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United flight headed to Newark, New Jersey, diverted back to Las Vegas after passenger allegedly said he'd 'hijack' plane
Police said they arrested the 25-year-old man on charges of making a threat or providing false information regarding an act of terrorism.
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Texas early voting rate is slightly behind 2018, when Beto O’Rourke challenged Ted Cruz
Nearly 4.5 million Texans cast a ballot in the first seven days of early voting — outpacing the turnout rate of the 2022 midterm election but slightly behind 2018, when Democrat Beto O’Rourke fell 2.6 points shy of toppling U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz . From Oct. 19 through Sunday, 23.4% ...
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Coalition in deep East Texas aims to build tech workforce, connect region
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. NEWTON — Roughly a billion federal dollars are pouring into Deep East Texas to improve access to high spe...
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Dems hope to clinch the state by flipping Collin County, Paxton’s homebase and a longtime GOP bastion
MCKINNEY — For much of her life, Liz Slack voted Republican up and down the ballot. A longtime resident of Collin County — the hometown of U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton — Slack said she looks like a typical conservative: a Baylor University alum who goes to Bible study every wee...
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AT&T data breach settlement payments could arrive soon: What customers need to know
AT&T customers who filed claims in a $177 million data breach settlement could begin receiving payments in the coming weeks, following a federal judge’s final approval of the agreement. The settlement covers two data incidents disclosed by AT&T in 2024. The court granted final ap...
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2 men charged with UK national security offenses over incident at US-run military base in England
Two men were charged Tuesday with national security offenses over a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a U.S.-run military air base in England, police and prosecutors said. British-Iranian dual national Mohmed Abdulkarim and British citizen Nouman Essghir, both aged 24 and from...
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Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries
The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed Tuesday, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries . It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history and nearly half of the 10,0...
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Chinese brands cut ties with French soccer star Mbappé over ‘Chinese dictator’ remark
French soccer star Kylian Mbappé's face appears in ads across China, from subway stations to elevators, but now at least three companies are cutting ties with the national team captain after he made some comments apparently referring to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communis...
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Global shares are mixed as investors await central bank rate decisions
World stocks were mixed Tuesday ahead of major corporate earnings reports and central-bank decisions. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX slipped 0.1% to 25,373.71, while the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.3% to 7,824.83. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 1% to 10,664.58. The future for th...
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3-year-old soccer prodigy has police called on him by other parents for being 'too good'
Too good for the league? A Florida family says police were called after parents complained their 3-year-old soccer star was dominating games against 5-year-olds....
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Jay-Z will headline Super Bowl halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Southern California
The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself.
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The Latest: Israelis vote in a tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu
Israelis were voting Tuesday in a tense national election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the wars that have since shaken the Middle East. Israelis vote for parties , which then f...