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Texas Offered Chris Beard Chance to Resign Before Firing Him

The Longhorns parted ways with the embattled coach Thursday.

Sports Illustrated

Students Taking Back ‘Ownership’ of Education

“We defended these books, which remained in the library ... We saw book banning slow down, and that was really phenomenal to see.”

Texas Observer

Texas Longhorns fire Chris Beard, men’s basketball coach accused of assaulting fiancée

Less than a month after Chris Beard was charged with a third degree felony for family violence, Texas has fired its men’s basketball coach.

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Court goes against Texas inmates questioning execution drugs

Texas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing orders in a lawsuit by three death row inmates who allege the state plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to execute them

The Independent UK

Texas fires basketball coach Chris Beard

Beard faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée. His contract with the Longhorns includes a provision he could be fired for cause if he was charged with a felony.

Chicago Sun-Times

UT fires head basketball coach Chris Beard after domestic violence arrest

Beard was hired by UT in 2021. The university paid $4 million to buy out his contract at Texas Tech University. He was one of UT’s highest-paid employees.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Fires Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Beard

The school announced the decision on Thursday following an assault charge in December.

Sports Illustrated

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Migos rapper Takeoff’s suspected killer released on $1 million bond

The suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff posted a $1 million bond and was released from a Texas jail, court records show.

Tribune News Service

Mum gives birth to twins born on different days in separate months and years

Kali Jo Scott, from Texas, US, went into labour with her first twin baby girl Annie Jo at 11.55pm on New Year's Eve as her sister followed just minutes later into New Year's Day at 12.01am

Daily Mirror

Alexis Vidler: Everything we know about the Texas teen’s disappearance

Celina police issue amber alert warning missing girl could have been abducted and be in danger and say they are seeking a black 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage

The Independent UK

ESPN Did Everything Right in Covering Tragic Damar Hamlin Injury

Under scary, unknown circumstances, ESPN handled the news story right away.

Sports Illustrated

Biden’s first border visit will be in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday

WASHINGTON — Two years after taking office, President Joe Biden will make his first U.S.-Mexico border visit on Sunday with a stop in El Paso, where a massive influx of migrants has overwhelmed local shelters.

Tribune News Service

Amber Alert issued for 17-year-old missing in Texas

Alexis Vidler, 17, vanished from her home in Celina, Texas, on 2 January

The Independent UK

After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

The Texas Tribune

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These 21 House members didn't vote for Kevin McCarthy. Here's what they want

McCarthy is still short of the votes he needs to be speaker, and it's because of a staunch, anti-establishment, intransigent far-right group that wants government to do a lot less.

Tribune News Service

Most of U-Haul’s rentals are Texas bound

That U-Haul trailer you saw on the highway is probably headed to Texas.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: We need to take bold steps to help our struggling youths in 2023

Starting the new year with legislation that prohibits anyone younger than 18 from having a social media account would benefit our youths. In Texas, that could become a reality. A state representative there has proposed legislation that would ban minors from having social media profiles. While it certainly will be…

The Guardian - US

Texas minors need parental approval for federally funded birth control – court

Trump-appointed judge rules that children must have parental consent for contraception, in state where most abortion is banned

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Evening Standard

Migos rapper Quavo shares moving tribute song to late nephew Takeoff

The musician posted the track to his social media, just over two months on from the tragic incident in Texas

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans urge Chip Roy and other McCarthy opponents to let Congress get to work

Texans poised to assume committee leadership are growing frustrated by Republicans blocking Kevin McCarthy’s election for speaker because Congress can’t get to work until a leader is in place.

Texas Observer

Florida and Texas, the Far-Right Axis

Both helmed by conservative governors, the two states represent radically different futures for the country.

The Texas Tribune

For teens in Deep East Texas, accessing sex education and contraception is next to impossible

In conservative Sabine County, it’s hard for teens to access contraception or sex education beyond lessons on abstinence. The Deep East Texas region has one of the highest teen birth rates in the state.

Tribune News Service

‘Hilarious and super fun.’ Texas twins born minutes apart have different birth years

DALLAS -- A set of fraternal twins born in Denton, Texas, will likely share a lot of things in life, including their DNA, but their birth year won’t be one of them.

Tribune News Service

Sharon Grigsby: Trump judge’s rollback of birth control rights forces Texas clinics to turn away teens

Texas has yet again set the standard for terrible reproductive health policy.

Tribune News Service

KU basketball survives late rally to defeat Texas Tech: How the Jayhawks won in Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas — Former Texas Tech Red Raider Kevin McCullar, who transferred to Kansas after spending four years in Lubbock, enjoyed a triumphant return to United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday night.

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