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4 weeks ago

Aggrieved white men are a threat to democracy — history tells us we can't ignore them

Salon

In the 2024 presidential election, some 60 percent of white men voted for Donald Trump, making this group his strongest block. Ashley Jardina explains that some aggrieved white mean fear being replaced, leading them to form a new, white men, group identity. History has shown that when aggrieved white men form a collective identity and start to see themselves as …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

'More than our wombs': Women in conservative Texas cities mobilize to end GOP dominance

Raw Story

LUBBOCK — Morgan Kirkpatrick was exhausted. “Kamala has shown she’s the most experienced candidate we’ve ever had, and she also happens to be a woman,” said Kim Gonzalez, a member of the Texas Democratic executive committee who lives in Lubbock. Martha Korn looks down as she writes postcards during the campaign event, wearing a button reading, “I’m on the Left …

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5 months ago

How Michael Barrymore became Gen Z's unlikely hero by reinventing himself as a TikTok star with 3M followers - two decades after pool tragedy halted his career

Daily Mail

Michael Barrymore was at the height of his fame when a tragedy at this home saw him retreat from public life. Michael Barrymore has become Gen Z's unlikely hero by reinventing himself as a TikTok star two decades after the pool tragedy halted his career Barrymore's decades long career ended after the death of Stuart Lubbock in 2001 following a …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas conservatives want to end countywide voting. The costs could be high.

Raw Story

"Texas conservatives want to end countywide voting. But election officials are warning that if legislators scrap the state’s countywide voting program, they will struggle to pull off the changes that would be required — beginning with increasing their numbers of polling places. And voting provisionally, that's no guarantee that that vote is going to count, because they'd be voting outside …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Column: From Lubbock to sudden stardom, Swedish star Aberg not easily distracted. Even by LIV

Associated Press

So much feels like so long ago for Ludvig Aberg. “We know he’s going to be on the Ryder Cup for the next 15 years,” McIlroy said. Donald picked him for Europe’s team and no one was surprised, only amazed that Aberg would be the first to play in a Ryder Cup without ever having played in a major. That’s …

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1 year, 2 months ago

More Texas counties are trying to prevent people from using specific roads to get an abortion

Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest ways conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Lubbock County is the largest of four Texas counties that have now adopted a version of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

In Texas, local governments are banning travel aid for abortions

LA Times

Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest strategies conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe vs. Wade. Lubbock County is the largest …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Brother of man found dead at Michael Barrymore's pool party fear they will never get justice after pathologist who botched death probe dies

Daily Mail

The brother of Stuart Lubbock who was found dead at Michael Barrymore's pool party has said his family fear they will never find justice following the death of the pathologist who botched the postmortem. Stuart, 31, was found dead with severe internal injuries in Strike It Lucky star Barrymore's pool at his £2million home in Roydon, Essex, on March 31, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

‘An epidemic’: Syphilis rages through Texas, causing newborn cases to climb amid treatment shortage

Raw Story

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “Syphilis has become an epidemic.” Last year, syphilis cases across Texas rose by 22%, according to preliminary numbers, from 21,476 in 2020 to 25,991 in 2022, the most recent …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Texas Tech QB Shough set to face former team in No. 13 Oregon. That wasn’t his original plan

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LUBBOCK, Texas — Tyler Shough didn’t expect to be Texas Tech’s quarterback long enough to face his former team. Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire checked with Shough before making him a captain this week, wanting to make sure it didn’t add to an already elevated degree …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Tornadoes, hail and hurricane-force winds tear through Texas town, killing 4 people

LA Times

People in Matador, Texas, view an area that was hit by storms late Wednesday. A line of severe storms produced a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people, injuring nine and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday. The storms produced strong winds that …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Here comes the haboob: Texas High Plains getting walloped by dust storms

Raw Story

LUBBOCK — The Texas High Plains is a vast swath of oil-rich soil and farm and ranch land as far as the eye can see — only the peaks of Caprock Canyon break up the endless miles of plains in the region. “It was horrible,” Lanita said of this week’s dust storms. The Texas Department of Public Safety referred to …

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2 years ago

Lincoln Riley 2.0? Garrett Riley doesn’t live in his famous brother’s shadow

LA Times

Texas Christian offensive coordinator Garrett Riley watches players warm up before a game against Iowa State in November. “There’s no question about it, I am who I am and was the quarterback that I was in large part because of Garrett Riley,” said Wood, who’s now coach at Snyder High, south of Lubbock. “If either one of us has bragging …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

Raw Story

LUBBOCK — The Northwest Texas Annual Conference of United Methodist Churches started like a regular church service. In response to the vote, St. John’s United Methodist Church in Lubbock released a statement saying they will continue being part of UMC and advocate for church policy changes at local and denominational levels. Many of the Texas congregations say they’ll join a …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer

Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas — The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nation’s top cotton-producing state. The losses in cotton could cost the Texas High Plains $1.2 billion after farmers receive federal crop insurance payments, estimates Darren Hudson, director of the International Center for Agricultural …

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2 years, 7 months ago

The No. 2 recruiting class … at Texas Tech? Joey McGuire’s recruiting is cranked up

New York Times

A cursory glance at the national team recruiting rankings — with Texas Tech sitting at No. Because Tech’s high school recruiting footprint is largely the same as Baylor’s — mostly Texas prospects — McGuire and Blanchard already had intimate knowledge of who they liked. “If you have a bad time, you’re not going to get an offer from Texas Tech,” …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Decades-long dream comes true for Mark Adams at Texas Tech

Associated Press

Mark Adams describes himself as an old West Texas farm boy who grew up on the cotton field and dreamed of being Texas Tech’s head basketball coach. “The first three or four days, I was kind of on an island thinking, what am I going to do if I don’t get this job?” Adams already had 554 wins in 23 …

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3 years ago

‘How can a West Texas boy go to L.A.?’ Lincoln Riley’s journey from Muleshoe to USC

LA Times

Deep on the dusty plains of West Texas, where grain silos line the sparse landscape and a dry breeze blows loose tufts of cotton across U.S. Route 84, a stretch of railroad runs along a lonely highway. Muleshoe football, as Riley remembers, was “one of the worst programs in the entire state of Texas for a long time.” Mike Riley, …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Michael Barrymore pool death: Man arrested for murder of Stuart Lubbock is released under investigation

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man arrested on suspicion …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Beard goes home to try to get Texas where he took Texas Tech

Associated Press

Chris Beard insists that it was the most difficult decision in his life to return to his alma mater at Texas after a successful, five-season run at Big 12 rival Texas Tech that included an overtime loss in the national championship game played two years ago. “I’m not afraid to talk about it from day one.” Texas Tech athletic director …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Snow storm forecast: Confidence is growing for a significant snowfall event

CNN

CNN — An even more significant winter storm could hit the same area of the southern United States just glazed over with ice, which led to power outages, deadly car crashes and record snowfall. Track the storm’s path CNN Weather The current forecast for Oklahoma City is 8 to 12 inches during the 48-hour period of Sunday into Monday. Get …

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4 years, 1 month ago

'Were in trouble': Texas sending record help to hospitals

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas is sending medical staff …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?

Salon

Rural Texas saved Ted Cruz in 2018. Cornyn's Democratic rival, MJ Hegar, said Saturday she was "not concerned at all" about a repeat of 2018, when rural Texas rescued an otherwise vulnerable Republican U.S. senator. "I grew up in rural Texas, and I know what rural Texas needs," said Hegar, who was raised in Williamson County — north of Austin …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court changes fuel moves to protect abortion access

Associated Press

A vast swath of West Texas has been without an abortion clinic for more than six years. “Abortion access in these states now faces its gravest ever threat,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood’s president. Planned Parenthood closed its previous clinic in Lubbock, a city of 255,000 people, in 2013 after the Texas Legislature slashed funding for family planning services …

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Aggrieved white men are a threat to democracy — history tells us we can't ignore them

'More than our wombs': Women in conservative Texas cities mobilize to end GOP dominance

How Michael Barrymore became Gen Z's unlikely hero by reinventing himself as a TikTok star with 3M followers - two decades after pool tragedy halted his career

Texas conservatives want to end countywide voting. The costs could be high.

Column: From Lubbock to sudden stardom, Swedish star Aberg not easily distracted. Even by LIV

More Texas counties are trying to prevent people from using specific roads to get an abortion

In Texas, local governments are banning travel aid for abortions

Brother of man found dead at Michael Barrymore's pool party fear they will never get justice after pathologist who botched death probe dies

‘An epidemic’: Syphilis rages through Texas, causing newborn cases to climb amid treatment shortage

Texas Tech QB Shough set to face former team in No. 13 Oregon. That wasn’t his original plan

Tornadoes, hail and hurricane-force winds tear through Texas town, killing 4 people

Here comes the haboob: Texas High Plains getting walloped by dust storms

Lincoln Riley 2.0? Garrett Riley doesn’t live in his famous brother’s shadow

Hundreds of Texas Methodist churches vote to split from denomination after years of infighting over gay marriage and abortion

Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer

The No. 2 recruiting class … at Texas Tech? Joey McGuire’s recruiting is cranked up

Decades-long dream comes true for Mark Adams at Texas Tech

‘How can a West Texas boy go to L.A.?’ Lincoln Riley’s journey from Muleshoe to USC

Michael Barrymore pool death: Man arrested for murder of Stuart Lubbock is released under investigation

Beard goes home to try to get Texas where he took Texas Tech

Snow storm forecast: Confidence is growing for a significant snowfall event

'Were in trouble': Texas sending record help to hospitals

Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?

Supreme Court changes fuel moves to protect abortion access