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Several U.S. officials and a senior Defense Department official tell CBS News the enlisted sailor is a petty officer first class and formerly a Navy SEAL who ... The U.S. State Department has ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — This one was easy for the No. 7 ... Mitch Jeter added his third field goal with 30 seconds remaining to seal it. There’s a good reason a warning is offered to first ...

The boyfriend of a missing Cody woman got seven years in prison Friday on a gun-related charge. But his sentencing unfolded ...

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson has requested information from the Biden administration “to provide citizenship data to help Texas maintain secure voter rolls.” “Texas demands this information.

A judge has denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair ...

A harbor seal in the Pacific Northwest on Friday found itself in the mouth of a humpback whale and in desperate need of an exit strategy. The image atop this post, captured by Tim Filipovic of ...

Texas State University breaks all-time enrollment record with 40,000 students as the Wall Street Journal named it among its ...

“And Zillion took interest in it.” As they repositioned their boat, Filipovic said that’s when they noticed a seal rolling around inside one of the bait balls. He said they could see the ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton's office wanted a judge to put a stop to the State Fair's gun ban before the fair opens Sept. 27.

including a US Navy SEAL. The State Department called the allegations “categorically false,” adding in a statement that the United States “continues to support a democratic solution to the ...