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1.7 million Texans could lose health care under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill

The Texas Tribune

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

Patricia Lim

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Who's actually passing laws at the Texas Capitol?

Blaise Gainey

Louis Hunter, center, chats with filmmakers during the Waco Indie Red Carpet on July 17, 2025.

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Waco Independent Film Festival Named One of Top Indie Fests in the World

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Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid

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Tourist boat capsizes during a thunderstorm in Vietnam, leaving 34 dead

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A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 34 people.
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Trump calls for the release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury testimony

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a formal request to release grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein. But the president continues to distance himself from the late, disgraced financier.
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'Wait Wait' for July 19, 2025: With Not My Job guest James Gunn

  This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest James Gunn and panelists Paula Poundstone, Adam Burke, and Bobcat Goldthwait
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Man whose car struck crowd outside Los Angeles club, injuring 30, was shot, attacked by crowd

The Associated Press

A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people and leading bystanders to attack the driver, authorities said.

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As Texans start to rebuild after the floods, many face the reality of being uninsured

Audrey McGlinchy

Just 7% of homeowners in Texas have flood insurance through the federal government, which runs the biggest flood insurance program in the country. That percentage drops to 2% when you move inland, to areas like Travis and Kerr counties.
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UNT reducing athletic department staff to help free up funds to pay athletes

Brett Vito | Denton Record-Chronicle

North Texas is restructuring its athletic department staff in the wake of the House v. NCAA case settlement.
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Allred campaigns for Senate and fellow Democrats to join him on next year's ballot

Heather Claborn

The election for Texas's US Senate Seat may be more than a year away, but the race to get onto the ballot is already hot.
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East Texas judge approves Oct. 16 execution date for Robert Roberson

Toluwani Osibamowo

After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court.
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Appeals court orders release of Uvalde school shooting records

Ayden Runnels | Texas Tribune

Eighteen news organizations including The Texas Tribune have been seeking the records since 2022, when 19 children and 2 teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School.
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Texas has funded hundreds of millions in flood projects. The State Flood Plan says it needs $54 billion.

Paul Flahive

The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.

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Bones from the only known Columbian Mammoth nursery herd lie where they were found inside the dig shelter. Each animal is named with a letter, and most are female and juvenile mammoths. Scientists are still excavating the site and discovering new bones.

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