Tag: Texas
Baker settles in with Astros in second season in Houston
HOUSTON — Dusty Baker never felt quite right while navigating his first season as manager of the Houston Astros during last year’s pandemic-shortened campaign....
Sarkisian: No magic trick to make Texas contenders again
ARLINGTON — Texas fans want more than top 10 rankings and bowl victories. They would like to win some Big 12 titles and be...
Too much, too soon? USA Gymnastics in midst of culture shift
FORT WORTH, Texas — The U.S. gymnastics championships were over. The pressure — mercifully if only momentarily — gone. On the floor at Dickies...
The long, ‘surreal’ days of the fugitive Texas legislators
WASHINGTON — Sheltered in a downtown D.C. hotel, the Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block a restrictive voting bill are living a life...
Robert Shaw, an AP bureau chief in 3 US states, dies
DALLAS — Robert Shaw, whose more than 40-year career with The Associated Press included leading news coverage in three states, has died. He was...
Harry Styles planning U.S. tour this fall for ‘Fine Line’
NEW YORK — Harry Styles will hit the road on a U.S. tour this fall, with 40 concerts scheduled in such cities as New...
‘Marrying Millions’ TV star pleads not guilty to raping teen
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Developer and reality TV personality William Hutchinson pleaded not guilty Tuesday to raping an unconscious 16-year-old girl at his Southern...
Death toll rises to 210 from February cold wave in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — State officials on Tuesday added 59 deaths to the toll wrought by the Feb. 14 cold wave and the ensuing collapse...
Rare whooping cranes raised for wild as COVID rules relax
NEW ORLEANS — A year after pandemic precautions all but halted work to raise the world’s most endangered cranes for release into the wild,...
Armed commando springs local cartel leader from Mexican jail
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A commando of men dressed in military gear and carrying rifles burst into a prosecution holding facility in the Mexican...