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Anonymous bomb threat prompts evacuation, closure at Caldwell Zoohttps://t.co/p0Zanj5FjO pic.twitter.com/g3acAcLEbt — KLTV 7 (@KLTV7) May 17, 2026

By Cara Anthony May 18, 2026 The hospital bed of a teenager who had to remain there for days after he was cleared for discharge while the grown-ups in his life lined up a safe place for him to go. (Cara Anthony/KFF Health News) Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she…

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By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2026 After almost 20 years of bouncing from campground to campground, Orr Family Ministries finally found its home in 2022 on a 12-acre tree-filled campground located on a hill in Colorado County. Kids played in the swimming pool, worshipped by the fire pit, and watched the sunset…

By Brandon Mulder, The Texas Tribune May 18, 2026 Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. Dozens of wind projects in Texas are in limbo after the U.S. Department of Defense paused issuing routine federal permits citing national security concerns, a move that experts say expands the Trump administration’s…

LIVING ON PURPOSE By Dr. Billy Holland Memorial means to “remember” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed their life in the line of active military service. The first Amendment was not only signed into existence with ink, but with the blood of over 1.3 million Americans who…

By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2026 A sweeping 2023 Texas immigration law was mostly halted Thursday, a day before it was supposed to take effect. But the provision that allows state and local police to arrest people suspected of having crossed the southern border illegally did activate Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s…

Friend, A rising Texas football star is now the latest example of what happens when government partners with the predatory gambling industry. Brendan Sorsby, a North Texas native and newly transferred Texas Tech quarterback, recently stepped away from football and entered residential treatment for severe online sports betting addiction after reports surfaced of thousands of…

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