Texas lawmakers this week questioned whether prediction markets are effectively offering sports betting in a state where gambling is largely prohibited, while industry leaders argued the platforms function as federally regulated financial exchanges.
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El Paso, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will visit southern New Mexico on Thursday to announce the reopening of the Santa Teresa cattle crossing, a major entry point for livestock imported from Mexico. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it ...
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Austin police are asking for the public's help identifying three women suspected in a robbery at Neiman Marcus at The Domain that left an employee assaulted las...
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LeJames Norman was executed by lethal injection in Texas for the 2005 triple murder of three people during an attempted drug robbery in Edna, southwest of Houston....
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Austin FC midfielders Ilie Sánchez and Jorge Alastuey visited Walnut Creek Elementary School students Wednesday afternoon to encourage youth development as part of Austin FC's "Next Eleven" program....
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their substantial energy needs as lawmakers used what was expected to be their final day in Washington before the midterm elections to address a gro...
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A SpaceX manager is facing a felony charge after a stabbing at a Del Valle bar.
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Two teachers from the same Manor ISD elementary school are facing felony injury to a child charges. One allegedly abused five nonverbal autistic children over a period of 11 days....
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Texas state representative Venton Jones are in hot water this week after appearing at an Usher and Chris Brown concert in the Dallas area over the weekend....
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Fredericksburg Middle School was given the all-clear Wednesday afternoon after law enforcement found “no credible threat”.
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Austin police, paramedics and recovery advocates are renewing calls for people to carry Narcan after five people overdosed early Wednesday morning near a bar on East Sixth Street....
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A mysterious form of kidney disease that has devastated young to middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia appears to have surfaced in Texas....
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Texas is looking to “explore the development” of new energy sources on state land, according to the General Land Office.
