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By ACACIA CORONADO and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign sweeping changes to the state’s election code that would make it harder — sometimes even legally riskier — to cast a ballot. Both the Texas House and Senate gave the legislation final approval on Tuesday.

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan and fearsome Hurricane Ida drew viewers to cable channels that focused on the unfolding events. Fox News Channel had the lion’s share of the most-watched shows last week on cable, 19 of the top 20, Nielsen said Tuesday. MSNBC got

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school district is closing its schools after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its seven suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week Tuesday after the Saturday COVID-19 death of 41-year-old Natalia Chansler. She taught social studies to sixth graders

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a Texas police officer in the death of a Black man who was shot as he ran away after being confronted. Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Feast died Dec. 9 after he was shot by La Marque police Officer Jose Santos. Civil

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. Yet an estimated 33,000 or more people successfully evacuated the stricken buildings. They navigated mountains of smoky stairs in the World Trade Center’s twin towers or streamed out of a flaming Pentagon. Some fled an otherworldly

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who wasn’t a fan of R. Kelly says she ended up getting exposed to a sexually transmitted disease after he enticed her to join him on the road. She testified Tuesday at the R&B entertainer’s sex-trafficking trial not using her real name. She was 19 when her older half

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An elderly man and woman died of gunshot wounds at a Honolulu assisted living center. Honolulu police are investigating whether Tuesday’s shooting was a murder-suicide or two suicides. Police say a note was left indicating they took their lives. Police say the 86-year-old woman was a

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Gospel music artist Lee Williams, the leader and founder of The Spiritual QC’s, has died. He was 75. Williams’ death was announced Monday on the musical group’s Facebook page. Known for his deep baritone voice, Williams and the group performed for decades before releasing their first hit, a song called  “I’ve

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Mystic Aquarium is asking that it be allowed to resume research on four beluga whales that was halted following the death of the fifth whale in that group. The request is part of a three-page report made public by the National Marine Fisheries Service detailing the Aug. 6 death of

Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — One of the men who U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of being behind a plot to extort $25 million from his family in exchange for having a federal sex investigation into the congressman go away has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and attempting to stop authorities from