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Karl-Anthony Towns scores 44 points, Knicks rally in 2nd half to beat Heat 116-107

Karl-Anthony Towns had 44 points and 13 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Miami Heat 116-107 on Wednesday night

Sports - ABC News - Yesterday

Ranking the five scariest NFL schedules for second half of season: Bears, Steelers could be in trouble

These five teams will be dealing with a brutal schedule during the second half of the season

Sports - CBS Sports - 18 hours ago

Half of teens spending 4+ hours looking at screens each day, CDC says

The Centers for Disease Control has released some striking statistics on how much time teens spend looking at screens and what it's doing to their health. CBS News' Michael George has more.

Jets' offense comes alive in second half of 21-13 win over Texans

The Jets snapped their five-game losing streak on Thursday night, defeating the Houston Texans, 21-13, thanks to the offense finding their way in the second half.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 hours ago

Texas' showdown with Georgia in Austin sums up why Longhorns made move to SEC

With an F1 race and a marquee top-five showdown between the Longhorns and Bulldogs (among many other events), Austin is the center of the sports universe this weekend.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

SEC picks, odds in Week 9: LSU, Texas A&M battle for first place as Alabama, Texas try to bounce back

Three of the nation's five ranked-against-ranked games will be played in the SEC in Week 9

Sports - CBS Sports - October 23

College Football Playoff race: Alabama-LSU, Texas-Texas A&M among November games that will impact title chase

These November games will have a massive bearing on the final College Football Playoff Rankings

Sports - CBS Sports - 19 hours ago

SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster on Texas launch pad

SpaceX caught a rocket booster on its Texas launch pad as it returned to Earth on Sunday. The chopstick-like arms of the tower, called Mechazilla, grabbed the descending 232-foot booster after a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Mayfield responds to Texas players posing with his jersey after beating Oklahoma

Texas players planted a flag on Mayfield's jersey midfield after defeating Oklahoma on Saturday.

Sports - ESPN - October 14

In Texas, Execution Looms Despite Questions in Shaken Baby Case

Robert Roberson could be the first person put to death in connection with shaken baby syndrome. The state’s highest criminal court ruled in another case that the science had changed.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 14

Cruz calls out McConnell-aligned group for not spending 'a penny' in Texas

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) vented his frustration with the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), for not spending any money in his ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Trump highlights Cruz endorsement amid tight Texas Senate race

Former President Trump highlighted his endorsement of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in Truth Social posts early Tuesday morning, ahead of the senator's lone debate with challenger Rep. Colin Allred ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Texas county adopts policy to ensure unclaimed bodies are treated with dignity

Tarrant County will now cremate or bury unclaimed bodies rather than sending them to the University of North Texas Health Science Center for education and research.

Why Texas Democrats see this local race as key to turning state blue

Democratic Party activists have been on a mission to flip all of the state’s urban counties — once Republican bulwarks — as they look to chip away at the GOP’s decades-long hold on the state. ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Cruz expands lead over Allred in Texas Senate race

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) has expanded his lead over Rep. Colin Allred (D) in the Texas Senate race as he attempts to lock down a third term in office, according to a new poll. A University of Houston ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

A look into the shaken baby syndrome case that landed a Texas man on death row

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied requests to halt the upcoming execution of 57-year-old Robert Robertson, who was convicted in a controversial 2002 shaken baby syndrome case. He is ...

Texas supreme court blocks execution of man in late-night ruling

Robert Roberson, 57, who has long claimed innocence over death of daughter, has for now been spared. The Texas supreme court has blocked the execution of a man on death row in a late-night ruling ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Texas execution is latest death penalty case to proceed despite doubts

A Travis County judge Thursday night granted a temporary restraining order, pausing the execution to allow Robert Roberson to testify at a Texas House hearing next week.

Texas judge grants temporary restraining order pausing Robert Roberson's execution

Texas lawmakers filed a subpoena Wednesday in a last-minute effort to delay the execution of Robert Roberson.

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