Dance coach accused of sexually assaulting student, per court documents
A former Galena Park ISD special education aide is behind bars and expected in court on Friday. Court documents allege he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student.
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Tropical Storm Isaias forms, expected to become hurricane
Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast later this week....
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Texas execution would be first in U.S. since Tennessee failure
A Texas death row inmate convicted of a fatal 2000 robbery could be the first person put to death in the country since a failed execution in Tennessee that has raised alarm over lethal injection. Jamaal Howard was 20 years old when he robbed a convenience store and shot the clerk...
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STAAR rescoring requests triple after more Texas schools question computer grading
The number of requests to rescore students’ STAAR tests nearly tripled from last year as more Texas schools sought reviews of written responses on the reading exams, thousands of which were initially graded by computers. The Texas Education Agency began using an automated scoring...
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Most Texas Republicans ignore Democratic calls to debate in statewide races
When asked in July if Attorney General Ken Paxton intended to face off against his U.S. Senate opponent James Talarico, his spokesperson said , “of course we’re going to debate.” But with two weeks left until early voting, the Republican nominee has yet to accept any invitations,...
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Tropical Storm Isaias forms, forecast to become a hurricane and hit the US Gulf Coast this week
Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. Isaias was located about 285 miles (460 kilo...
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Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims as family reactions range from anger to relief
Nepal announced its intention to cease search and rescue operations for victims of the Aug. 26 flood that killed at least 1,455 people with thousands more still missing. Family members of 5,285 people who remain unaccounted for, including hundreds of foreign nationals, expressed ...
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'Dancing With the Stars': Mariah Carey's music inspires the ballroom but one couple is sent home
The judges on "Dancing with the Stars" were thrilled with this week's routines on "Mariah Carey Night." But in the end, one couple was eliminated.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for developing 'spectacular' chemical reactions
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their efforts to resolve mysterious mirror images in chemical molecules. “Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemical mystery that is over a century old: how homochirality can emerg...
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Rubio, in Greece, set to call for the West to restore founding democratic principles and values
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to call for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens to discuss deepening economic, energy and security...
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Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 15 in a major attack that Kyiv saw coming
Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 12 civilians, including three children, and wounding more than 40 in Moscow's latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine had anticipated the ...
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Padres avoid elimination, beat Brewers 4-3 in NLDS Game 3 with Cronenworth's HR, King's relief
When right-hander Michael King dramatically emerged from the bullpen in a darkened Petco Park to pitch in the eighth inning of Game 3 just two days after he made a five-inning start in Game 2, the San Diego Padres' desperate determination to extend their season was clear. The rel...
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Israelis are split over Netanyahu in their first elections since Oct. 7
As Israel gears up for its first elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 , attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents are putting it at the heart of their campaigns. Nearly every poster, stump speech or televised debate seems to reference the attack, which has scarre...