The last time a Democrat won statewide in Texas, James Talarico was in kindergarten. More than three decades later, in a state strewn with failed Democratic hopefuls once proffered as party saviors, the 37-year-old Austin Democrat is running neck-and-neck with Republican Attorney General Ken Paxt...
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McALLEN — Texas officials tasked with managing and conserving state parks were gearing up this month to cede control of more than 1,000 acres of public land that’s treasured for its natural habitat and beaches along the Gulf coast in Cameron County. An agenda to discuss the issue...
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SABINAL — Erik Gomez, one of the youngest mayors in Texas, has modeled his budding career after Republicans like U.S. Sen. John Cornyn , a man he admires and wanted to win reelection this year. So the 26-year-old rising Latino leader used every ounce of his modest political capit...
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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as it seeks to strengthen relations with nations in Africa and the Caribbean. Writing in the Guardian on Saturday, Burnham said Britain...
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Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the latest government data on Saturday shows. Data from the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the disease...
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Pope Leo XIV is set to hold a private audience on Saturday with basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova , and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame , plus thousands of traveling American fans in town for the season opener. A total of about 7,000 people are expected Saturd...
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France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and pushing the Paris march to the capital’s edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe . Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned ...
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Stephen Curry had 31 points, six assists and four rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors erased an early 25-point deficit then ran away from Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 112-95 win Friday night in an NBA Cup game. Doncic had 37 points, seven rebounds and five ass...
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For decades, Spaniards have been avid users of the country’s touted high-speed trains , choosing the Ave, Spanish for “bird,” over driving or flying for work trips or holidays each year. But two devastating collisions in nine months that killed more than 100 people have shaken co...
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What better way to celebrate the release of "Everest: The Other Side" than an epic stunt with Oscar-winner Jimmy Chin and mountaineer Jim Morrison?
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Episode: 1649 Reginald Fessenden endows radio with sound. Today, we add sound to radio.
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China’s factory activity contracted in October as new export orders softened, reversing the previous month's rebound. The world’s second-biggest economy has been facing pressure from trading partners to rebalance trade as its trade surplus with many countries balloons. Data relea...
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There's been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism , but only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party or consider themselves part of the Democratic Socialists of America. Most of these candidates come fr...
