Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. HOUSTON — As executive director of the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Barbie Brashear has directly...
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The family of Bryan Kohberger is supporting his efforts to challenge his 2025 conviction
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After the routing they delivered in the 2024 election, Texas Republicans were on a roll, pushing through conservative priorities , drawing redder congressional maps and excising Democrats from legislative leadership positions. What a difference 18 months can make. With November f...
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The Obamas’ pet dog Sunny has died. Former President Barack Obama posted about the family's loss on social media Wednesday.
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South African police said Thursday a ninth woman’s body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, and said it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating. All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality over the last two months, raising con...
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King Charles III is meeting Thursday with senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to discuss artificial intelligence and make a plea to ensure the technology remains in the service of people and the planet. The gathering in Scotland, which includes Brita...
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Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on ...
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Chinese technology giant Huawei launched new chip technologies in a challenge to global leaders such as Nvidia that highlights the narrowing gap between China and the U.S. in artificial intelligence . Huawei's announcement Thursday at its annual key conference in Shanghai came ju...
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A Russian barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine's capital and the surrounding region injured at least 19 people overnight and into Thursday morning, authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces carried out overnight strikes against targets in R...
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The third person who was killed after news helicopter crashed in LA has been identified as the investigation continues into what caused the aircraft to go down....
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World shares mostly advanced on Thursday despite Wall Street closed lower following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike decision for the first time in three years. The quarter of a percentage point increase brings the Fed’s key rate to a target range of 3.75%-4.00% , as it a...
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The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged Thursday even though inflation in the United Kingdom has risen to a five-month high as the fallout from the Iran war continues to ratchet up fuel prices. Economists expect a majority of the nine-member Monetary Poli...
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Episode: 2460 In praise of the City: A fine piece of the natural world. Today, another look at form and function.
