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WATCH HERE: Waco ISD Police remember K-9 Dalton, the police dog who left paw prints on the community's heart Waco ISD Police Sergeant Larry Martinez said goodbye to his retired K-9 partner, Dalton, last week. Dalton served on the force from 2019 to 2024 and passed away at the age...
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Texas A&M welcomes 70,000 students back to campus for the first day of class Watch the full story here: Texas A&M welcomes 70,000 Aggie students back to campus for the first day of class The fall semester is underway at Texas A&M University, with 70,000 Aggies returning to campus...
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots....
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Bell County has approved its budget for the coming year, and it includes a tax increase driven by road maintenance needs and the financial impact of new state tax exemption laws. County leaders say the increase amounts to .0136 per \100 of property value, bringing the total to ap...
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KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) - The Killeen Independent School District has confirmed with FOX 44 News that a bomb threat took place at one of its campuses on Monday. The district's Police Department and K9 unit responded to Chaparral High School. An "all clear" was later provided, wit...
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Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington moved to declare a mistrial on Monday, claiming "intentional misconduct on the part of the prosecution" by "injecting Roman Catholic faith" into testimony. Judge William Sullivan ultimately denied the motion, but not without reprimanding...
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A Massachusetts woman wanted in connection with the death of her police officer husband was found dead near a hospital Monday during an intensive law enforcement search that included drones, boats and tracking dogs, authorities said. Karen Solomon, an advocate who called for impr...
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The father of a 5-year-old boy pleaded with ICE officers to release his son to his mother during a traffic stop earlier this month in Austin, Texas, the familys attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told Scripps News on Monday. ICE instead booked both Victor Martinez Nieto and his son,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision leaves roo...
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The immigrant father of a U.S. sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor said in a Facebook post....
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BOSTON — The New England Patriots are giving wide receiver Kayshon Boutte a fresh start with the Houston Texans. The Patriots are trading Boutte to the Texans, The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero first reported Monday. A source confirmed the deal to…...
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We saw some record highs over the weekend! Hopefully will be just at or below records this week, but it will still be well above normal with our temperatures. Highs will be in the 102-105 range Tuesday and Wednesday and in the 100-103 range Thursday into the weekend. Lows at nigh...
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We've got 11 Centex schools who made the DCTF rankings, including two teams sitting at No. 1 in their respective divisions. #txhsfb
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An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater, her family says. Lillian Smart died over the weekend after being diagnosed with an infection from Naegleria fowleri, according to Kyle Roberts,...
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The father of a U.S. Navy sailor serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln was arrested by Border Patrol agents in Key West, Florida on Saturday, as his son remained at sea in the middle of a record-setting deployment. Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, 48, was arrested by Border Patrol agents...
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Fifteen years after the government set out to replace the FBI’s headquarters, taxpayers are still paying to maintain the deteriorating building and work on a new site is delayed....
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A shooting Sunday in Waco left a 28-year-old man dead and a teen wounded, according to Waco Police.
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Lindsay Clancy's fate will soon be in the hands of a Massachusetts jury to deliberate a verdict in the highly publicized triple murder trial.
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There was a time when a book could shake the world and on Aug. 17, 1976, a book titled “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” by Alex Haley arrived on bookstore shelves and immediately began to fly off those…...
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They say each birthday is a blessing, and one woman living in southeast England has had 117 of them.
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The couple who scaled the Empire State Building for a viral proposal was back in court on Monday. Ivan Kuznetsov and Angelina Nikolau are facing charges including reckless endangerment, burglary and criminal mischief. The two were able to get to the top of the Empire State Buildi...
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San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested over the weekend in Ohio and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools. York was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and was released after posting a $5,000 bond. He was sente...
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Waco Salvation Army activates cooling station KWKT - FOX 44
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Movies haven't just given pop culture a slew of legendary soundtracks, they've also delivered some top-notch musical groups.
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If you're a Mac user, there's a new feature that you should be aware of. OpenAI has added a new plug-in that gives ChatGPT more autonomy. Users will be able to ask the chat bot to reply to contacts, suggest follow-up responses and detect spam. RELATED STORY | Nearly a third of co...
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Now we’re shocked that 16 players in a Louisiana court were given the ability to return to college football — even though some are currently on NFL training camp rosters....
