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Oil Prices Edge Up on Supply Concerns after Drop to Near 6-Month Low

Oil prices rose on Thursday as supply concerns triggered a rebound from multi-month lows plumbed in the previous session after US data signaled weak fuel demand. Brent crude futures rose 10 cents, or 0.1%, at $96.88 a barrel at 0653 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures was last…

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Texas Democrats see hope in Kansas abortion vote, but challenges remain

Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

The Texas Tribune

Orioles backups lead way in 6-3 road win over Rangers to complete sweep, improve to season-best three games over .500

ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours before beginning their series with the Texas Rangers, the Orioles faced the demoralizing reality that they would not remain intact through the trade deadline. By its end, they could fully embrace they still have the potential to hunt a playoff berth in the season’s final months.

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The varieties of climate-driven medical risk

When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas…

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EXPLAINER: Does health care law protect emergency abortion?

The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade with a case that could allow hospitals to keep giving women abortion-related medical care in serious medical situations

The Independent UK

U.S. heat wave: Here's where temperature records were set in July

Many locations broke previous records by several degrees, particularly in Texas.

Axios

With rural Texas watching, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke dig in on school vouchers fight

O’Rourke is hammering Abbott over vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers are a political hot potato for Republicans.

The Texas Tribune

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How Peter Stout Turned Around Houston’s Crime Lab

Once dubbed the worst in the country, Houston Forensic Science Center is setting a new standard for criminal investigations.

Texas Observer

Searing heat spotlights West’s long-term water woes

HAYS COUNTY, Texas — Located near the resort community of Wimberly, just 45 miles southwest of Austin, Jacob’s Well has earned a near-legendary reputation as one of the most popular swimming holes in the Central Texas Hill Country. Hundreds come to the artesian spring each summer to dip into blue-green…

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Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for months

The state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort.

The Texas Tribune

A mother watches helplessly as her teenage boy deteriorates in a Texas youth prison

The state of Texas has essentially controlled her son’s life since he was 11. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was supposed to keep him safe and help him get better. It has failed at every turn.

The Texas Tribune

Mac Engel: Cowboys’ receiver fiasco begs the return of Cole Beasley, but he has 'no shot'

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys’ potential solution at their latest wide receiver crisis is waiting to be offered a contract that will never come from his hometown team.

Tribune News Service

Apocalyptic scenes as out of control wildfire sends huge orange flames over road

Massive orange flames can be seen roaring across a road in Texas with firefighters in the foreground in dramatic footage as wildfire rips through an 800 acre area with the majority out of control

Daily Mirror

Uvalde teacher says Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s private meetings with victim families were ‘all for show’

Uvalde residents pressured a nearby city to revoke a rental agreement for an NRA fundraiser raffling off an AR-15, the same type of gun used in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary

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What happened to Fort Worth teacher who let student use racial slurs in presentation?

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth high school teacher heard on video telling students not to be offended by a racial slur in a classmate’s presentation earlier this year is no longer employed with the district, officials confirmed Tuesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas 2023 4-star SF Gehrig Normand commits to Michigan State basketball

BREAKING: Michigan State picks up commitment from 4-star SF Gehrig Normand of North Richland Hills, Texas

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After an abysmal season, Texas defense seeks mulligan under Pete Kwiatkowski

AUSTIN, Texas – If Pete Kwiatkowski is concerned by the specter of Gary Patterson, the Texas defensive coordinator still managed a solid self-deprecating one-liner.

The Independent UK

Wife of defense contractor claims stolen ID is her real name

The wife of a U.S. defense contractor, who together are charged in Hawaii federal court with stealing the identities of two deceased Texas infants and living under their names for three decades, says she's not the person prosecutors say she is

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Texas father killed 2 teen daughters because he couldn’t control them, prosecutor says

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amina Said and her sister, Sarah, were girls with big dreams.

The Texas Tribune

Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim call for accountability in Alex Jones’ defamation trial

The parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis are suing Jones for falsely claiming that the 2012 mass school shooting was a hoax meant to take away Americans’ guns. The trial is the first of three to determine monetary penalties against the Texas-based conspiracy theorist for his lies about the tragedy.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MSU target, 4-star Texas SF Gehrig Normand to announce college decision on Tuesday

Michigan State basketball could be getting some more good news on the recruiting trail tonight

The Texas Tribune

Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines

While wind farms in the region could help power and lower energy costs for at least 9 million homes, significant infrastructure upgrades would be needed to supply electricity from the region to other parts of the state.

The Independent UK

Guatemala arrests migrant smugglers wanted by the US

Guatemalan authorities have arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico, including four sought by the United States in connection with the death of a migrant in Texas in 2021

Sports Illustrated

Alabama Opens As No. 1 Recruiting Class of 2023

Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas and Georgia round out the top five to open the team recruiting ranking.

Texas Observer

Michelle Vallejo Keeps the Progressive Flame Alive in the RGV

She could be the first Latina Democrat to represent the Valley in the U.S. House, if she can defeat a well-funded Republican.

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