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Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw gives a statement at a Public Safety Commission hearing in Austin on Thursday. Photo by Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS chief Steve McCraw says his agency “did not fail” at Uvalde school shooting

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:05pm

Weeks after Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, he told

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US Sen. Bernie Sanders to campaign with Casar in San Marcos

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:04pm

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will campaign with Greg Casar on Saturday.

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AP sources: Musk in control of Twitter, ousts top executives

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:03pm

Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s general counsel, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday night.

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Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:03pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun.

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US economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6%

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:01pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.

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WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:01pm

GENEVA (AP) — The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health O

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UN report: Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate'

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 8:59pm

The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough -- not even promising to do enough -- to reach any of the global goals limiting

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Above, Ayden Melton and Alaina Melton with their dad James Melton at the Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday afternoon. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo

PICK OF THE PATCH: First United Methodist Church's annual pumpkin patch draws crowds

Wed, 10/26/2022 - 7:36pm

San Marcos residents are getting into the fall season by visiting the Pumpkin Patch at the First United Methodist Church.

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Above, Nathan Fennell, staff attorney at Texas Fair Defense Project, speaks during a press conference regarding a recently filed lawsuit against Texas State University. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo