One of NASA’s premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe’s biggest explosions. The Swift Observatory’s demise came less than three months after a long-shot rescue mission failed. The U.S. Space Force confirmed Swift’s reentry near Indo...
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Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. Texas voters living along the Mexico border led the turnout surge that powered Democrats to historic vict...
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Modest in his demeanor but remarkably enduring, the American-born, Swedish conductor continually fell in love with music, leading orchestras with no-nonsense insight and integrity well into his 90s....
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Democrats said Wednesday morning that they’ve flipped enough state legislative seats to carry the Texas House — something that appeared out of reach headed into election night....
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Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were described by a prosecutor Wednesday as “cheaters” during opening statements at a New York criminal fraud trial that has cast a spotlight on the threat gamblers pose to America's pastime. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebec...
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A man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at Six Flags Fiesta Texas after allegedly lying about his age on Snapchat to meet her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Liam Malik McCormick, 24, faces a charge of continuous sexual abuse of two or more victims, acco...
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James Talarico told a victory rally in Austin on Tuesday night that his Senate win was a rebuke of big money and political division, casting the result as an underdog triumph over a series of “Goliaths.” The Associated Press called the race for Talarico around 10:05 p.m. Central ...
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Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Michigan voters had rejected “a hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races. El-Sayed said he was “running on a...
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Republicans lost two U.S. House seats they already controlled and flipped only one of their five gerrymander targets.
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The final midterm votes are still being counted, but make no mistake: The next election season has already begun. Presidential prospects in both parties jockeyed for position on Wednesday, even as the political world was digesting the impact of the Democratic wave that crashed ov...
