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Commentary: We must secure the right to contraception

In late September, Michigan’s Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno erroneously compared the emergency contraceptive Plan B to fentanyl at a conference in Texas, suggesting his state should “ban the pill.” DePerno is not the first politician to propose limiting contraceptive access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…

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EXPLAINER: Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones' Sandy Hook lies

A Connecticut jury is set to resume deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company must pay victims’ families for calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax

The Independent UK

Cowboys’ Cooper Rush could make league history Sunday as Dak Prescott continues to rehab

FRISCO, Texas – This historic start by Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush hasn’t changed his humbled demeanor.

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Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to allow state’s education agency to oust Houston school board

Among other issues, the court will consider whether a law that updated the education code last year has any bearing on TEA Commissioner Mike Morath’s attempt to replace HISD’s board members over low academic scores.

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Mike McCarthy on Rams being favorites over Cowboys: ‘We are nobody’s underdog’

FRISCO, Texas — How confident are the streaking Dallas Cowboys?

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After Uvalde CISD hires former trooper, lawmaker and parents call for DPS chief to resign

The Texas state senator who represents Uvalde, alongside the parents of the children killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting, are calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s director to resign following reports a former trooper who responded to the massacre was hired as a school district police officer.

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Biden is calling for marijuana possession pardons. But that doesn’t mean it’ll happen in Texas.

Biden’s federal pardons will help at least 6,500 people, though most possession crimes are charged at the state level. Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet said whether he’ll follow suit. Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke was quick to support the measure.

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Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

The Texas Tribune

Central Queensland cattle handler, 4, knows his way around Texas longhorns

Ever since Jace learnt to walk, he has had no trouble putting bulls and heifers in their place. His central Queensland family owns a stud of about 90 registered Texas longhorn cattle.

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Eagles kicker Jake Elliott expected to miss Week 5 matchup vs. Cardinals with ankle injury

The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to turn to former Texas kicker Cameron Dicker for Week 5 at the Arizona Cardinals, with Jake Elliott nursing an ankle injury

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Ted Cruz warns DHS secretary he could be impeached over rise in migrant crossings

Cruz and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accusing him of “gross dereliction of duty.” Mayorkas has been a consistent target of conservative ire over immigration.

The Texas Tribune

EPA will center climate change response in Texas on sea level rise, floods, drought and severe storms

The federal agency plans to increase efforts to help states adapt to the effects of climate change most damaging to each region.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’s Quinn Ewers to Return vs. Oklahoma, per Report

The Longhorns quarterback has reportedly “been practicing without limitations this week” ahead of the team’s fiercest rivalry: the Red River Showdown.

Sports Illustrated

Sonny Dykes Was Born to Be King of Texas Football

Just like his father, Spike, he’s leading a Big 12 school and using his deep roots in the state to build success.

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Federal judge curtails protections for LGBTQ workers, trans kids in response to Texas lawsuit

Ruling in a suit brought by Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk vacated guidance on gender-affirming care for children and pronouns, dress and bathroom protections for LGBTQ workers.

Sports Illustrated

College Football’s Most Sought-After Seats for Week 6 Games

Counting down the 10 most intriguing matchups and the most in-demand tickets for Saturday’s slate of games.

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Uvalde school hires ex-trooper who responded to massacre

A former Texas state trooper who was part of the law enforcement response now under investigation for its actions during the deadly school shooting in Uvalde has been hired by the school district as a campus police officer

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Federal judge hands Texas a win in lawsuit over protections for gay, transgender workers

DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that employment protections for gay and transgender workers do not extend to policies regarding dress codes, preferred pronouns or bathroom usage.

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Critic of Biden border policy in line to oversee DHS budget - Roll Call

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar is poised to become top Democrat on Homeland Security appropriations next year, to the chagrin of progressives.

The Independent UK

Texas’s Greg Abbott used Covid funding to bus migrants out of state, report says

Texas’s Gov Greg Abbott used loopholes in federal law and insufficient federal oversight to ensure that at least $1bn of federal Covid funding meant for his state’s residents actually went to his controversial efforts to fight immigration.

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Remember Paris Texas? A favourite on the Newcastle scene in the late 1980s into the '90s

Trading for around two decades, Paris Texas was a Newcastle mainstay, popular with Civic Centre staff and as a place to grab a meal before a gig at the nearby City Hall

Tribune News Service

Few places have more medical debt than Dallas-Fort Worth, but hospitals there are thriving

PROSPER, Texas — Almost everything about the opening of the 2019 Prosper High School Eagles’ football season was big.

Daily Mirror

Woman, 21, shot dead by embarrassed friend after she beat him in basketball game

According to victim Asia Womack's family, she was shot to death after beating a friend at a game of basketball in Dallas, Texas, in the US, leaving her loved-ones grieving

Los Angeles Times

2 indicted after imported jaguar cub was left on doorstep of Southern California animal rescue

LOS ANGELES — A jaguar cub was illegally bought, sold, transported and ultimately abandoned outside an animal sanctuary in Southern California, resulting in federal charges for a Riverside County man and a Texas woman, prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times

Border chief says GOP governors’ migrant relocation campaign is stoking migration to US

WASHINGTON — A few days after Daniel got off a plane in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachuseetts, where he had been flown from San Antonio with other migrants by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his phone buzzed.

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