Democrats, election officials and voting rights groups have long wondered whether President Donald Trump, upon his return to the Oval Office, would again attempt to overturn an election when his party is trailing. It's no longer hypothetical. Late last week, the president directed the Department...
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At least 68 people were killed after two trains collided on Spain's Madrid-Andalucía high-speed line, a spokeswoman for the Castilla-La Mancha region said....
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Election results will begin rolling out the evening of Election Day, and although winners will be declared and victory speeches made, the results will be official only after they’re certified. That final step will come weeks later when election results are formally locked in and ...
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Incomes largely slowed in Texas last year, and fell dramatically in at least one major urban area, as Texans face considerable and sustained pressure from high housing costs, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The state’s median household income sat at $82,625 in 2025, census ...
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A man is in critical condition after being shot while allegedly trying to force his way into a Houston apartment Thursday morning, according to police. The shooting happened around 2:26 a.m. Oct. 29 at an apartment complex in the 2300 block of Bering Drive. According to investiga...
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A pair of Colorado hikers were found dead after gong missing on Friday.
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LUBBOCK — Nearly a year into his tenure as Texas Tech chancellor, Brandon Creighton was still making the case that he was the right man for the job. To convince the crowd at a recent Lubbock Chamber of Commerce luncheon that his loyalties now lay with scarlet red and black, not t...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight. The massive fire that broke out last November engulfed seven buildings in an apartment com...
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Israelis on Thursday waited for final election results to confirm what they see taking shape: No majority of parliament seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies, or for the array of parties seeking to unseat him, including Arab-led ones. Adding to the uncertaint...
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World shares and U.S. futures were mixed Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held rates steady . Oil prices fell even as U.S. officials warned that renewed military action against Iran could come after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. In early European trading, Germany's DAX gai...
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Episode: 2646 J. B. S. Haldane’s “On Being the Right Size.” Today, on being the right size.
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A woman's body was found in a home that caught fire in Hitchcock, but investigators don't believe her death was related to the fire.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a three-time presidential candidate and one of Mexico's most important modern political voices, died Wednesday at 92, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. An undisputed leader of the Mexican left, Cárdenas was the son of one of the country’s most popular...
