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Tuesday, Jan 14

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Dress warmly for a very big MLK March on a very cold Monday

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This will be the 38th time that people have gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy on the East Side and walked the two and a half miles to Pittman Sullivan Park.

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Dallas lawmaker pops the question on the first day of the 2025 legislative session

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State Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, proposed to his partner, Gregory Scott Jr., on the Texas House floor. He said yes!

Paxton's office asks Texas Supreme Court to toss ethics lawsuit after assistant dodged similar suit

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Both lawsuits stem from the attorney general's attempt to call into question the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock wins race for Texas House speaker

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After weeks of infighting among Texas House Republicans over who would lead their chamber this legislative session, Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) has won the powerful role of House speaker.

CIA declassifies surveillance docs on Latino civil rights groups, Rep. Castro urges FBI to follow

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The CIA released 55 documents related to its surveillance on Latino civil rights organizations last month. The FBI has not yet responded.

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Gov. Abbott floats idea of buying water from Houston, sending it to West Texas

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire said the exchange could help fund fixes to the city’s water system.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'little red dots' come into focus

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A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied hundreds of these "little red dots" and found clues about their identity.

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‘We have our country back’: Syrians in Texas celebrate end of Assad regime

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A month after the regime fell, some Syrians and Syrian Americans are already planning their first visits to the country after more than a decade.

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Pete Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary pick, grilled at contentious Senate hearing

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, answered questions Tuesday in a public hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The Texas Legislature kicks off its new session today in Austin

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The biggest thing to watch on day one of Texas’ 89th Legislative Session? Who the Texas House of Representatives chooses to be the next House speaker.

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Hill Country homes face wildfire risks; Enchanted Rock grows double in size; Habitat for Humanity honors Jimmy Carter

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Also: Advocates say Trump is unlikely to succeed in closing Dept. of Education; E-book provides recommendations to reduce cancer in Latinos; VIA looks for feedback on Better Bus Plan

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Homes in the hills north of San Antonio may face similar wildfire risks like those on the West Coast

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So prevention is important. The first step is to check 'structure ignition zones' outside of the home — one zone should be five feet from the home and the other zone should measure 30 feet from the home.

Monday, Jan 13

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A Texas man is arrested in Indianapolis on a charge of stalking WNBA's Caitlin Clark

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The 55-year-old man sent the basketball star threatening and sexually explicit messages on social media, then traveled from Texas to Indianapolis to try to encounter her in person, prosecutors say.

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A TikTok ban could hit the U.S. in days. What to know — and how to prepare

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Even if the controversial U.S. ban on TikTok does take effect on Jan. 19, the app won't automatically vanish from phones. Here's what would change, plus preparations and potential work-arounds.

Another blast of cold Arctic air headed to San Antonio this weekend

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This week will be more seasonal with highs in the 50s and 60s and perhaps some rain by Wednesday.

A new e-book from UT Health San Antonio offers recommendations on research about cancer in Latinos

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The findings from a conference a year ago were published in an online book with recommendations to combat the disparities in the incidence of cancer in Latinos.

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Rural Texas needs more public defenders. A state commission wants nearly $44M to help

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The Texas Indigent Defense Commission is asking the Legislature to allocate millions of the state's general revenue to rural public defense attorneys and offices.

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Judge Cannon paves the way for potential release of Part 1 of special counsel's report

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Cannon denied a motion by President-elect Donald Trump's former co-defendants who sought to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the election interference case.

Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys

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Mike McCarthy is not returning as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, who are going on three decades since their last Super Bowl title, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.

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Judge dismisses charges against former UT Austin lecturer arrested after pro-Palestinian protest

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A Travis County judge Monday agreed to grant a lawyer's motion to dismiss, which argued prosecutors failed to get an indictment against the former lecturer within the timeframe required by state law.

Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold

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Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold.

Gov. Greg Abbott orders all flags at full staff for Inauguration Day

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The U.S. flag has been flown at half-staff following the death of former president Jimmy Carter. Typically flags are at half-staff for 30 days after a president's death.

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Texas Legislature 101: Learn how bills become laws and how voters can participate in the process

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Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are.

See some of the most terrifying and dramatic pictures of California wildfire devastation

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These photos chronicle the catastrophic scale of destruction from wildfires in California that started on January 7.

An education ecosystem is being built in Elon Musk’s image. It starts in rural Texas.

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Ad Astra School has opened around the corner from Elon Musk’s corporate compound in rural Central Texas. Nonprofit filings show secondary schools and a university are also planned.

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LA fire officials warn of a new round of wildfire danger with strong winds forecast

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LA County's fire chief said people in evacuated areas won't be able to return home until at least Thursday due to the next round of fire danger. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating more deaths.

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Bexar Democrats talk legislative priorities; Expert weighs in on bird flu in Texas; San Antonio's beloved 'Spurs Lady' dies

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Also: Texas Comptroller announces legislative budget today; Sections of the San Antonio River to be drained; Accordion legend Flaco Jimenez faces medical hurdle

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Weird weather isn't always because of climate change — but sometimes it is

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Sometimes, weather is just weather. And other times human-caused climate change had an obvious impact.

Sunday, Jan 12

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Why Texas highway flyovers are so high

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Many Texas drivers have noticed that highway flyover interchanges are more frequent and getting higher. For anyone with a fear of heights driving through a flyover is a white-knuckle experience. TPR's David Martin Davies takes a look at…

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San Antonio mourns loss of the ‘Spurs Lady’ Sovia Lauriano

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Lauriano regularly dressed head-to-toe in custom Spurs gear and became a celebrity in her own right.