At a Glance
1New Texas Group Proposes $2 Billion Border Security Trust for Big Bend Instead of Wall — A newly formed nonprofit, Let Texans Do Texas, is urging state and federal leaders to redirect border wall money into a …
2Justice Department Starts Telling Counties Where It Plans to Send Election Monitors — Counties in at least five states have been notified, but the department has not said how many jurisdictions it will moni…
3Two Atlanta Exhibitions Stretch the Definition of Sculpture With Beads, Wire and Paper — A show at Hammonds House Museum and another opening Friday at Gallery 100 invite viewers to rethink what sculpture can b…
4Jackson's Samuel Song Wins 4A District 1 Boys Tennis Singles Title — Song beat Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu in straight sets at the 4A district tournament, while Wesco 3A South and North crowne…
5Talarico Casts Senate Race as Anticorruption Fight, Aiming at Paxton and Elon Musk — At a University of Houston event, the Democratic state representative used one of his last Houston-area stops before the…
6Administration Turns to Supreme Court to Revive Big Bend Border Wall Construction — The Trump administration has filed an emergency request asking the justices to lift a federal judge's injunction that ha…
7OpenAI Engineer Charged After Hidden Recording Device Found in Executive Conference Room — Federal prosecutors say a 35-year-old engineer planted an encrypted audio recorder behind a television at OpenAI's San F…
Texas Property Tax Cuts Leave Most Older Homeowners Paying No School Taxes, Raising Questions of Fairness
About 60% of Texas homeowners age 65 and older no longer owe school property taxes after recent cuts, prompting debate over who bears the cost and whether the breaks should be better targeted.
Congress Bill Would Gradually Cut Overtime Threshold to 32 Hours a Week
A proposal reintroduced Sept. 8 by Rep. Mark Takano and Sen. Bernie Sanders would lower th…Los AngelesState Regulators Open Inquiry Into Santa Monica Sober Living Home Where Presley Gerber Died
California's Department of Health Care Services is reviewing whether Resolutions Living wa…New YorkAs Climate Disasters Intensify, Funding for Preparedness Programs Is Being Cut
Deep reductions in foreign aid have shut down disaster-monitoring programs in the Himalaya…New YorkPrince Harry Tells Clinton Global Initiative AI Chatbots Threaten Children's Relationships
In his first major address since moving back to the U.K. last month, the Duke of Sussex ar…News →
SeattleWashington Child Welfare Deaths and Near-Deaths Fall Sharply After Record 2025
HoustonLeague City Tightens Rules on Public Camping and Panhandling as Homeless Encampments Grow
BostonMassachusetts Opioid Deaths Fall Below 1,000 for First Time Since 2013
Politics →
HoustonTalarico Pitches Populist 'New American Dream' in Pasadena, Targeting Paxton and Billionaire Donors
San FranciscoLurie Backs Federal Bill to Tighten Emergency Rules for Waymo and Other Robotaxis
PhoenixArizona's Food Stamp Error Rate Tops National Average, Putting Millions at Risk Under New Federal Rules
Business →
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Drivers Feel the Squeeze as Gas Prices Pass $4 a Gallon
San FranciscoChinatown Group Agrees to Buy Former Empress of China Building for Arts and Culture Center
PhiladelphiaIndoor Golf Simulator Birdie Club Plans South Philadelphia Opening Beside Isgro Pastries and Angelo's Pizzeria
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ChicagoBears kicker Cairo Santos, already the franchise's most accurate, says he is still improving at 34
PhiladelphiaWilt Chamberlain Set the Template for Living in New York While Starring in Philadelphia
San FranciscoA Year After His First Deadline, Posey's Giants Are Selling Again
Culture →
AtlantaBlack Crowes Earn Second Straight Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination
ChicagoReservations Open for Record 500-Plus Restaurants in Chicago Restaurant Week 2026
PhoenixHollywood Revives 1950s VistaVision Format in Bid to Bring Audiences Back to Theaters