Widespread worker insecurity and downward mobility in today's American economy contrast sharply with expanding prosperity and opportunity in the postwar era that extended into the mid-1970s. In that earlier period, good-paying jobs were so plentiful that high school-educated workers sometimes…
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Facing midterm elections in November, Trump has blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for pushing up energy prices that could cost him at the ballot box....
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The Transportation Security Administration is scaling back a new TSA PreCheck benefit. The agency introduced Gateside by TSA PreCheck at 13 airports last month before expanding it to hundreds more this month. But that expansion has now been reversed. The program allows people who...
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At a packed rally in Texas on Thursday, James Talarico compared his U.S. Senate campaign to David who fought Goliath as the Democrat faces more than $158 million in outside spending by Republican leadership and the world's richest man, Elon Musk. Talarico told rallygoers under br...
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The mixed responses highlight the uncertainty that hangs over the midterms nearly six years after Trump tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to former President Joe Biden....
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Leave your hat and umbrella at home. A windy Friday is in front of you. The heaviest rain from today's cold front has stayed primarily west of Central Texas. Our northwestern counties did receive some moderate rain. Rain chances will be light and minimal as we move through the da...
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After 44 years, the Milwaukee Brewers are finally going back to the World Series. Propelled by a lockdown bullpen and repeated comebacks, the young and fearless Brewers swept the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers out of the playoffs Thursday with a 6-4 victory in Ga...
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The development taking shape on the former Baylor football stadium site is expected to get its first residents soon, with 28 homes under construction so far and half already sold....
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A long flight delay is frustrating enough. Finding out you may be on the hook for dinner and a hotel room too? Thats a travel headache nobody ordered. Starting Oct. 19, travelers could have a tougher time getting certain perks from airlines when their flights are delayed or cance...
schools
Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman has turned the Baylor defense into one of the best units in the country. It comes from building connections and good old-fashioned teaching....
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is in the middle of a historic and costly technological revolution, with the artificial intelligence build-out driving a level of investment set to eclipse the previous telecommunications boom, as well as national projects like the construction…...
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The S&P 500 ended higher Thursday, as investors concerned about artificial intelligence stocks shifted into healthcare and consumer stocks.
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NEW YORK — Affordable Care Act and other individual health insurance plan enrollment fell 18% to 20.5 million members in June, according to health policy research firm KFF, marking the steepest annual decline since 2015 as Americans struggle with rising…...
