Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop culture extravaganza, is kicking off in San Diego. The convention, which draws over 130,000 fans annually, opens for a preview night Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Actors, filmmakers, comic book authors and illustrators and more are making …
Read through the obituaries published today in Waco Tribune-Herald.
An Associated Press analysis of county tax data across three states — Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska — found wind companies rank among the biggest taxpayers in many rural communities, with their total tax bills at times outstripping that of large farms, power plants and other major businesses. …
Complex and confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has fallen short of its promises. According to an independent AP analysis, tax income from wind can make up as much 10% of counties' taxes. An AP analysis of three other s…
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries. That's according to a new study released last month. The study says noncitizens are less likely to fill out the census questionnaire if …
The State Election Board in Georgia once toiled in relative obscurity. Now it hosts raucous meetings where public comment lasts for hours and attendees loudly heckle board members and speakers. The shift highlights how election administration has become scrutinized and politicized nationwide…
A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.” Within months of that exchange, one of the agents in the chat was a…
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries. That's according to a new study released last month. The study says noncitizens are less likely to fill out the census questionnaire if there is a citizenship question, exacerbating undercounts of some groups. The report comes as Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census. The goal is to exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds in the United States.
The State Election Board in Georgia once toiled in relative obscurity. Now it hosts raucous meetings where public comment lasts for hours and attendees loudly heckle board members and speakers. The shift highlights how election administration has become scrutinized and politicized nationwide. Republican Party leaders take credit for placing a trio of Republican partisans on the regulatory board. Now they’re pushing administrative rules favored by a Donald Trump-dominated party apparatus that is still trying to litigate claims that the former president was cheated out of victory in Georgia in 2020.
A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.” Within months of that exchange, one of the agents in the chat was accused of that very crime. The 2018 case in Spain, which was ultimately dismissed, is detailed in a trove of secret documents obtained by The Associated Press that offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among agents who parlayed the DEA’s shadowy money laundering operations into a global pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex.
A former police officer for schools in Uvalde, Texas, who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School mass shooting is scheduled to make his first court appearance. Former Officer Adrian Gonzales and former schools police Chief Pete Arredondo are scheduled to appear in court Thursday on charges of abandoning and failing to protect children. They were indicted in June by a grand jury. They are the only two officers charged. Arredondo waived his arraignment and entered a not guilty plea. Officers waited more than 70 minutes to confront and kill the gunman inside the school.
A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.” Within months of that exchange, one of the agents in the chat was accused of that very crime. The 2018 case in Spain, which was ultimately dismissed, is detailed in a trove of secret documents obtained by The Associated Press that offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among agents who parlayed the DEA’s shadowy money laundering operations into a global pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex.
Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho, cutting power and pushing wildfires that include an Oregon fire which is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee Fire is burning near the Oregon-Idaho border, about 130 miles west of Boise, Idaho, and has closed a long stretch of Interstate 84. The 500-person town of Huntington, Oregon, remains evacuated, and officials say the fire merged with another large blaze and also crossed the interstate on Wednesday afternoon. Flash flooding warnings were also issued in Huntington and other nearby areas.
An evangelical church is suing a Colorado town to be able to continue allowing homeless people to stay in two camping trailers behind its building. The Rock church in Castle Rock started providing the temporary shelter about six years ago but last year the town ordered it to stop. Echoing arguments made by other churches trying to serve the homeless from Oregon to Ohio, the church's federal lawsuit argues helping those in need is an essential part of the Christian faith and religious activity protected by the Constitution. On Friday, a federal judge ruled the town can’t stop the church from sheltering the homeless in the campers temporarily while the lawsuit plays out.
Read through the obituaries published today in Waco Tribune-Herald.
Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.
Read through the obituaries published today in Waco Tribune-Herald.
The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate. Biden plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office.
Four Dallas firefighters are recovering from injuries after their engine crashed off an expressway bridge and landed on a railway below. It happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday along the I-345 Expressway. Dalls Fire-Rescue Capt. Robert Borse says it's not known what caused the accident or if other vehicles were involved. Portions of the expressway and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail system were shut down. Images of the scene show the engine on its side in the middle of the DART tracks, and a massive highway sign structure collapsed over four lanes of the rain-slickened highway. Borse says all four firefighters were in stable condition Sunday at Baylor University Medical Center.
Billionaire Elon Musk says he's moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California.
Rangers temporarily closed the roadway near the accident in order to safely lift the car from the geyser, where it had been fully submerged in 9 feet of water.
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Johnson raps about attempting to kill rival gang members, the document says: "In the bricks I tried to drop ’em; Aunt Kim says we need to stop it."
The victim of a solo boat race incident at the Duel on the Brazos event on Sunday has been identified, the Southern Drag Boat Association said on Facebook.
Eighty area residents were found eligible to have their records cleared of dismissed charges at an “expunction fair” at the McLennan County Courthouse Annex on Friday.
Former Waco attorney Seth Sutton, who saw a murder-for-hire case against him result in a mistrial last year, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Friday.
The list of top 10 delinquent taxpayers in the Waco area includes manufacturing businesses, fast-food restaurants, a retirement home and a car dealership, according to McLennan County Tax Office records.
Donis “D.L.” Wilson, Riesel High School police chief, will get a third crack at representing Precinct 2 on the McLennan County Commissioners Court.
Cameron Park Zoo's city subsidies from the tax-supported general fund are expected to decrease after next month's expansion that includes a penguin exhibit, which may help boost ongoing attendance.
Five people, including two with ties to the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, want to run as Republicans for the vacant Precinct 2 seat on the county commissioners court.
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