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Some fear America is experiencing a literacy crisis, but business has been so good at Talking Animals Books in Grapevine that they opened a second location.
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Jerrod Knight tours the new Greenville Sports Park Center with Parks Director Brett Quarles ahead of its Aug. 29 opening, exploring its courts, aquatics and fitness amenities. -
The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo held a public viewing Thursday evening. Salgado Araujo, a 52-year old father of three, was killed in an ICE traffic stop in Houston last week.
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As flooding returns to Hill Country, Texas lawmakers say new safety laws already making a differenceNearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion. -
The move adds another layer of uncertainty to five lawsuits filed by families accusing Camp Mystic operators of failing to protect their children during last year's catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. -
Metrocare's board of managers approved an agreement with Parkland Health for a loan of up to $18 million to keep Dallas County's largest mental health and developmental disability services provider solvent.
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The primaries set the field for what are expected to be heated contests for Congress and governor in a swing state this fall. -
New York Mayor Mamdani said the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so. -
The move makes France the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. -
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. -
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.
