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Texas judge rules that law regulating firearm suppressors and some guns can’t be enforced
14+ hour, 1+ min ago (374+ words) The ruling could allow firearm owners to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and other certain firearms without registration, while also removing a layer of background checks. Last year, Republicans eliminated a $200 tax on those devices…...
Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multi-billion-dollar healthcare fraud crackdown
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (577+ words) A heart doctor is charged in Florida in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accused of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber-stamping the results as normal without reviewing them. Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges…...
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (920+ words) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle…...
Talarico targets Paxton’s scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (810+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JESSE BEDAYN Talarico has given Democrats their best chance in years of winning a Senate race in Texas and has boosted their still-uphill chances of retaking the majority in the U.S. Senate in November. Talarico, a former…...
Paxton makes his final pitch in Texas US Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump’s endorsement
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (634+ words) By JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS BEAUMONT “I don’t know if y’all noticed this, but Donald Trump endorsed me,” Paxton told a small rally in a town outside Austin, inciting whoops and applause from the crowd. Paxton has been turning his…...
Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Texas GOP primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1070+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JESSE BEDAYN and KENDRIA LaFLEUR, Associated Press “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on social media. News of…...
Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (637+ words) Small cities in big Texas metro areas were the fastest growing municipalities in the United States last year, as smaller communities in the South outpaced the rest of the nation, which has experienced a population slowdown since the start of…...
How and why San Antonio landed St. Paul’s Sean Sweeney as top assistant coach
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (741+ words) San Antonio’s defensive excellence certainly revolves around its star center. There’s a reason Victor Wembanyama was the unanimous choice for the 2025-26 Defensive Player of the Year award. The 7-foot-5 Frenchman is a shot blocker extraordinaire. Yet this series has been…...
NHL playoffs: Texas-sized blowout as Wild take Game 1
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (459+ words) DALLAS – By the third period of the playoff opener between the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars, the normally-raucous American Airlines Center, on the edge of downtown Dallas, was as quiet as the wind-swept West Texas prairie. In what they hope…...
Bible stories would be part of a new Texas public schools reading list drawing attention
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (791+ words) Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers,…...