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Matthew McConaughey to star in ‘Dallas Sting’ about girls soccer team’s historic win

DALLAS — You can take McConaughey out of Texas, but you can never take the Texas out of McConaughey.

Tribune News Service

Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

The Texas Tribune

Inspection reports reflect the desperation and danger youths face in Texas juvenile prisons

Visits to Texas’ severely understaffed youth prisons show suicide attempts without intervention, water bottles being used as makeshift toilets, and a rash of possibly gang-related fights.

The Texas Tribune

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Adley Rutschman has 3 hits to help Orioles beat Rangers, 7-2, in first game after Trey Mancini trade

ARLINGTON, Texas — As the Orioles looked ahead to what the coming weeks might hold for them after Trey Mancini was traded to the Houston Astros, many noted it created an opportunity for others to step up.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones’ trial about free speech rights?

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack as a hoax with the words “Save the 1st” scrawled on tape covering his mouth

The Independent UK

Author of “critical race theory” ban says Texas schools can still teach about racism

State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, said his intention was never to gloss over American history or have negative effects on teachers and administrators. His comments to the State Board of Education come as members consider new social studies curriculum.

The Texas Tribune

These companies have laid off 3,700 workers in Texas so far this year

Texas employers have laid off more than 3,700 workers so far this year, according to notices filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.

Tribune News Service

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Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

The Texas Tribune

Three missing children under age nine are found dead in Texas pond

Zi’ariel Oliver, 9, Amiyah Hughes, 8, and 5-year-old Temari Oliver were reported missing hours before their bodies were recovered in the early morning hours of Saturday

The Independent UK

Texas Republican John Cornyn tests positive for COVID as busy week begins in Senate

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn announced on Monday he’s tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic began.

Tribune News Service

Orioles trade Trey Mancini, their longest-tenured player, to Houston Astros

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Orioles’ rebuild faced its toughest move yet Monday, with Baltimore trading Trey Mancini, the roster’s lone holdover from its most recent playoff run and a player who endeared himself to the fan base with his personality and perseverance while facing cancer, to the Houston Astros, sources…

Tribune News Service

Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison

A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison

The Independent UK

Man going on trial in Texas in 2008 slaying of 2 daughters

A man who evaded arrest for over 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teen daughters in a taxi parked near a Dallas-area hotel is set to go on trial this week

The Independent UK

Deshaun Watson is suspended for 6 games over sexual misconduct

The NFL confirmed the Browns quarterback is being suspended for violating the league's personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas.

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Q&A: BJ Novak says Michael Scott would feel right at home in Texas

DALLAS — In a Zoom call to promote his new movie "Vengeance," it was obvious that B.J. Novak, the 42-year-old Boston guy best known for his role on "The Office," had done his homework.

Belfast Live

Bill Greer: UTV series tells of Stewartstown man who drove JFK car during Texas assassination

Bill Greer had emigrated to the United States in the 1930s after growing up in the Co Tyrone village

The Conversation

Penguins adapt their voices to sound like their companions

We’ve all known a friend who came back from holiday with a French lilt in their accent. Or noticed an American twang creeping into our voice during dinner with a friend visiting from Texas.

The Independent UK

This ‘abortion storyteller’ put her safety at risk to testify at a ‘brutal’ congressional hearing. Here’s why

Sarah Lopez, 29, tells Sheila Flynn that she felt compelled to testify before Congress this month about her own abortion and her advocacy work even though she knew she was putting herself in a ‘vulnerable position’ - which left her an internet target when she described her experience as an…

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How Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke are mobilizing in race for Texas governor, 100 days out

DALLAS — The sizzling dog days of Texas summer aren’t stopping Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke from mobilizing voters in the hot race for governor.

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$2.3 million spent with USPS from Texas campaign accounts

In Texas, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $2.3 million from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.4 percent of all $558.2 million in reported expenditures.

Reuters

'VIP trips' cost migrants their lives in Texas smuggling tragedy

At first, Mexican migrants Pablo Ortega and Julio Lopez enjoyed the smuggling equivalent of a first-class ticket to the United States: complimentary beers, safe houses with video games, even a week at a hunting ranch.

Texas Observer

Next on the GOP’s List: Starving Queer Kids

Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

The Independent UK

Deshaun Watson: NFL suspend quarterback for six games after sexual misconduct allegations

Watson has been found to have violated the league’s personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas

The Independent UK

AP sources: NFL suspends Browns QB Deshaun Watson 6 games

The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas, two people familiar with the decision said

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Lawmakers inflict heartbreak and harm with lax understanding of pregnancy

The nightmarish experience of an expectant mother in Texas underscores why lawmakers, in their zeal to protect the unborn at all costs, should have no business telling doctors how to do their jobs. The Houston woman, Elizabeth Weller, badly wanted a child and was heartbroken when her water broke at…

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