TDCJ has scheduled John Allen Rubio for execution today in the 2003 Cameron County murders of three young children. Last week the Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed a last writ and denied a stay.
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Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi after a tight count. Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday. It is the state's first Democratic Senate win since 1982.
In a Nov. 10 letter, two USCCB chairmen asked the Senate to pass S. 4814, citing violence in Haiti and weekly deportation flights. The letter is a request, not a new law.
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TDCJ has scheduled John Allen Rubio for execution today in the 2003 Cameron County murders of three young children. Last week the Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed a last writ and denied a stay.
In a Nov. 10 letter, two USCCB chairmen asked the Senate to pass S. 4814, citing violence in Haiti and weekly deportation flights. The letter is a request, not a new law.
At the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, Pope Leo XIV urged Argentines to confess faults, take Scripture as a guide, and go on mission, then left for Peru.
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TPWD drew 14 Big Time Texas Hunts winners from 149,114 entries that raised more than $1.35 million for wildlife research, habitat work and public hunting. The next entries go on sale May 15, 2027.
Applications for Texas game warden and state park police cadets opened Nov. 1 and close Dec. 31. The 35-week academy near Hamilton begins Oct. 1, 2027, and there are no lateral transfers.
A Nov. 9 TPWD release says Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited donated $20,000 for hatchery upgrades after recent floods. The state fish is found only in Texas.
Lake Conroe's December pattern is concentrating fish around winter structure. Butch Terpe explains where to find bass, crappie, hybrids and catfish and which presentations are producing.
Regular goose seasons opened Nov. 7. Here are TPWD's East/West zone lines, closing dates, daily bags and the two-bird white-fronted cap in the East.
Fox Entertainment Studios and Moriah Media have optioned Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi's middle-grade novel about children confronting antisemitism, with Gal Gadot possibly starring.
Producer Orin Wolf announced that Jordan Fisher will play The Kid in Purple Rain, with previews beginning March 12, 2027, and an April 12 opening at the Majestic Theatre.
The actress, who played Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout, discussed her previously unadvertised appearance in the documentary You Can See Everything after its theatrical opening.
The company, which a trade publication said is based in The Woodlands, announced $130 million in funding and a $1 billion valuation. Its first factory-built unit, Terrain 01, is in production in Houston. No customer has been named.
Commissioner Wayne Christian said the agency will revise its August public-participation policy in December. The current policy is still posted, and no December agenda has been published.
Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new Willis store, and its Magnolia location is scheduled to open November 14. Both stores are roughly 55,000 square feet and offer outdoor, hunting, fishing and pickup services.
A City of Starbase notice sets a Dec. 9 hearing on Chapter 312 and Chapter 380 agreements for a gas-fired plant and computer facility on about 444 acres near the Port of Brownsville.
Wing plans a Fort Worth plant with capacity for tens of thousands of delivery drones annually, up to $125 million in investment and up to 100 jobs. No opening date was given.
The Handbook of Texas traces Carthage from an 1848 county-seat donation of 100 acres at Panola County’s center to a railroad and oil town that moved its courthouse off the old square in the 1950s.
TPWD drew 14 Big Time Texas Hunts winners from 149,114 entries that raised more than $1.35 million for wildlife research, habitat work and public hunting. The next entries go on sale May 15, 2027.
Fox Entertainment Studios and Moriah Media have optioned Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi's middle-grade novel about children confronting antisemitism, with Gal Gadot possibly starring.
The Handbook of Texas traces Sweetwater from a Kiowa watering place and the 1881 Nolan County seat to a railroad town that trained Women’s Airforce Service Pilots in 1943.
The company, which a trade publication said is based in The Woodlands, announced $130 million in funding and a $1 billion valuation. Its first factory-built unit, Terrain 01, is in production in Houston. No customer has been named.
At the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, Pope Leo XIV urged Argentines to confess faults, take Scripture as a guide, and go on mission, then left for Peru.
Lytle City Council unanimously approved a sanitary sewer service agreement Nov. 9 for Project Cinco, a $900 million hyperscale data-center campus outside the city limits, The Devine News reported.
The nonprofit, which says it is led by allies of Sen. Ted Cruz, announced a plan to open an Austin hub for recruiting Republican candidates, grassroots work and fundraising. It gave no address, staff list, budget or opening date.
White House counsel Will Scharf told Rep. Robert Garcia that planned investigations may cross into 'blatant criminality.' Garcia said Congress does not need the White House's permission.
