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Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC. Texas and Oklahoma are finally making their long-awaited conference switch. But first, it’s time to party with Bevo (the longhorn) and Pitbull (the human). The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern...
A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books. Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco’s Castro District, one of the oldest gay neighborhoods in the United States, Robbins uses...
Summer doldrums have set in, with heat advisories issued across parts of the US South
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The summer doldrums have set in across much of the United States, with heat advisories being issued Saturday from Texas to South Florida. In Miami, the temperature reached the low 90s Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) before noon Saturday. That is largely...
Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in the asphyxiation death of an inmate
Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno Jr., 37, in the April death of 31-year-old former Marine Anthony Johnson Jr. at the Tarrant County...
The VP race's Florida question: Would Rubio or Donalds have to move if Trump picks either of them?
MIAMI (AP) — As Donald Trump narrows his options for a potential running mate, two politicians known to be on his list are from Florida, leaving open a scenario where his vice presidential nominee would have to move if the Republican ticket wins. The U.S. Constitution prohibits a...
The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump's immunity looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness. And, with the...
How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers are the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 fourth-grade students and...
Judge partially ends court oversight of migrant children, chipping away at 27-year arrangement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that...
Driver convicted in deaths of 8 people struck by SUV outside migrant shelter sentenced to 60 years
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alvarez, 35, was found...
Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was 'hunting' children
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was “hunting” victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb...
