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Texas parents push back on app that asks kids to pick an emoji reflecting their moods

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth school district now requires parental consent before teachers can ask students to pick an emoji reflecting how they feel.

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White teachers often talk about Black students in racially coded ways

When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was “ethnocentric” and thought his race was “superior,” he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person who held such a view.

The Conversation

House GOP details border security initiatives for next Congress - Roll Call

House Republicans unveiled a sweeping border security proposal they plan to advance once they hold the majority in the 118th Congress.

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More US counties lack a clear racial majority — and people are getting along pretty well, experts say

Some booming suburbs, many of them in the Sun Belt, are becoming as racially diverse as major coastal cities — and often with less racial conflict.

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An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area

After a series of issues in Democratic-leaning Harris County on Election Day, Republican state leaders in Texas have suggested criminal charges may be warranted.

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2023 Heisman Candidates: Early Top 20 Watch List

2023 Heisman Candidates: Very, very early, who are the top candidates to watch out for next year?

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Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Prosecutors in Texas rest case 3 days into former officer's murder trial. Experts shocked, activists angered

FORT WORTH, Texas – Tarrant County prosecutors rested their murder case Wednesday against former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home. Ten witnesses testified for the prosecution over three days in the much-delayed trial.

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Tim Cowlishaw: Rangers’ spending spree may be a gamble, but that hasn’t made this offseason any less fun

DALLAS — Let’s just call this Rangers’ winter spending spree — apparently an annual event now — what it is. It’s a heck of a lot of fun. From a business standpoint, it could evolve into a nightmare but let’s not go all glass-half-empty while owner Ray Davis is throwing…

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Texas bans TikTok on government devices amid China data-sharing fears

South Dakota, Maryland and Wisconsin have also issued similar directives citing security concerns

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Ted Cruz’s teen daughter OK after self-inflicted stab wounds

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s family is requesting privacy after his teenage daughter was reportedly taken to the hospital with self-inflicted stab wounds.

Tribune News Service

Texas drops another bus full of migrants at Vice President Kamala Harris’ house

WASHINGTON — A bus from Texas dropped about 30 Nicaraguan migrants outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence early Wednesday — at least the fifth time Gov. Greg Abbott has used the Naval Observatory as a bus depot.

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Prosecutors rest their case at ex-Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — The state rested its case Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home more than three years ago. Court will resume Monday when the defense presents its case to jurors.

Tribune News Service

TCU football coach Sonny Dykes receives raise and contract extension

FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU coach Sonny Dykes has received a contract extension after leading the program to one of the best seasons in its history.

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Do Dallas Cowboys still want Odell Beckham? Jerry Jones says they are still working it.

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy initially said all the right things about the team’s two-day visit with free agent receiver Odell Beckham.

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Who and What Defined Men’s College Basketball’s First Month?

Our writers talk teams they’re high on, who might be overrated and more.

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Israel, Watson running in Dec. 13 runoff for mayor of Austin

Celia Israel and Kirk Watson are running in the Dec. 13 nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Austin, Texas. Israel and Watson, who have both served in the state legislature as Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 8 general election. Israel received 40% of the vote…

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Athena Strand honoured at emotional Texas vigil days after kidnap and murder

A 7-year-old Texas girl who was found dead last week after she was reported missing from her home is being remembered as “the best little girl” who loved animals, drawing and dancing

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What to know about the trial for Aaron Dean, the ex-Fort Worth cop facing a murder charge

FORT WORTH, Texas — The murder trial for the former Fort Worth officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson is underway more than three years since the fatal shooting.

The Independent UK

Vigil held in Texas to honor 7-year-old Athena Strand

A 7-year-old Texas girl who was found dead last week after she was reported missing from her home is being remembered as “the best little girl” who loved animals, drawing and dancing

The Independent UK

Border Patrol agent dies in ATV accident during Texas patrol

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says an agent has died after being involved in an all-terrain vehicle accident while patrolling along the border in south Texas

The Texas Tribune

Why some Texas cities and counties had to return millions of dollars meant to help renters during the pandemic

For some local relief programs, a lack of staffing, political support and effective community outreach got in the way of spending federal funds to prevent evictions, a new report found. More than $30 million went unspent and had to be returned.

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What we learned from the first month of men’s college basketball

Who is the real deal? Who has surprised? Who has disappointed?

The Texas Tribune

Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules

The Court of Criminal Appeals scuttled nearly 450 cases, saying migrants arrested for trespassing in Kinney County can’t ask Austin judges to hear their appeals.

Tribune News Service

‘You should die in a locked closet’: Dallas judge’s admonishment reversed by Supreme Court

DALLAS — The state judicial ethics commission should not have reprimanded a Dallas judge who told a man convicted of brutally killing a child that he deserved to die locked in a closet, the Texas Supreme Court decided.

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