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WASHINGTON (AP) — Torn as ever over race, the Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether it's time to end the use of race in college admissions nationwide or at least at the University of Texas. With liberal and conservative justices starkly divided, the justice who almost certainly will dictate
Civil War
DALLAS (AP) — More Syrian families have been resettled in Texas and Indiana, the groups helping them said Tuesday, defying efforts by the states' conservative governors to stop additional arrivals of people displaced from the war-torn Mideast country. A family of six went to live Monday near relatives already settled
Texas
IRVING, Texas – Lawyers for Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old high school student who was arrested for bringing a homemade digital clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb, are demanding $15 million in payments as well as a written apology from the Irving, Texas, mayor and chief of police. In
Abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving an election-year hearing to a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics in the court's first abortion case in eight years. The justices said Friday they will hear arguments, probably in March, over a Texas law that would leave about 10
Faith
Like its environs, the Jewish community of Austin, Texas, has a youthful feel. Situated in a city known for live music, the University of Texas (UT) campus, and the founding of Michael Dell's computer technology giant in his UT dorm room, the 40-acre Dell Jewish Community Campus mirrors
Faith
KATY, Texas — A seventh-grade assignment in a Texas school district asked students to deny the existence of God, a student said. The Katy Independent School District has since apologized and the principal of West Memorial Junior High School determined the assignment wasn't necessary for students.
Faith
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The decision by the family of a Texas teenager to move to Qatar is not surprising in light of lingering anti-Muslim sentiment that makes many U.S. followers of Islam feel as if they are "under siege," a spokesman for a national Muslim-American group said
Abortion
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas announced Monday it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthoodclinics following undercover videos that featured discussions about fetal tissue, potentially triggering a court fight like one unfolding in neighboring Louisiana. Texas health officials sent a letter to Planned Parenthood affiliates saying the clinics were potentially
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