U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended with a Russia-Ukraine agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but not a peace settlement. Envoys were set to meet Putin and Zelenskyy.
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On November 11, the SS United States slipped beneath the Gulf off Florida, ending a long second life at a Philadelphia pier and beginning a third — as the world's largest artificial reef and an unusually large scientific experiment.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru and told authorities in Lima that, with gratitude, he is also returning to his homeland. Local authorities estimated a crowd of about three million.
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U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended with a Russia-Ukraine agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but not a peace settlement. Envoys were set to meet Putin and Zelenskyy.
On November 11, the SS United States slipped beneath the Gulf off Florida, ending a long second life at a Philadelphia pier and beginning a third — as the world's largest artificial reef and an unusually large scientific experiment.
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.
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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.
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 Handbook of Texas traces Palacios from a 1902 rice-company townsite on Tres Palacios Bay to a Gulf shrimp and seafood port, later near the South Texas Project.
Albany, Texas (ZIP 76430) was laid out in 1874 as the seat of Shackelford County, fifteen miles from the lawless town below Fort Griffin. In 1878 a former sheriff was shot by masked men in its jail; the sources still name no one.
The Handbook of Texas traces Port Lavaca from a refuge after the 1840 Linnville raid to the Calhoun County seat that outlasted Indianola and grew around seafood and industry.
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.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru and told authorities in Lima that, with gratitude, he is also returning to his homeland. Local authorities estimated a crowd of about three million.
Katy’s City Council unanimously approved a Nov. 9 zoning change for a Zipline drone-charging station in the West Ten Business Park planned development district, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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.
Montgomery County and Conroe approved the local match for a $1.8 million Texas Historical Commission planning grant. The money funds architectural and engineering designs — not construction.
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.
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.
