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Floods knocked $200M off Kerr County property tax rolls, officials say
It's not yet clear how much tax revenue the county could lose due to the lower property values, Kerr County officials say.
Mississippi judge pauses the state's ban on DEI programs in schools and universities
A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities is on hold. A federal judge temporarily paused the law on Sunday. U.S. District Judge ...
Alabama man's death is ruled a homicide after police kneeled on his neck
A county coroner in Alabama is ruling the death of a man who died in an encounter with police as a homicide. Phillip Reeder was 52 years old and unarmed when he died last August after a police ...
The history of Native American sports name changes, from the Obama era to Trump's latest comments
President Donald Trump’s social media posts about the NFL’s Washington Commanders and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians going back to their old names has revived the conversation ...
He lived with his wife's rotting corpse for a month, says Bexar sheriff
Sheriff Salazar said Charles Byrd explained he had never committed a crime before, and then he said, “Go big or go home.” ...
Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case
A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of Pedro Hernandez, who was found guilty in 2017 of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. The court ruled Monday that the trial judge mishandled ...
Boerne is getting a Sprouts store as grocer expands in San Antonio area
The Phoenix-based retailer is planning to start construction on a 23,000-square-foot store near Interstate 10 in January 2026 ...
'The Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies at 54
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on "The Cosby Show," has died. He was 54. According to " People ," Warner ...
Opinion
After tragedies, Texas remains stuck with excuses, refusing to fix what’s broken
At the Oklahoma City National Memorial, on the site where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stood before a domestic terrorist’s truck bomb destroyed it, time is divided into three sacred minutes ...
Environmentalists' lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court, Florida official says
Florida’s top emergency official says a judge should resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the Florida ...
Milan's mayor denies wrongdoing in a corruption probe into the city's construction boom
Milan's mayor says he will not step down in the face of a sweeping probe into the city’s massive urban development over the last two decades. The city’s top urban development official ...
A pilot made sharp turn to avoid a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, then took to the mic to explain
A SkyWest pilot made a sharp turn during a flight over North Dakota to avoid a military plane he said was in his path. The incident occurred Friday as Delta Flight 3788 approached Minot ...