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Friday, October 23, 2026

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…

News

US Air Force Pulls Bombers From English Base After Investigation Into Suspected Terror Plot

The bombers used in strikes on Iran have returned to the United States following a probe into a planned attack on RAF Fairford, as President Trump weighs further options against Tehran.

Los Angeles

Stewart's Fumble Return Lifts No. 19 USC Past Washington, 25-21

The defensive tackle, sidelined for the first four games of the season, scooped up a fumbl…
San Francisco

BTS Leader RM's Art Collection Draws Fans to SFMOMA as Hauser & Wirth Opens in Palo Alto

An exhibition built around the BTS star's art collection opens Saturday at SFMOMA, while S…
Houston

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 r…
Los Angeles

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…

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