Judge: Texas is to blame for foster care neglect, failures
AUSTIN (AP) — A federal judge has accused Texas leaders for failing to act on her orders to fix the chronic foster care neglect. Tuesday’s…
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Cowboys DE Lawrence breaks foot in practice, out 6-8 weeks
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will miss significant time after…
Continue Reading Portland scraps Texas boycott, allocates abortion funds
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas…
Continue Reading Committee wants to file own plan in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A committee charged with representing the interests of tens of thousands of alleged victims of…
Continue Reading After humble beginnings, Oregon’s Dutch Bros launches IPO
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation by an Oregon town’s railroad tracks,…
Continue Reading Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press/Report for America NAMBÉ, N.M. (AP) — Tesla has sidestepped car dealership laws by setting up shop on Native…
Continue Reading Appeals court sides with Biden’s deportation priorities
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is allowing the Biden administration’s selective criteria on who should be deported to remain in…
Continue Reading Texas school districts sued over mask mandates push back
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Some of the 15 Texas school districts that have been sued in the past week for defying Gov. Greg…
Continue Reading Biles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, WILL GRAVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has told Congress…
Continue Reading Mayor: Chicago’s new schools chief leads San Antonio schools
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s new schools chief will be San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez. Mayor…
Continue Reading Some abortion foes question tactical wisdom of new Texas ban
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer The new Texas law that bans most abortions in the state is being welcomed by many of the religious leaders who help…
Continue Reading SEC defenses flexing after 2020 championship game fireworks
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Some Southeastern Conference defenses are flexing their muscles after 2020 being a defensive coordinator’s…
Continue Reading Texas company to pay nearly $3M for Clean Air Act violations
POINT COMFORT, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Texas plastics company has agreed to pay nearly $3 million in civil penalties for…
Continue Reading Sitting out NFL preseason helped some QBs, hurt others
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Sitting out the preseason did nothing to slow the start to the NFL season for guys like Matthew Stafford,…
Continue Reading Largest colleges push student vaccines with mandates, prizes
By AMY DiPIERRO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — As a new semester begins amid a resurgence of the coronavirus, 26 of the…
Continue Reading Nicholas lingers in Louisiana, dumps rain as far as Florida
By REBECCA SANTANA and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bands of heavy rain have been pummeling parts of the Alabama Gulf Coast and…
Continue Reading Texas abortion law strains clinics: ‘Exactly what we feared’
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion providers in Texas say they have seen a sharp drop in patients in the two weeks…
Continue Reading Garcia hits 30th HR, Texas beats Astros in Greinke’s return
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — All-Star slugger Adolis GarcÃa tied the Rangers’ single-season rookie record…
Continue Reading Portland scraps boycott, changes response to abortion ban
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland, Oregon, has walked back a proposed Texas boycott and travel ban in response to the state’s dramatic…
Continue Reading Obrian scores 2 goals, helps FC Dallas tie NYCFC 3-3
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Jáder Obrian scored two goals to help FC Dallas tie New York City FC 3-3. Dallas has only lost one of its last six away…
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US grants license for temporary nuclear waste dump in Texas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are giving the go-ahead for temporary storage of highly radioactive waste in west Texas. The Nuclear Regulatory…
Continue Reading Astros starter Odorizzi to 10-day IL after covering first
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The AL West-leading Houston Astros have put starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi on the 10-day injured list with right foot…
Continue Reading Mexico gives drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes 28 years
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Mexico has hit drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes with a 28-year prison sentence for organized crime, money…
Continue Reading Thanks, Tom Brady! Ageless quarterback helps NBC in ratings
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBC owes Tom Brady a thank you note. The ageless Tampa Bay Bucs quarterback led a charge in the…
Continue Reading Boy Scouts settlements reached with major insurer, Mormons
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — One of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement…
Continue Reading Wrongly convicted man who escaped death row dies of COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who escaped death row in Louisiana in 2012 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence for a murder he didn’t commit has…
Continue Reading Lots of QB shuffling early in season, led by Big 12
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There has already been some quarterback shuffling in the Big 12 after only two games. Skylar Thompson’s…
Continue Reading Jury weighing fate of Robert Durst after long murder trial
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of New York real estate heir…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed to levels not seen…
Continue Reading Teams battle for playoff positioning in WNBA’s final week
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA enters the final week of the regular season with many playoff positions still to be…
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