community came together with the Rosebud Volunteer Fire Department this evening, August 29, 2026, to remember two of their fallen brothers with an "Apparatus Dedication Ceremony." The Rosebud VFD recently acquired two new ...
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Cancer experts have hailed it as the beginning of an era of custom-made vaccines that train the immune system to fight an individual patient’s cancer.
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BATAM, Indonesia (AP) The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early on Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment in the Middle East. It's expected to stop in Thailand for a port visit. Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) - A routine traffic stop just after 1 a.m. Sunday morning, August 30, 2026, led to a drug bust thanks to K-9 Officer Kato. The College Station Police Department reports that Officer Pouland was conducting a routine traffic stop just before 1:30 a.m...
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Nationwide, hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members of the general working population.
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Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBCs Kristen Welker would be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment over a TV segment he didnt like. In a separate post, Trump complained i...
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ConsumerAffairs found annual toddlercare costs more than average in-state tuition at a four-year public college in 37 states.
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Its mission is to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - Your chance to experience an adult Halloween party atmosphere while helping a great cause for the community returns to Central Texas in October. The Arc of McLennan County is hosting the annual "Boos On The Brazos" signature fundraising event on Saturday, O...
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Senate GOP leaders gave President Donald Trump a clear warning before the Texas primary election in May as he weighed endorsing Ken Paxton over longtime incumbent John Cornyn: If the state attorney general won, Trumps political operation would have to bankroll the expensive gener...
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A new nonprofit founded by former Google researchers wants to keep humans at the center of AI development to ensure it’s safe and less likely to escape its creators....
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Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
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Texas A&M's volleyball team swept Cal Poly 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-23) Saturday evening at Reed Arena in College Station to close out the Texas A&M Invitational. Aggie Volleyball wins out at Invitational The No. 8 Aggies improved to 3-2 on the season, making it back-to-back sweeps ...
