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EXPLAINER: Whats the status of voting legislation in Texas? ACACIA CORONADO , Report for America/Associated Press May 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Houston, center, stands with co-sponsors as he answers questions and speaks in favor of HB 6, an election bill, in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Thursday, May 6, 2021.Eric Gay/AP AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is on course to become the nation’s largest state to tighten restrictions on voting, with GO...

Girl purposely got blue slime on would-be kidnappers arms May 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and dragged her toward his van, she had the presence of mind to get as much of the blue slime she had been playing with on him as possible, so police could identify him. The 11-year-old Pensacola girl said she learned the importance of evidence from her favorite TV show, the...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Time to End This Criminal Legal Immigration System by HANNAH BLEAU 18 May 2021 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called

Adi Fernandez has converted the basement of a single-story structure on her parents’ property on West Front Street into a dream studio. The space, recently remodeled with light-blue painted walls, is the home for Radio X, an internet-based Hispanic station that will broadcast in both English and Spanish. She went live with the station on radioxnp.com Saturday. The programming consists of local and Latin American news along with Latin music from her personal collection. “It was just a ...

Laredo College, TAMIU to receive nearly $56M in COVID relief May 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail TAMIUs campus is pictured on June 11, 2020. The university received nearly $30 million in American Rescue Plan funds.Danny Zaragoza /Laredo Morning Times file The U.S. Department of Education announced that over $430 million will be made available for institutions of higher education before the end of May, with TAMIU and Laredo College and receiving $29,210,965 and $26,538,441, respectively. This mean...

Fact-checking Bidens boast about equitable COVID-19 vaccination rate for seniors Victoria Knight, PolitiFact FacebookTwitterEmail Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 response and the vaccination program, from the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP, Contributor / TNS The claim: “People over 65 years of age, over 80 percent, have now been vaccina...

Barletta to enter Pennsylvanias GOP stakes for governor MARC LEVY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Lou Barletta speaks after a debate in the studio of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Barletta, the Republican Partys Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, will run for governor of Pennsylvania, he told The Associated Press. Barletta becomes the most prominent figure to enter a 2022 governors race that Republicans have won every time in the pa...

Flamin Hot Cheetos Inventor, Subject of Upcoming Eva Longoria-Directed Biopic, Dismissed by Frito-Lay as Urban Legend Ellise Shafer, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Richard Montañez has touted his role in inventing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos for over a decade, sharing the story of how he went from a janitor at the Frito-Lay plant in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. to the creator of one of America’s most beloved snacks. His story has even led to the production of an upcoming Searchlight Pictures biopic...

No degree? No problem. New initiative finds jobs for people with nontraditional backgrounds FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Fiscal clerk Lenise Beal collects a printed label while working the front desk of the medical office of Bay Area Addiction Research Treatment in San Francisco.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Fiscal clerk Lenise Beal collects mail for a client while working the front desk of the medical office of Bay Area Addiction Research Treatment in San Francisco.Lea Suzuki/Th...

Richard Montañez has touted his role in inventing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos for over a...