A confirmation hearing is scheduled for a nominee to a key public health position. This person will face questioning from lawmakers. The nominee, a medical professional, has a background in radiology and has contributed to a major news channel.
The position has been vacant, with previous nominees facing issues. One nominee's path forward was stalled due to concerns about her background and views. Another nominee was withdrawn after questions arose about her credentials.
Further details about the nominee and the confirmation process are available. The position is an important one for communicating public health issues to the public.
For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran , approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call was similar to earlier efforts this summer. None of the...
San Antonio residents who find a lost dog or cat will soon have more places to check for an owner, thanks to new free microchip scanners being installed outside fire stations. San Antonio Animal Care Services (ACS) and the San Antonio Fire Department are placing the scanners outs...
Texas quarterback Arch Manning has apologized to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after his reaction to a fake AI-generated video drew attention on social media. The controversy began after a tense, brief interview between Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and Rowe went viral following the Lon...
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists. The cuts affected all 50 st...
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation , as an “atrocity.” The strike occ...
Inflation in the United Kingdom rose to a five-month high as the aftershocks of the Iran war continued to ratchet up fuel prices, official figures showed Wednesday, an increase that will pressure the Bank of England to hike interest rates again over coming months. The Office for ...
A man died after being struck by a UPS 18-wheeler early Wednesday morning on a Loop 410 access road, and police are investigating whether another vehicle hit him first and drove away. Officers responded to the scene around 2:35 a.m. on the eastbound access road near North Vandive...
Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. Attorneys for the family said Kirk's death resulted from a string o...
Mike Morath set a goal 10 years ago to make Texas No. 1 in education, declaring then that “the future of the state is delivering great results for brown and Black kids while ensuring great results for everybody.” A decade later, national test scores indicate he still has a steep ...
LeJames Norman, one of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a robbery, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday barring a final reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, Norman and Ker’sean Olajuwa Ramey broke into a neighbor’s home in Edna intending to steal ...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS 6 IN A ROW?!: Highs today will be near 100° THURSDAY SHOWER: A few showers arrive by Thursday afternoon LOOKING LESS PROMSING NEXT WEEK: Rain chances not looking as good FORECAST NEAR 100° AGAIN TODAY Yesterday marked the third day in a row of either equaling ...
On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. “It was interesting to see how many were going up,” said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who...
