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Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Attack ads on every TV break. Campaign money pouring in. And on a sunny Saturday, a crowd stretching out the door for a campaign rally at Tulip’s, a popular Fort Worth nightclub — this time for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker trying to unseat

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of three suspects jailed in Las Vegas following a deadly two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020, including the killing of a man at a convenience store in southern Nevada and a shootout with authorities in northwestern Arizona, has pleaded guilty. Christopher McDonnell, 32, entered his pleas Thursday to

The NFL and its players association said Friday the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game. The league and the NFL Players Association said in a joint statement they reviewed reports from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wrongful death. Attorneys

AP Basketball Writer The WNBA has been praised in the past as a leader for its diversity hiring practices. That hasn’t changed, but some things have. At the end of the 2022 season, half of the 12 head coaches in the league were Black. Two years later, Seattle’s Noelle Quinn is the only one left

A look at the 13-member class of 2024 being enshrined Sunday in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Vince Carter An eight-time All-Star during his NBA-record 22 seasons. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999, Carter is the only player to play in four different decades. He won an Olympic gold medal and

The Texas Tribune TOYAH, Texas (AP) — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers. The air around her house in this West Texas town stunk of rotten eggs. “Last night, about 1 a.m., it was so bad we couldn’t sleep,” she said. “We were feeling nauseous.” “Should we

AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As the sun sets on a perfect, late summer evening, A.J. Foyt sits inside his wine vault in Speedway, Indiana. He’s getting regular updates on the expanding line that snakes around tables, through the bar, out the front door, down Main Street and around the corner for two blocks.

AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Perhaps the only way the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry could have become even more intense happened when both joined the powerful Southeastern Conference in July. The series that began in 1900 immediately will rank with the best of the SEC’s older ones — Alabama vs. Georgia, the Iron Bowl between

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — Two employees killed when hydrogen sulfide leaked at a Houston-area oil refinery were employees of a subcontractor performing maintenance work, the director of Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company that operates the plant, said Friday. The two “were in the zone directly affected, and who received the direct impact of the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after falling into deep, turbulent waters, according to a military investigation into the January deaths. The review

AP Airlines Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Relatives of passengers who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes came to a federal court in Texas on Friday to listen as their lawyers asked a judge to throw out a plea agreement that the aircraft manufacturer struck with prosecutors and put the company

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Caden Veltkamp threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, Michael Mathison had two touchdown catches and a touchdown run, and Western Kentucky cruised to a 44-17 victory over winless UTEP on Thursday night. Western Kentucky (4-2, 2-0 Conference USA) grabbed a 14-7 lead after one quarter on Veltkamp’s

AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dallas scored three goals on consecutive shots in the second period to hold off the Nashville Predators 4-3 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Mason Marchment scored two goals in the win, while Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson each had a goal apiece for Dallas.

DALLAS (AP) — Klay Thompson made his preseason debut with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, scoring 10 points in his new team’s 107-102 loss to the Utah Jazz. It was Thompson’s first NBA game in anything other than a Golden State uniform. He played 11 seasons with the Warriors, not counting the 2019-20 and

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — At least two workers at a Houston-area oil refinery were killed Thursday after hydrogen sulfide leaked at the plant, setting off urgent warnings for nearby residents to stay indoors before authorities later determined that the public was not in danger. Nearly three dozen other people were either transported to hospitals

AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will expand its Finals next year to a best-of-seven format, the league announced Thursday. The league currently has a best-of-five semifinals and finals in its playoffs with a best-of-three first round. “This will give our fans a championship series format that they are accustomed to seeing

AP Basketball Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that the Atlantic Coast Conference was flirting with its public goal of earning 10 bids to the NCAA Tournament to go with all those regular Final Four appearances. Things have gotten tricky since for a league that proclaims itself as college basketball’s best.

AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are turning things over to Drake Maye, and his first shot will come against the AFC South-leading Houston Texans. The first-round draft pick is replacing Jacoby Brissett as the starter in the hopes that he can snap the Patriots’ four-game losing streak. But he’ll

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches have tabbed Kansas as the preseason favorite to win a conference that had nine of its current teams make the NCAA Tournament last season. The Jayhawks were picked ahead of Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and league-newcomer Arizona in a vote that was released Thursday for the conference’s 16

The Texas Tribune During a legislative hearing that featured clips of television shows filmed in Texas and testimony from movie stars like Dennis Quaid, lawmakers considered whether to overhaul a film incentive program that has lured hit productions like “Yellowstone” and “Friday Night Lights” to the state. Professionals in the film industry told lawmakers that

Detroit (3-1) at Dallas (3-2) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Lions by 3. Against the spread: Lions 3-1; Cowboys 2-3. Series record: Cowboys lead 19-12. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Lions 20-19 on Dec. 30, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. Last week: Lions beat Seahawks 42-29 on Sept. 30; Cowboys beat Steelers 20-17. Lions

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Top-ranked Texas and No. 18 Oklahoma are giving the Southeastern Conference another great rivalry. This one is split by the Red River and played in the middle of the nation’s biggest state fair. “I’ve been part of some great games, some great rivalries,” said fourth-year Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian,

Houston (4-1) at New England (1-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Texans by 7. Against the spread: Texans 1-3-1; Patriots 1-3-1. Series record: Patriots lead 9-3. Last meeting: New England won 25-22 won in Houston on Oct. 10, 2021. Last week: Texans beat Bills 23-20; Patriots lost 15-10 to Dolphins. Texans offense:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers will return as the starting quarterback for No. 1 Texas against rival No. 18 Oklahoma after missing the previous two games with an abdomen strain, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday. Sarkisian had said Monday that Ewers would likely start against the Sooners, but he wanted to monitor his

Roof panels atop the home of the Tampa Bay Rays were ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton, scattering debris across the field and throughout the seating areas after the deadly storm barreled across Florida. Team officials said only a handful of essential personnel were inside Tropicana Field, located in St. Petersburg, when the storm hit.

AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Zack Steffen remembers the phone call, the one he considers the toughest moment of his career. It was coach Gregg Berhalter in late 2022 telling the goalkeeper he was not part of the United States’ World Cup roster, even as some viewed him as the No. 1 pick

No. 1 Texas (5-0, 1-0 SEC) vs No. 18 Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1) in Dallas, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 14 1/2. Series record: Texas leads 63-51-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Texas is back to No. 1 and remembers last season’s stinging defeat to the Sooners, their only loss in the

AP Basketball Writer Danny Green, the sharpshooting guard who won an NCAA championship at North Carolina before helping three different franchises win NBA championships, announced his retirement as a player on Thursday. Green won NBA titles with San Antonio in 2014, Toronto in 2019 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, and was a starter

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrants who built lives in the United States after being brought here illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered Thursday outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans, where three appellate judges heard arguments over the Biden administration’s policy shielding them from deportation. At stake in