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Texas A&M baseball coach raises cheating allegations against Georgia pitcher: 'Certainly appears that way'

Videos circulated showing Georgia baseball pitcher's activities during a game against the Texas A&M baseball team. The Aggies suspected the pitcher was using a foreign substance.

Fox News - Sports - 5 hours ago

'Outbreak' of opioid overdoses kills 8 people in Austin, Texas

At least 50 overdoses were reported in Austin in less than two days. Police say they suspect a tainted batch of illegal drugs. KXAN's Sam Stark reports.

NBC News - Health - 16 hours ago

Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Porn Age-Verification Law

The law also requires pornography websites to include ‘health warnings’ on their landing page.

Epoch Times - US News - 19 hours ago

Texas Is No Longer the Hotspot for Illegal Migrant Crossings

The officers were trying to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm when they were shot, the local police chief said.

Newsweek - Top Stories - 21 hours ago

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Texas university (VIDEOS)

Dozens of pro-Palestine activists have been detained at the University of Texas

Russia Today - World - 2 days ago

Israel-Hamas war protesters arrested in Texas, others defy Columbia University demand to leave camp

Columbia University issued an ultimatum for students to sign a form and leave a pro-Palestinian protest encampment by afternoon or face suspension.

Los Angeles Times - Top Stories - 2 days ago

Texas bachelor, 70, is looking for love, pays $400 a week for billboard sign about 'enjoying karaoke'

A Texas man is looking for a new wife in his small town by paying $400 a week for a billboard ad on a roadway. His 20 ft. sign is a callout to find his next lucky lady.

Fox News - Weird - 2 days ago

Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials

Authorities are investigating after an oversized load came off its trailer, causing the death of two people and leaving one person injured Saturday morning in Temple, Texas.

Fox News - US News - 3 days ago

Jewish students at the University of Texas say escalating antisemitism is spiraling into pure 'Jew hatred'

One UT Austin student told Fox News Digital that he doesn't call the behavior he saw antisemitism anymore: 'I think that's sugarcoating it, it's Jew hatred.'

Fox News - Top Stories - 4 days ago

At least 15 people died in Texas after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police

An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.

AP News - Health - 5 days ago

Texas deputy killed while working crash scene was hit by driver talking on cellphone: sheriff's office

An investigator with the Harris County Sheriff's Office died on Tuesday after he was hit by a driver talking on his cellphone hands-free while working a crash scene.

Fox News - US News - 6 days ago

Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle

The news outlets’ 2018 investigation into famed Houston heart surgeon Bud Frazier provided a “fair, true, and impartial account,” the court said in its ruling, potentially bringing a close to the nearly six-year legal battle.

ProPublica - Health - 6 days ago

Texas School Districts Violated a Law Intended to Add Transparency to Local Elections

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune analyzed 35 Texas school districts that held trustee elections last fall and found none that posted all of the required campaign finance records.

ProPublica - Politics - 6 days ago

Supreme Court Denies Bid to Expand No-Excuse Mail-In Ballots in Texas

The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal means that the Texas law stays in place, delivering a win to election integrity advocates.

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 9 days ago

U.S. awards Samsung $6.4-billion in grants to expand chip production in Texas

The funding from the 2022 Chips and Science Act will support two chip production facilities, a research centre and a packaging facility, in Taylor, Tex.

The Globe and Mail - Technology - 16 days ago

CDC issues bird flu health alert to clinicians, state health departments, public after Texas farmer infected

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of bird flu in a person in Texas.

Fox News - Health - 26 days ago

Egg production halts in Texas, Michigan amid bird flu outbreak

The leading U.S. fresh egg producer announced on Tuesday a temporary production halt at a Texas plant due to bird flu found in chickens. Officials also...

Daily Sabah - Health - 28 days ago

Biden needs to stand up to Texas' immigration extremism

SB4, the anti-immigration law in Texas, has raised constitutional questions yet to be answered. Lawrence Downes argues that in the meantime, President Joe Biden needs to step up block dangerous actions by Texas and other states.

CNN - Opinion - 1 month ago

SpaceX has moved its incorporation to Texas from Delaware, says Elon Musk

In the wake of a recent ruling by a Delaware state judge concerning Elon Musk's 2018 pay package of $51 billion at Tesla, the tech mogul has formally relocated SpaceX's state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas

First Post - Technology - 2 months ago

What does the Texas Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions mean for patients?

Monday's ruling from the Texas Supreme Court denying a woman's request for an emergency abortion shines a spotlight on the medical exceptions contained in many U.S. states' abortion bans. Here are some of the most important facts about the case, and what it could mean:

Reuters - US News - 4 months ago

Texas top court rules against woman who sought abortion for medical emergency

The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a pregnant woman to get an emergency abortion under the medical exception for the state's near-total abortion ban, granting a petition by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Reuters - Health - 4 months ago

A Texas Billionaire's Associates Are Trying to Sink a School Tax Election via Their Dark Money Nonprofit

Tim Dunn’s public policy groups have helped ensure that tax hike language is attached to school bonds in the state. Now, that language is being used to undercut support for a bond in his hometown of Midland.

ProPublica - Politics - 5 months ago

Texas Public Records Transparency Bill That Got Lost Amid GOP Infighting Finally Headed to Governor's Desk

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he always intended to sign the measure but pulled it aside in response to the House playing “games” at the end of the legislative session.

ProPublica - Politics - 10 months ago

Texas Bill to Increase Transparency in Public Records Law Left in Limbo Despite Passing Legislature

The bill would close a long-standing loophole in state law that allows officials to withhold law enforcement records if no one was convicted in a case. The measure was the only bill sent to the Senate that did not get signed and sent to the governor.

ProPublica - Politics - 10 months ago

Trio of Texas Churches Donated to Political Candidate Despite Clear IRS Prohibition

A candidate for the Abilene, Texas, City Council said that three churches made an honest mistake by donating to his campaign and that he is returning the money. The race has been beset by allegations of electioneering by churches.

ProPublica - Politics - 11 months ago

TikTok attorney: China can't get U.S. data under Project Texas

A top attorney for TikTok defended a plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China.

Houston Chronicle - Technology - 1 year ago

Elizabeth Holmes judge proposes Texas prison, family visits

Holmes, 38, has been living in northern California, where she ran her blood-testing...

Houston Chronicle - Technology - 1 year ago

Texas Anti-Trans Laws Target Intersex People, Too

Bans on trans kids' healthcare ensure intersex people continue to be subject to medically unnecessary surgeries in infancy.

Texas Observer - Health - 2 years ago