State parks across Texas are battling it out to find the chunkiest squirrel in the state. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is hosting “Fat Squirrel Week,” a competition modeled after the famous “Fat Bear Week” contest in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. According to TPWD, from Oct. 18 to 23,...
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Dallas ISD agreed to a $1 million settlement with the Justice Department after failing to report four child abuse investigations involving a teacher who was later accused of abusing special education students in Forney ISD....
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A solo sailor was left terrified and shaking after a near-collision with a U.S. Navy submarine in St. Marys River, according to video footage and statements posted online....
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Police arrested a 33-year-old man after he shot an Amazon delivery driver outside a Cedar Hill home.
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A Cuban national living illegally in the United States was sentenced Monday for operating a multi-state labor trafficking scheme that forced three Cuban women into commercial sex work....
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A U.S. team of marine archeologists who were hoping a submerged object a satellite detected six years ago in a lagoon on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro was Amelia Earhart's missing plane, ended up disappointed in their quest....
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Doctors are urging young people to get a flu shot, warning that an early rise in a new influenza strain poses an elevated risk for younger groups, including infants as young as 6 months....
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A Fort Worth mother faces a capital murder charge for allegedly drowning her newborn in a motel bathtub before her boyfriend disposed of the infant in a dumpster....
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America’s farmers are getting billions in financial assistance to help offset diesel costs during the fall harvest season, President Donald Trump announced Monday night....
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You can safely dispose of unneeded, unwanted, or expired medications this Saturday during the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and help prevent drug misuse and abuse....
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Mississippi’s attorney general says a police officer’s use of force was justified in the fatal shooting of a Senatobia 1-year-old baby boy.
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Somewhere in a delivery room, a new parent is weighing a name that sounds like a Greek hero, a Montana ranch hand or a brooding hockey player from a streaming series. According to BabyCenter’s latest data, they’re far from alone. BabyCenter, a digital parenting resource that’s be...
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Prince Harry has said he wants his disagreements with his brother Prince William and his father King Charles III to “work out.” In an interview with GQ magazine about grief and family, recorded in New York in late September and published on Tuesday, Harry was asked if he grieves ...
