By The Texas Tribune Democrat James Talarico began election night with a lead over Republican Ken Paxton in Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race, according to early returns that put Democrats within reach of snapping their three-decade losing streak in statewide races. With Election Day ballot...
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The Texas Tribune Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Gov. Greg Abbott for governor Tuesday, denying the Republican a record fourth term and triggering a political earthquake in a state that has not seen a Democrat sit in the governor’s mansion this century. Abbott conceded at 10 p.m...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in deep-red South Carolina delivered an embarrassing loss to President Donald Trump on Tuesday when they rejected Republican Darline Graham, who the president had urged to run and twice campaigned with in the final weeks of the midterm campaign. Annie And...
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SEMINOLE The Compass Academy volleyball team won its area round contest against Idalou in three sets, Tuesday in the Class 3A Division II playoffs. Compass Academy won by scores of 25-22, 25-17, 25-11. The Lady Cougars improved to 38-4 while Idalou’s season ended at 25-14. Compas...
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Although Perla Ábrego is an associate professor of Spanish at University of Texas Permian Basin, she’s still learning from her students. Ábrego teaches in the bachelor’s and master’s Spanish programs at UTPB where she has just wrapped up 13 years. She’s also a recipient of the Re...
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PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Skies began to clear Tuesday, but while floodwaters from almost two weeks of on-and-off heavy rain still inundated parts of the U.S. Southwest, other areas left mud-caked by receding torrents presented homeowners and businessowners with the filthy wor...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this Election Day. They appear to be taking his advice — and that’s not a good thing for the Republican president or his party. Voters are in the mood for change, according to ...
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One of the roommates of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home in 2022 says she's endured years of harassment, threats and unfounded accusations and wants to ensure her face is blurred in an upcoming release of investigative video recordings, according to cour...
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Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be nonhazardous — yeast or flour — though not all lette...
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By JOSH KELETY The Associated Press An escaped Tennessee prison er convicted of murder was recaptured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, when his truck got stuck in the mud after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down, ending more than a week on the ru...
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced Tuesday that he is stepping down, six days after a high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 69 people. He made the announcement at the end of an hourslong appearance before lawmakers about the crash — the se...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK A rebound for some influential Big Tech stocks lifted the U.S. market on Tuesday despite a drop for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, even though most of the stocks within the index fell. The Dow Jone...
