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Students at 11 Texas A&M University System schools will see fewer classes related to LGBTQ literature, climate change and women writers meet graduation requirements under a proposal to remove more than 200 classes from general-education course lists....
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Texas’ chief financial officer requested that lawmakers double the amount of money available for the state's private school voucher program, resulting in a total of more than $2 billion....
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With a pair of players smacking double-digit kill performances, Baylor’s 20th-ranked volleyball team swept North Texas in the Bears’ home opener.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson football might have to compete against former NFL players Saturday. A Louisiana judge affirmed Thursday that two of LSU football’s late roster additions are eligible to play for the team this year despite signing NFL rookie…...
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Week 2 got off to a great start with a thriller at Waco ISD Stadium between the Yoemen and Wildcats. Here are all the Centex scores from Thursday night....
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Elon Musks super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to help congressional contenders across several states, new filings show. The expenditures by America PAC, made in August and disclosed on Wednesday night to the F...
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House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky said Thursday that Sen. Mitch McConnells staff have told him they are hoping the senator who has had an extended absence from Washington due to health issues will return when the Senate comes back into session on September 14. Althoug...
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Michael Lombardi’s tenure at the University of North Carolina was a short one. The Tar Heels’ football general manager resigned from his position on Thursday, according to an email from an athletic department representative. “Effective Sept.…...
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Residents in Robinson are taking action over surveillance technology in their neighborhood, with a small group working to gather hundreds of signatures needed to bring a potential ban before the city council. WATCH HERE: Robinson neighbors push petition to ban future license plat...
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Mart ISD announced the resignation of Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Chris Lancaster, effective immediately, just days before the team's scheduled Friday night game against Axtell. WATCH HERE: Mart ISD football coach and athletic director Chris Lancaster resigns ahead ...
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Westfest’s 50th looms large, but Labor Day weekend provides other noteworthy entertainment in the form of two annual events — the Central Texas State Fair and Homestead Heritage’s annual festival....
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Mart is suddenly searching for a new football coach, and it’s doing so just one week into the 2026 season.
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The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision Thursday marks a rare setback for Republi...
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College Station City Council voted to approve "The Station," a 100-acre multi-use sports resort park and hospitality hub east of Midtown Drive. The complex will feature nine baseball fields and a championship stadium for the Brazos Valley Bombers. The city is still working on neg...
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Clearly this is a must-see for six-man football fans, as well as anyone in Central Texas who has always wanted to see a six-man game in person.
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Despite losing its season opener at Birdville, 40-22, Waco High showed some bright spots.
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There are several really good Centex-vs.-Centex matchups on the schedule this week, but it’s hard to beat this one.
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The road team has prevailed the last two seasons. Gatesville claimed a 30-7 victory in Glen Rose last season after the Tigers beat the Hornets, 28-12, in 2024 in Gatesville....
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) — As required by new state law, Texas A&M reviewed the core curriculum they offered and cut out many classes which did not fit within the state's guidelines. According to SB 37, universities must review their core curriculum once every five years a...
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Former Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez plans to plead guilty to charges ahead of a trial stemming from an October 2025 fight with a truck driver outside an Indianapolis hotel, according to court records filed Thursday. A motion asks for a guilty plea and sentencing hearing for Sa...
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Vice President JD Vance could provide neither a timeline for the Iran war to end nor a date when gas prices might sink below pre-war levels during a White House appearance Thursday, suggesting instead it was up to Iran to conclude the conflict that began with joint US-Israeli air...
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Some areas near I-45 picked up several inches of rain Thursday morning. We may see more showers and storms develop late tonight into Friday morning, but this time it will be closer to I-35. The rain doesn't look quite as heavy tonight, but locally heavy downpours are still possib...
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MART, Texas (FOX 44) - The Mart Independent School District has announced that Chris Lancaster has resigned from his position as Athletic Director/Head Football Coach. The district says it is grateful for Coach Lancaster's time, leadership and dedication to Mart ISD and its athle...
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OpenAI has announced new tools that will allow healthcare organizations to connect ChatGPT with authorized patient records. According to the company, the new Epic integration and Healthcare Public Data plugin help teams review authorized patient context. They added it will work w...
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The Trump administration filed another emergency request Thursday to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce President Donald Trump's sweeping new restrictions on mail-in voting just two months ahead of the November midterm elections. The emergency appe...
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Mortgage rates rose again this week, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in more than a year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose 6.71% from 6.66% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rat...
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Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial sent the judge a note Thursday on the sixth day of deliberations, alleging that one person on their panel wasn't following the court's instructions regarding reasonable doubt. The note from the deadlocked jury came after they twice told the judg...
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KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44) - Killeen's Ellison High School is in a lockdown due to a reported anonymous safety concern. The Killeen Independent School District says the lockdown was initiated around 1:43 p.m. Thursday. Familes were notified families by phone, text and email. As of 2...
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A week after catastrophic flash floods struck the Nepal-China border region, more than 11,000 people have been rescued, but thousands remain missing or unaccounted for as search operations continue. Officials say they are not giving up, and rescue efforts remain active on the gro...