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Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
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Some artists stay on stage because audiences remember who they were. Shawn Colvin has stayed on stage for nearly 50 years because she keeps reminding us who she still is....
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President Donald Trump is threatening to sharply increase tariffs on Canadian goods, escalating a trade dispute between the United States and Canada after negotiations between the two countries collapsed. In a social media post Monday , Trump said tariffs on all Canadian cars, tr...
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Actress Shelley Fabares, best known for playing daughter Mary on "The Donna Reed Show" and TV anchor Christine on "Coach," has died at 82.
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Scientists are on the cusp of fulfilling a decades-long quest: to use vaccines to teach the immune system to spot and destroy cancer cells.
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The tragic deaths of Hayden Panettiere and Jason Arday can be tied to the same phenomenon. It's not new but has accelerated in today's influencer culture: youth's hunger for fame....
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The temperature record in Floridia, at 119.8 degrees, marked a turning point as extreme heat waves have become more frequent, lasting weeks or months and affecting long-cherished social spaces....
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President Donald Trump has authored a whole anthology of aphorisms demonstrating his deep disdain for the military he commands.
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Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff's deputy whose fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside her home became a flashpoint over police use of force, died Sunday while serving a 20-year prison sentence. Grayson's attorney, Daniel Fultz, confirmed that his client died earlier Sunday...
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Two Phoenix officers under criminal investigation for a violent and unreported traffic stop have been arrested and fired, the Phoenix Police Department announced Saturday. Police say Officers Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix stopped a vehicle on Aug. 5 at around 11:30 p.m. and ...
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A sliver of good news out of the Iran conflict: The United States has had increasing success getting oil tankers out of the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Navasota Independent School District says no one was hurt when a school bus caught fire early Monday. The district says a bus parked at the Circle T on Highway 6 and Spur 515 after a tire blew out. The empty bus later caught fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation....
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Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab....
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By Hannah Webb | News Editor For Dean Tanya Sudia, she cannot remember an “aha” moment when she decided to become a nurse. Instead, she said, nursing has always felt like a calling — one rooted in serving others. Now, as the new dean of Baylor University’s Louise Herrington Schoo...
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Adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm , an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into the United States for the first ti...
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House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from Republicans in the midter...
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The Trump administration on Monday launched Operation Economic Outcast, a sweeping new sanctions campaign on what officials called "Economic D-Day." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the effort as a sustained campaign targeting Iran's financial connections around the wor...
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Finding sports kids like to play, and seeing them comfortable while playing them, is more difficult now.
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Have you claimed you would never become a minivan family? You might want to rethink that. Minivans are making a big comeback as record-high vehicle prices push families to look for alternatives to SUVs. While SUVs have dominated sales charts for years, minivans are seeing a resur...
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There are signs the AI boom is helping lift the manufacturing sector; U.S. factories added 5,000 jobs in July.
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A Killeen city council member has apologized after comments about homeless veterans sparked public backlash, as the Friends in Crisis shelter faces closure. The Killeen Friends in Crisis homeless shelter could close as soon as Sept. 1 without new funding from the city. Last week,...
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Central Texans remain under an Extreme Heat Warning Monday. San Saba and the Brazos Valley remain under a heat advisory. The high temperature in Waco is expected to hit 106 degrees. On Sunday, we tied a 2010 record by reaching 107 degrees. Our record today is 107 degrees from 202...
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For the first time in five years since Winter Storm Uri turned the electrical grid into a political albatross for Texas leaders, the states grid has again become a liability for politicians. Many residents dont want data centers in their communities, fearing their massive energy,...
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LONDON — If there’s one thing all parents of young children can agree on it’s the importance of ease and convenience – especially when it comes to travel. And what could be more convenient than flying to Billund, Denmark, only…...
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Wellness travel used to mean disappearing—a remote retreat, a week off the grid, a flight to somewhere with better air. That version still exists (and is still fabulous), but some of the most interesting wellness experiences in the U.S. right…...
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ABINGDON, Va. – Abingdon is a town that punches above its weight – way above. In this small town (pop. 8,270) in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, you might expect to find a scattering of mom-and-pop shops along…...
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Geopolitical volatility and uncertainty have become an all-too-common part of life globally. The world is experiencing more active wars than at any point since World War II, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Perhaps the most high-profile global conflict…...
