Standing on a high bank of the Rio Grande, Army Lt. Col. Ray Richards points to a stretch of river that was, until recently, one of the busiest spots for illegal border crossings from Mexico. But on a recent afternoon, the area is quiet. American soldiers gather at a border monitoring post in Rom...
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Episode: 3418 Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Mboya, and their joint legacy. Today, two talks.
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Pope Leo XIV was expected to be admitted to a Rome hospital Tuesday for the removal of a lung nodule in an operation experts say will determine whether the lesion is malignant and if other treatment is needed. Leo has offered a rare level of transparency about the first publicly ...
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Actress Selma Blair was arrested Sunday following an alleged altercation with flight attendants aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City....
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It’s a long way from Washington, has a small population and hasn't backed a Democrat for Senate in nearly 20 years. Yet President Donald Trump on Tuesday will devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to head all the way to Alaska — attempting to...
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A passenger train derailed in central Pakistan early Tuesday, killing four people and injuring 30 others, police and a Pakistan Railways spokesman said. The train was traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar when it derailed in Sher Sh...
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This is not an article about politics, capital punishment or whether the Fort Hood shooter deserves to be executed in public for his crimes. Instead, it's focused on the unprecedented parental challenge of handling the near-certain prospect that children will hear of or see foota...
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The House speaker stood before Donald Trump during his first term at the White House and pointed a finger declaring that with this president, “All roads lead to Putin.” The stark assessment years ago from Nancy Pelosi echoed anew after Trump’s surprise announcement last week that...
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Josh Allen accounted for 331 total yards and two touchdowns, Tyler Bass made a 45-yard field goal with 1:55 left in overtime shortly after Greg Rousseau blocked the Rams’ field goal attempt , and the Buffalo Bills outlasted Los Angeles for a 37-34 victory Monday night. Allen pass...
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The Cleveland Guardians used small ball, the longball and played solid all-around baseball to keep winning in the postseason. Nathaniel Lowe snapped an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single after Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered off Drew Rasmussen, and the Guardians ra...
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A mother is demanding answers after her 17-year-old son was shot and killed inside an apartment in northeast Harris County Sunday evening.
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The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, while warning of growing risks from rising debt, including borrowing related to artificial intelligence. The IMF says it expects the global economy to grow at a 3.1% pace...
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Two Harris County men now accused of indecency with a child had their probation unsatisfactorily terminated twice, even after prosecutors asked judges to revoke their probation and send them to prison....