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The Southeastern Conference filed a lawsuit against LSU and its leadership in Alabama federal court on Thursday, alleging the school had waged a deliberate and coordinated campaign to recruit professional athletes against league rules. The extraordinary step against one of the le...
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Fox News Media announced Thursday that its host, Maria Bartiromo, is no longer with the company after more than 12 years. We thank Maria for her work, a statement read, and wish her all the best on her next chapter. The statement did not specify the reasons for the separation. Ba...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 44) - FEMA has announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Texas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding on July 12, 2026, and continuing. FEMA says Pu...
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Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter told T...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take stronger actions against what they describe as an escalating campaign of executions, arbitrary arrests and political repression by Iran's government. In a letter obtained by Scripps News on Thur...
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WEST, Texas (FOX 44) - Get ready for a three-day celebration of Czech heritage this Labor Day Weekend! The 50th annual Westfest presented by West Feeds returns to the West Fair and Rodeo Grounds from September 4–6, located at 1110 S Main Street. Guests can expect polka music all ...
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Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It's the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models. Nvidia CEO Je...
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Veterans make up nearly 18% of all suicides in the United States more than 6,000 deaths every year. Now, the American Psychiatric Association Foundation is launching a new video series aimed at changing that. The campaign features veterans and family members sharing their persona...
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is calling on President Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as The Wall Street Journal reports Hegseth has extended military deployments in the Middle East into 2027. Tillis, who is not running for re-election and has become a frequent...
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The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. Also, two-time NBA Fi...
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Vice President JD Vance will lead Thursday's White House press briefing. It will be the first White House press briefing since former press secretary Karoline Leavitt departed last month. In total, it's been more than 40 days since a White House press briefing has been held. RELA...
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity, and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of C...
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Edouard is no longer a tropical system but the remnants of it are going to give Central Texas and the Brazos Valley better rain chances Thursday and Friday morning. For Central Texas, Leon and Freestone County remain under a flood watch with rain coming through this morning and t...
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Canceling a subscription is about to become less painful for millions of New Yorkers. New York City will become the first municipality in the country with its own click-to-cancel rule when new consumer protections take effect Oct. 1. The rule requires companies to offer a straigh...
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When Baylor faces Auburn at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Waco Trib beat writer Zach Smith's coverage will look a little different. He's embedding with the Bears for their season-opening trip....
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Fifty years ago, Westfest debuted as a celebration of Czech heritage and culture, complete with a parade, dancing, Czech food, beer and music. Oh, and a game of donkey baseball....
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Warmth, intimacy, belonging: These emotions and more come to mind in the three-artist “Being Held” exhibit opening a monthlong run Thursday at Art Center Waco....
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A graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. at Robinson Cemetery Office, 620 East Stegall Rd., Robinson, TX 76706. Family and friends are invited to gather and honor Robert's life and memory....
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By Tripp Henderson | Staff Writer As artificial intelligence advances, it is fundamentally changing how humans communicate. Amid these changes, the university’s communications department is emphasizing AI as a “tool” to maximize efficiency while avoiding overreliance. Dr. Jacob S...
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By Aidan O’Connor | Sports Writer Confidence and experience are the backbone of champions and Baylor cross country believes it has both in spades. “With experience, you have a lot more consistency,” head coach David Barnett said. “There’s a big gap between your best race and your...
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By Carson Vercoe | Sports Writer The 2025 season for the Baylor women’s golf team proved to be yet another successful season in the Jay Goble era. The Bears finished third in the NCAA Waco Regional, earning them their sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA championship. The Bears wen...
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By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Editor Name, image and likeness have been the three most prevalent words surrounding college sports over the past five years. NIL has taken many forms and shapes as schools and athletic departments across the country have tried to navigate it , including...
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By Josh Siatkowski | Lead Writer After Seventh and James Baptist Church sold half of its five acres last fall, construction of a 600-bed student housing complex is underway. Now that its sanctuary has been torn down, the church has launched a fundraising campaign to build a new s...
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By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor Baylor began a full renovation of the first floor of Morrison Hall early this past summer, leading to a suspension of classes for the Fall 2026 semester in anticipation of a Spring 2027 reopening. The renovation will include aesthetic touch...
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By Jen Forse | Staff Writer Baylor students explored dozens of on- and off-campus employment opportunities at the Career Center’s part-time job fair, where employers recruited students looking to build their resumes and gain practical experience. The Career Center hosted the fair...
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By The Editorial Board Baylor’s student body had the opportunity last spring to react to an event organized by the university’s Turning Point USA chapter. Another political event for Democratic senatorial candidate James Talarico will occur at the Hurd Welcome Center this Septemb...
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By Lauren Havens | LTVN Broadcast Reporter I wonder how different I would be if I had grown up without an algorithm watching me grow up too. I got on social media my freshman year of high school. At an age when I was already trying to figure out who I was, I suddenly had thousand...
