President Trump is making his fourth trip to Texas in six weeks.
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Trump heads to Texas to campaign for Paxton and De La Cruz
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President Trump is making his fourth trip to Texas in six weeks.
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Now that 12 B-1 bombers are back in the U.S. after being removed from the UK over security fears, how does that impact the U.S. military's air capability and preparedness?
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Christa Pike's was the second botched execution in Tennessee just this year.
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Guam is suing the U.S. Air Force over its practice of blowing up old munitions there.
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Boston and Chicago are two cities leading the charge on implementing battery-powered rail lines.
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Linh Mai has become a star of the zoo, but after her mother behaved aggressively toward her, her human keepers had to step in for round-the-clock care.
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Headlee's great grandmother, Carrie Still Shepperson, was one of a group of extraordinary Black women who educated and organized former enslaved people and their families following the Civil War.
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More than 80% of the infrastructure in Gaza has been damaged, according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
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While the first half of the long weekend is serving up quintessential autumn weather, a tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to sweep rain into the Northeast.
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Experts say the super El Niño means we're likely in for a warmer-than-average winter — which, in theory, should be good news for your bank account. Still, even just a two-week cold snap could send prices soaring. Here's what to expect.
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Alysia Abbott's son Finn, 19, loves Star Market. He loves it so much, a visit to Star has been a weekly ritual for eight years. "After I pick him up from his residential school each week, if I don’t say 'Let’s go to Star,' he’ll hold my gaze and point out the window until we do," she writes.
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Plus, a magic show in Salem and a sparkling production of "The Swan Lake."
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Jaser AbuMousa settled in Walpole with his two surviving children just over a year after an Israeli air strike hit his home and killed his wife, two of his children and other family members. He said his kids prefer to not talk about Gaza and the loved ones they lost.
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Question 9 asks voters whether to keep or scrap a 2024 gun law. The question is before voters because of an effort by gun rights advocates, who argue the law damages hunting traditions, prohibitively squeezes legal gun owners on training requirements and costs, and is confusing. But supporters of the law say it makes Massachusetts safer.
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Consumers already pay the state’s sales tax when they buy sporting goods and recreational vehicles, or spend at a golf course. The proposed fund aims to put those tax dollars toward the protection or restoration of open spaces, lands and waters.
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Old voters dominate the ballot box in local, primary, and at times, national elections. They ensure issues like Social Security and Medicare drive the national conversation. How strong is this group's sway on electoral politics in the U.S.?
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Saara Chaudry (The Muppets Mayhem, Holly Hobby) stars in this tale from India and beyond about good deeds, bad intentions, and biscuits. Lots of biscuits.
This Circle Round episode originally was released on Aug. 8, 2023.
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While 96.5% of Massachusetts kindergarteners had received measles vaccines last school year, state data shows some counties dipped below the 95% threshold considered essential for herd immunity, making their students more vulnerable to infections.
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Armadillos have been steadily moving north in the U.S. for the past century or so, leaving their hot, dry habitats behind.
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Every year, thousands of lowrider enthusiasts gather in Guadalupe, Arizona, to show off their shiny rims. The town has become synonymous with a part of American culture that has often been misrepresented and misunderstood.
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Jake Pearson is a problem gambler, losing thousands of dollars a night betting on sports, and a DraftKings VIP, lavished with special offers for free gambling money. He's also a reporter for ProPublica.
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A century ago this month, author A.A. Milne released his now-classic "Winnie-the-Pooh," the story of a stuffed bear and his animal friends — Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga and Roo — and their adventures in the 100 Acre Wood.
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The war in Iran has slowed growth, France's deficit is expanding and social unrest has recently turned violent.
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Brian Frange, who calls apples the "greatest fruit to grace the earth," has made it his calling to rank and re-rank at least 100 varieties of the fruit, based on 10 criteria, including density, skin, flesh, crispness, beauty and, of course, taste.
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Historian Julian Zelizer says that in the early 1980s, when most Americans were just gaining their footing with the personal and interconnected computers, "WarGames," a major Hollywood movie, helped ordinary viewers imagine some of the problems that the new technology might create.
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Democrats are hoping to gain political ground ahead of midterms, while Republicans scramble to hold onto their foothold.
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A gap in the law in New York and nearly two dozen other states makes it hard to prosecute rape if the victim has been drinking or taking drugs beforehand.
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The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague poses a very low risk outside Russia.
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The Supreme Court is looking at a case today about a worker with a retirement plan through his employer, Intel, and the investment choices Intel made.
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Border agents dispersed a camp of protestors along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday. The activists in Southern Arizona were protecting the last tree in a stand of towering cottonwood trees.