The state board of education is one of the most influential bodies shaping education across the state. The board sets curriculum and chooses instructional materials for all public school classrooms and in recent years has been scrutinized for its controversial choices.
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Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with the neurological and autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis.
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ABC13 breaks down the early voting numbers as Harris County sees a record-breaking first day on Monday.
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With just two weeks until Election Day, the race for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat is heating up as Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico bring their campaigns to the Houston area. Both candidates are making a final push to win over voters in one of the country’s most close...
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The former OpenAI employee's wife and young son also left the country the day after the 35-year-old Saudi national's arrest, traveling on a one-way ticket booked and paid for by a Saudi military official, prosecutors said in a memo Sunday seeking his continued detention....
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The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point , with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war. Trump is meanwhile hoping...
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Vance added that he hasn't spoken to Trump about it and cautioned that Trump has sometimes let a race play out to see what happens.
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The 2026 ABC13 Share Your Holidays campaign is underway, with the annual food drive looking to beat the 1.1 million meals created last year.
business
Nearly 1.6 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products are being recalled nationwide because they may have been stored at unsafe temperatures, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kayem Foods Inc., based in Chelsea, Massachusetts, is recalling approximate...
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ICE said Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias obtained his legal status fraudulently because he failed to disclose a 2004 arrest for theft. His daughter disputes that....
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The girls' flag football is one step closer to be an officially sanctioned sport in Texas.
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The Democratic nominee for Texas governor wants to inspect unredacted communications involving Gov. Greg Abbott's office and Elon Musk's companies based in the state....
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A man accused of posing as an attorney and offering legal assistance to a driver involved in a crash along the North Beltway is facing a rarely filed criminal charge....
