When a group of parents sued earlier this year over a new state law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, state Sen. Mayes Middleton was ready. “There is no such thing as ‘separation of church and state’ in our Constitution, and our schools are not God-free zones,” t...
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Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years. Though Serbia's 6.4 million voters get to choos...
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Bulgarians headed to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a campaign centered on growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping. The vote will also be the first major test for the Moscow-friendly Progressive Bulgaria party of Prime Minister Rume...
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UIW rolled past McNeese 38-6 on Saturday, using an early offensive spark and a key defensive takeaway to set the tone. The Cardinals (3-4, 2-2 Southland Conference) got on the board first with a trick play on the first drive. Quarterback Emmet Brown tossed the ball to Roy Alexand...
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Sal Frelick tied the score with his first home run in three months, Cooper Pratt hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stunned the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Saturday night for a 2-0 World Series lead by overcoming a four-run deficit for the second time...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS COMFORTABLY WARM: Afternoon highs in the low to mid 80s through the weekend and much of next week FEW RAIN CHANCES: A few spotty showers are possible Tuesday, with better opportunities late next week TRICK OR TREAT PREVIEW: Rain chances currently appear low, b...
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Victor Wembanyama had 23 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, Dylan Harper scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-106 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season. De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle added 19 points apiece as the Spurs ...
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As the 2026 campaign for one of Texas’ U.S. Senate seats comes to a close, James Talarico and Ken Paxton are trading blows as they try to drive supporters to the ballot box. Paxton described Talarico as “the most radical Democrat ever to run statewide” during an appearance in Geo...
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President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Audi will build an automobile plant in Georgia as he tries to deliver on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterm elections. Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, where he sought...
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UTSA football added new decals to their helmets as part of the athletics department’s tribute to Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson , who died last week at the Alamodome during a rappelling demonstration . Honor and Remember #Ubuntu https://t.co/6BbFrryTVj — UTSA Football 🏈 (@UTSAFT...
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A little more than one week before the midterm elections, the leading candidates in Alaska's U.S. Senate race are trying to rally support from Alaska Native voters, a key constituency. Both Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spoke at this week's ...
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Keyone Jenkins threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Grayson Brousseau in the second overtime, and UCF survived a wild finish in regulation to knock off No. 2 BYU 39-31 on Saturday. Needing a touchdown and a 2-point conversion to force a third OT, the Cougars (6-1, 3-1 Big 1...
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The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an ema...
