Feature Impact When seasonal celebrations start to fill up your calendar as you host friends and family, an appetizer that is delicious, yet simple, quickly moves from a new addition at the table to a tried-and-true shareable that guests look forward to year after year. This Baked Feta with Roast...
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A demonstrator stands among battery powered candles in paper bags during a vigil in protest against potential cuts to Medicaid in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas ho...
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Joey McGuire has often roamed a sideline during games in Texas on Friday nights in the fall. This time will feel much different for the Texas Tech coach. The 13th-ranked Red Raiders, the defending Big 12 champions , play their conference opener...
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On Sept. 16, Mexicans on both sides of the Rio Grande celebrated the country’s independence from Spain. Many joined Mexico’s president’s tradition of repeating the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s call for revolution in 1810. The event coincided with similar i...
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Courtesy Photo CANYON The West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra will continue the country’s semiquincentennial celebrations with its first concert of the 2026-2027 academic year. “Happy Birthday, America! The USA Turns 250” is set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Mary Moody North...
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Feature Impact People often think of beef as a dinner staple, but it deserves a spot at the breakfast table, too. Endlessly versatile and packed with protein, beef can turn everything from breakfast burritos to sandwiches into hearty, satisfying fuel for the day. Breakfast is imp...
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By MATT BROWN The Associated Press WASHINGTON The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new stud...
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Talker News | Talker Two-thirds of American homeowners have already experienced a power outage in 2026 — and nearly three-quarters of those affected are worried they’ll experience another within the next year. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 American homeowners, which f...
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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan has been rising for months and reached its highest level in over 14 months last week at 6.76%, acc...
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By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, ...
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MIDLAND The Permian Basin Society for Human Resource Management (PBSHRM) will host its 2026 Annual Conference and Expo on Friday, September 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bush Convention Center, 105 N. Main St. in downtown Midland. This year’s theme is “Preparing Today’s Workfo...
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AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced that Texas has secured nearly $12 billion in critical Medicaid funding after months of negotiation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “This funding is a major victory for Texas patients,” said Abbott. “It aut...
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By WILL JARRETT, AARON KESSLER, HUMERA LODHI and ELLIOT SPAGAT The Associated Press An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America : Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest le...
