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 the burnt orange o...
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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. Difficult decisions lie in the weeks ahead, inclu...
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Asian shares and U.S. futures were mixed Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held rates steady . Markets are awaiting the outcome of a meeting of the European Central Bank later Thursday. The Bank of Japan is expected to stand pat when it wraps up its policymaking meeting on ...
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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...
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Victor Wembanyama had 36 points and 14 rebounds, and the San Antonia Spurs beat the short-handed Utah Jazz 117-111 in overtime on Wednesday night. Devin Vassell scored 17 of his 21 points after halftime to give the Spurs (3-2) a second option that was missing early on as Utah (1-...
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San Antonio has been without a professional hockey team since the Rampage left town, but the sport’s local fan base is finding a new team to support. Since 2023, UTSA hockey has helped fill that void, giving the Alamo City a college-level team in ACHA Division II with growing amb...
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North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North threatened to resume front-line propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy new weapons along the rivals’ tense border. The launches also fo...
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Venezuela's flag draped around him, flashing a wide smile and filled with pride, William Contreras was willing to boast. “I don’t want to offend any of the other catchers in the league. The last thing I want to do is offend any of them,” he said, speaking through a translator. “B...
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Jacob Misiorowski rushed out of the third base dugout, his long arms raised high, then hugged and jumped with his Milwaukee Brewers teammates on the diamond where they had just won the first World Series title in the franchise's 58 seasons. “You're just floating, running out ther...
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A new Spurs arena isn’t the only project getting attention in San Antonio’s proposed sports and entertainment district. City staff is proposing a two-phase, $850 million expansion of the Henry B. González Convention Center, which is about $100 million more than their previous est...
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Pat Murphy was rushed from the ballpark six years ago, stricken with a heart attack . "This ambulance driver was like, `Sir, can I have your next of kin?'" the Milwaukee Brewers manager recalled. “I'm like, Bro, next of kin? I’m not going anywhere.'" On Wednesday night he was lea...
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The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. To borrow a line from Bob Uecker, your title drought is up, outta here, gone. Young ...
