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Texas governor signs flood bills into law, as laws passed earlier this year take effect
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How Being a Grandparent Can Improve Your Health
A lot of things change when a baby joins a family—and not just for the parents. Newly minted grandparents often go through a transition of their own. Suddenly, couch-potato...
Texas high school football scores for Friday, Sept. 5
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Vann Hopping scored four touchdowns, including a 95-yard scoring run, to lead No. 5 Lake Travis over Rockwall 28-20 in Rockwall on Friday in Central Texas...
Exclusive: Inside the CDC Exodus and RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Crusade
As head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to lead with “radical transparency,” follow “gold-standard science,” and maintain vaccine...
Senators Chose to Yell at RFK Jr. Instead of Trying to Stop Him
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.As a practical matter, it’s not normal...
RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Vaccine Skepticism in Contentious Hearing
It’s been a tumultuous week for U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He and the Trump Administration fired Susan Monarez, director of the U.S. Centers...
Texans Could Soon Be Able to Sue Abortion Pill Providers
Private citizens may soon be able to sue people who send abortion pills to patients in Texas, under a recently passed bill that furthers the state’s effort to crack...
Weighted Vests Are the Latest Fitness Trend. Do They Work?
When the fitness company Peloton added weighted-vest classes to its streaming exercise offerings in May 2025, its members rejoiced, says instructor Rebecca Kennedy. “They were like, ‘Finally! You answered...
Putin and Xi Ponder Immortality: What to Know
“In the past, we used to say that very rarely people lived to 70, but these days at 70 years old you’re still a child,” a Russian translator of...
Texas House sends bill to replace STAAR test to Gov. Abbott
AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Texas House lawmakers gave final approval to a plan to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and replace it with a series...
