When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures knew he was going to be targeted. Alabama's Republican-controlled Legislature soon after redrew the 2nd Congressional District, one of only two in the state represented by a Democrat, to make it easier...
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Barbara Weigand could not have prepared more for retirement. She stayed healthy and saved diligently for years. This year, though, a shoulder surgery and a bladder cancer diagnosis have really tested her finances. She recently withdrew $4,000 from her retirement account to cover ...
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An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of the 1 ½-ton telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosph...
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For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause . Doctors stressed the importance of hormone therapies , which many women are con...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS HALLOWEEN: Spooky start with fog already in place this morning. AFTERNOON: Temps staying in the 70s with muggy conditions. RAIN CHANCES: Small window for isolated pop ups today. NEXT WEEK : Our next cold front is coming to town. FORECAST Wake up it’s Halloween...
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The Iranian leader threatened an immediate response to a potential attack as fears of renewed war mount. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei urged a stern military reaction to potential U.S. and Israel strikes. Meanwhile regional leaders called for calm Saturday. Speaking at a security fo...
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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...
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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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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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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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Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Saturday on their way back to Ukraine, part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4½ years ago. The ceasefire in Ukraine’s sout...
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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 on Saturday told the basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova , and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame — in Rome for their season opener — that in matters of sport, the pontiff is neutral. Then the pope, who was born Robert Prevost, said his former self mig...
