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By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels already has delivered one program-shaking play in Austin. He would love to do it again. Quinn Ewers guided Texas to a win over Alabama that changed the trajectory of the season for the Longhorns. His goal is to keep them barreling ahead

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 after ranting about Hispanics taking over the government and economy has agreed to pay more than $5 million to victims of the racist attack, according to an order signed by a judge

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer IndyCar will return to the Milwaukee Mile next season and Texas Motor Speedway is off the calendar for the first time since 1997 as part of the 2024 schedule released Monday. The 17-race schedule features two Saturday night races, a $1 million all-star race in Southern California, 12

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dejan Joveljic scored in the 89th minute, Michael Barrios’ first goal with Los Angeles came in stoppage time and the Galaxy rallied for a 3-3 draw with Austin FC on Sunday night in a match that started three hours late because of a thunderstorm. Austin snaps a club-record four-match losing streak

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dak Prescott stepped up to avoid the rush, surveyed the coverage and let the ball fly into the end zone. Hit his receiver and the Dallas Cowboys would still have a chance to pull off a road comeback. One problem: Prescott didn’t see Kyzir White.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — William Byron got a milestone victory for Rick Hendrick while advancing into the round of eight of NASCAR playoffs. Bubba Wallace felt like he let one get away. Byron took the lead for the first time right after the final restart with six laps

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers secured a crucial three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners in the tight AL West by hanging on through a rough patch from a bullpen that not long ago threatened to derail a promising season. Suddenly 2 1/2 games up in the division

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros know they need to get it together — and quickly — for a chance to defend their crown this postseason after being swept at home by one of baseball’s worst teams and falling farther behind Texas in the AL West. “It sucks not

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Beck craned his neck after crossing the goal line, checking for penalty flags before celebrating. He scanned the field and found none, so he gladly let his teammates mob him in the end zone. This was one for the record books. Beck, a

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah (AP) — Space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples lands in Utah desert.

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn’t worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves. Mohammad was a university professor, teaching human rights courses in Afghanistan before he fled for the United States. Mohammad is also Hazara,

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early next month, the Vatican will open an unprecedented gathering of Catholic clergy and laypeople from around the world. The synod is intended to be a collegial, collaborative event, though the agenda includes divisive issues such as the role of women in the church and

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Freshman Jai’Den “Jet” Thomas tied the program record with four rushing touchdowns to help UNLV beat UTEP 45-28 Saturday night and earn first-year coach Dave Odom’s first road win. Thomas, who finished with 100 yards rushing on 13 carries, scored on runs of 12 and 17 yards in the first

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — As a train roared in the distance, some 5,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants hoping to make it to the U.S. snapped into action. Families with young children sleeping on top of cardboard boxes and young men and women tucked away in tents under a nearby bridge scrambled

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Robert Coleman threw a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes and Khalan Griffin and Damashja Harris combined to run for 198 yards and a touchdown apiece to help power Lamar to a 38-0 shutout win over unaffiliated Lincoln (CA) on Saturday night. Coleman led the Cardinals on a five-play 75-yard opening drive,

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Ismail Mahdi rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns and Texas State scored 35 unanswered points to rally for a 35-24 victory over Nevada on Saturday. Brandon Talton kicked a 30-yard field goal and KK Meier returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown to give Nevada (0-4) a 10-0