By TIM SULLIVAN PANHANDLE, Texas (AP) — The truck driver is cutting his lawn on a windy afternoon, in a town so quiet you can take afternoon walks down the middle of Main Street. Kevenson Jean is leaving the next … Continued
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma. The justices are taking up appeals filed by the St. Isidore of Seville … Continued
The Gophers football program received a commitment from Pennsylvania prep running back Ezekiel Bates on Wednesday. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 210 pounds, Bates received offers from Boston College, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and more than a dozen others. The Malvern … Continued
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing … Continued
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched inflation gauge cooled last month in a sign that prices were steadily easing before most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were implemented. At the same time, consumers accelerated their … Continued
Texas Observer readers, Three months into a second Trump administration, nearly a decade into the Trump era, more than a decade into the Greg Abbott era, and 22 harrowingly long years into the GOP’s unilateral control of Texas government, the forces … Continued