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VIDEO: Coast Guard Rescues 9 Workers From Rig Fire Off Texas Coast

A coordinated effort from multiple agencies ensured the workers were quickly brought to safety and the fire was contained.

Zenger · Feb 27, 2022

US midterm elections: As Texas goes, so goes the nation?

Progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans eye a heavily Hispanic congressional seat that could help tilt the balance of power in Washington

Financial Times · Feb 27, 2022

No. 5 Kansas upended on road at No. 10 Baylor, 80-70

WACO, Texas — Defending national champion Baylor, which lost by 24 points to Kansas back on Feb. 5 at Allen Fieldhouse, gained revenge by toppling the Jayhawks, 80-70, on Saturday night at Ferrell Center.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022

Jay Ambrose: We can win this Cold War, too

Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a deteriorated, spider-filled, filthy, underground fallout shelter in the backyard. It made me shudder, not because of its appearance, but because it represented past fears of the…

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

EXPLAINER: What does Texas' data on abortions say about law?

Texas has released data showing a marked drop in abortions at clinics in the state in the first month under the nation’s strictest abortion law, but that only tells part of the story

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

What Electing A New Railroad Commissioner Means for Texans

Thanks to a provocative TikTok, and the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri, the agency is having its moment.

Texas Observer · Feb 25, 2022

In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Texas argues public transport mask mandate exceeds CDC authority

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation on Feb. 16, 2022, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas aiming to block enforcement of the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by the…

Ballotpedia · Feb 25, 2022

MOVIE REVIEW: We establish whether Netflix's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' is worth getting revved up about

Gory kills are best thing about rocky reboot that shoehorns big issues into story that also includes lots of dumb decisions

Daily Record · Feb 25, 2022

Texas catch of enormous bass described as ‘historic’

An Oklahoma man who drove in snow with his son to fish in Texas has landed one of the largest bass ever caught in the Lone Star State.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 25, 2022