When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, “Farmer Mike,” also known as the “Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers.” Farmer Mike has been chiseling whimsical faces and comical creatures into big pumpkins for more...
government
No pocket of the country better captured the Republican Party’s courting of Latino voters two years ago than South Texas’ Starr County, a border community that’s 97% Latino and in 2024 voted for a Republican presidential candidate for the first time since 1896 . On Nov. 3, most p...
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An Indian American student who had lived in California their entire life was scared to move to Texas to pursue a doctorate in economics at the University of Texas at Austin. But during the Longhorns’ comeback victory against Ohio State in September, the student taught classmates ...
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Despite a push in Congress to end daylight saving time permanently, the proposal has stalled and most Americans are on track to "fall back" within a month....
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Easygoing Monday, with morning temperatures in the 60s. Daytime highs are slightly above average, in the low to mid-80s. Thankfully, dew points are still manageable, but moisture will march back into Southeast Texas later this week. This week’s Pattern: Humidity is slowly returni...
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Brazilian voters have denied Latin America’s resurgent right its ultimate prize, snapping a streak of seven straight conservative presidential victories in 18 months. The stunning triumph of leftist incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over Flávio Bolsonaro on Sunday, wi...
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Prolific voice actor Eric Bauza, who voiced iconic cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, has died at the age of 46.
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High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were in Tehran on Monday for meetings with Iranian authorities to try to avert renewed fighting between Iran and Israel and the United States, Iran's Foreign Ministry said. The talks come as many in Iran are anxious ab...
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Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is to be sentenced Monday over brawling at a London nightclub three years ago. Brown, 37, pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court in July for attacking a music producer with a bottle on the head. Brown had denied att...
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Israelis will vote Tuesday in the first national elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack in what is widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership. The deadliest day in Israel's history features prominently in the campaign , but not in the way m...
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Episode: 3425 The rather abrupt coming-of-age of history told on television. Today, Civilisation.
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Jordanian security forces arrested three men on Monday for an attack on a Greek Orthodox Church that killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen last week. The arrest involved a shootout and all three men were wounded, officials said. The Public Security Directorate said n...
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Frustrated by a two-game skid, the Seattle Seahawks went into playoff mode. Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught nine passes for 150 yards and a touchdown, and the Seahawks handed the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season, 20-3 on Sunday night. Sam Darnold threw for 257 yards an...
