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The Texas Education Agency will take over Connally ISD after years of low accountability ratings. District leaders say changes won’t impact campuses immediately.
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Josh Koch/U.S. Geological SurveyThis year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange. -
Abdel Kareem Hana/APA storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there. -
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Getty ImagesRob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's son Nick has been arrested in connection with their deaths. And, authorities have released new images to help identify the gunman in the Brown University shooting.
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In its first week, one group's test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women's restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent. -
Under a new agreement, Mexico will release 202,000 acre-feet of water to the U.S. beginning this week. -
The city will pay Southwest Airlines $2,750 for each hire in the next five years up to a max of $5.5 million. Texas is kicking in another $14 million. -
SAD is a kind of depression that lower your energy and affect you moods. A North Texas dietitian explains how and why food can be an effective treatment. -
Human Rights groups are calling the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss a human and civil rights disaster. They demand the federal government shut down the tent facility and warn living conditions are putting hundreds of people held there at risk. -
Owl sightings aren’t unusual in West Texas. You might spot a great horned owl in Alpine or Marfa, a barn owl in a farm building in Presidio or a burrowing owl on the Marathon grasslands. And the irresistible elf owl – which, at less than 6 inches long, is the world’s smallest owl – summers in Big Bend.
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