We might count Juneteenth among those things Black people have long enjoyed that white folks don’t know about — like Frankie Beverly and Maze. The…
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Texas Says It Will Build the Wall, and Abbott Asks Online Donors to Pay for It
MCALLEN, Texas — When Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced last week a vague ambition to pick up where former President Donald J. Trump left…
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Texas Says It Will Build the Wall, and Asks Online Donors to Pay for It
MCALLEN, Texas — When Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced last week a vague ambition to pick up where former President Donald J. Trump left…
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Texas Power Grid, Strained Last Winter, Now Faces an Early Heat Wave
AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, when soaring temperatures drove electricity demand in Texas to a June record, state regulators asked citizens to use less power…
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Texas Power Grid, Strained Last Winter, Now Faces an Early Heat Wave
AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, when soaring temperatures drove electricity demand in Texas to a June record, state regulators asked citizens to use less power…
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Hottest Temperatures in Arizona and Nevada History Are Possible
Arizona and Nevada are bracing for the possibility of record-breaking temperatures. Firefighters confronting small blazes in California may be forced to do so in triple-digit…
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Judge Dismisses Houston Hospital Workers’ Lawsuit Over Vaccines
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit brought by employees of Houston Methodist Hospital who had challenged the hospital’s coronavirus vaccination requirement. U.S.…
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Judge Dismisses Houston Hospital Workers’ Lawsuit Over Vaccines
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit brought by employees of Houston Methodist Hospital who had challenged the hospital’s coronavirus vaccination requirement. U.S.…
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State Election Officials Are Under Attack. We Will Defend Them.
Tucked into many of the election laws Republicans are pushing or enacting in states around the country are pernicious provisions threatening punishment of elections officials…
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The Sound of Silence on Abortion
But nothing can compete with the law that Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed last month. Not only does it ban abortion after a fetal…
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