Shaimaa Zayan, operations manager of CAIR Texas, poses for a portrait in Austin on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2026. Credit: Jacob Lujan/The Texas Tribune By Ellie Ashby, The Texas Tribune In political campaigns and the party’s platform, Texas Republicans condemn “sharia law” as a dangerous system of extr...
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The latest episode of Border Report Live features efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand detention facilities, and how some states and cities are pushing back. As well as border security operations, and the malfunctioning of an Army Chinook CH-47 helicopter...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The FBI says a man accused of defrauding hundreds of victims in the San Antonio area may be hiding in Mexico. Imer Gomez, 29, was recently added to the newly created FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list after being indicted by a federal grand jury ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insisted in court on Thursday that newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife were “false accusations.” Maduro and Cilia Flores, both shackled at the ankles, were brought to court to face a rewritten indi...
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By ANNA WILDER The Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas A massive backlog of voter registration applications in Texas that frustrated counties and raised concerns among Democrats nationally has been cleared days before early voting begins, state election officials sa...
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I want Odessa residents to understand that Governor Abbott visited earlier this week, yet neither his staff nor Representative Landgraf invited our distinguished Mayor, Cal Hendrick VII, to their event or informed him of their arrival. I consider this quite discourteous, and I be...
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MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Trudy was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the...
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MIDLAND Get ready for a spooktacular night of music as the West Texas Symphony presents Haunting Halloween Harmonies on Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Led by Maestro Gary Lewis, this family-friendly concert will bring the spirit of H...
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A 22-year-old Odessa woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after admitting she threw several heavy and sharp glass items at a 47-year-old woman. According to an Odessa Police Department report, dispatchers received a 9-1-1 call at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday from a woman on Cibola Court...
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON Plenty of attention will be on Marvin Harrison Jr. when the receiver makes his Houston Texans debut on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. There’s an unheralded Jacksonville receiver, though, whose been making big plays at key...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom wi...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - West Texas VA Health Care System received additional funding for nonrecurring maintenance projects after receiving funds earlier in the year. The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health ...
