• • FBI confirms Brian Laundrie’s remains found in Florida park

    Brian Laundrie’s remains have been confirmed. Dental records from the remains discovered Wednesday in a Florida park made the identification …

  • House holds former Trump aide Stephen Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena in Jan. 6 probe 

    The House on Thursday voted 229-202 to hold former White House adviser Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a …

  • Human remains found in Florida in search for Brian Laundrie, missing boyfriend of slain Gabby Petito

    Human remains were found in a Florida nature preserve where authorities have been searching for fugitive Brian Laundrie, the only suspect in the …

  • Americans tricked out of more than $586 million in COVID-related scams

    Scammers have bilked American consumers out of more than $586 million through fraud schemes inspired by the global COVID-19 pandemic. From the …

  • Voting rights bill dies in Senate, amping up pressure to end filibuster

    Congressional Democrats’ hopes to expand voting rights died Wednesday afternoon when Senate Republicans blocked voting on a bill that would …

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• • Enrollment at Texas’ public universities inches ahead of community colleges for the first time since 1990s

    The number of students attending Texas’ community colleges dropped below enrollment in the state’s four-year universities for the …

  • ACLU of Texas sues Houston-area school district over gender-based dress code’s long-hair policy

    The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is suing a Houston-area school district over a dress code policy it says has led to multiple …

• • The law that prompted a school administrator to call for an “opposing” perspective on the Holocaust is causing confusion across Texas

    A new Texas law designed to limit how race-related subjects are taught in public schools comes with so little guidance, the on-the-ground …

• • Texas bill restricting transgender student athletes’ sports participation sent back to the House with amendment

    In the final days of this year’s third special session, Texas lawmakers advanced a bill that would restrict transgender student athletes from …

• • Schools are the focus of COVID policy fight. How Biden administration is responding

    The Biden administration has thrust itself into the center of the heated debate over school mask mandates with actions aimed at shielding school …

• • Texas' Southlake Carroll school district administrator invites ‘other perspectives’ on the Holocaust

    A senior school administrator in the Lone Star State was recorded telling educators that if they’re going to keep books about the Holocaust in …

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• • Analysis: Economy, Fed paper over debt problem

    You wouldn’t know it from all the noise around the debt ceiling and budget reconciliation. But surging economic growth fueled by unprecedented …

  • Consumer sentiment in US falls to second-lowest since 2011

    U.S. consumer sentiment fell unexpectedly in early October to the second-lowest level since 2011, as Americans grew more concerned about both …

  • TSA points out ‘huge problem’ with record high number of passengers bringing guns to airports

    The Transportation Security Administration is sounding the alarm on the “huge problem” of a record high number of passengers bringing …