Golfweek's 2025-26 women's college golf preseason All-America teams

The 2025-26 college golf season is here, which has our minds looking ahead to the postseason awards. It's never too early to look ahead and project who the best players in the country will be this season. Advertisement Advertisement Highlighting...

College football Week 1 picks against the spread: Texas-Ohio State, LSU-Clemson, Notre Dame-Miami and more

After the soft launch of Week 0, Week 1 of the college football season is bringing the heat. There are games on five days this week, starting Thursday with 17 games and continuing all the way through Labor Day on Monday with Bill Belichick’s North...

South Carolina women’s basketball: Would Dawn Staley have coached the Knicks?

Appearing on Aliyah Boston and Candace Parker’s “Post Moves” podcast, Dawn Staley addressed for the first time the rumours that the New York Knicks interviewed her for their vacant coaching position earlier this summer. “Would you ever seriously...

RFK Jr, who doesn’t have a medical degree, says he can diagnose children just by just looking at them

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Church 'Apostle' Enslaved Workers in Florida and Texas—Grand Jury

A federal grand jury in Detroit has returned a 10-count indictment against two self‑proclaimed religious leaders, David E. Taylor—who calls himself an "Apostle"—and Michelle Brannon, charging them with running a sprawling forced labor and money...

White House clarifies National Guard deployment amid crime and immigration crackdown

White House clarifies National Guard deployment amid crime and immigration crackdown 1,700 National Guard troops are being deployed in 19 states to assist DHS and ICE. White House clarifies the deployments are distinct from the D.C. operation....

Texas Wine Is Growing Up

A petite blond woman laid her hands on the glass table in front of me, her many silver and turquoise rings making a declarative clack. “Sorry to interrupt,” she said. I was on my last pour of a four-wine tasting at a winery outside of...

UTRGV Improves Ranking On List Of Best Colleges In Texas

The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley is moving up on an annual list of the best colleges in Texas. Niche-dot-com ranked UTRGV 12th on last year’s list. The education-themed platform ranked the university 11th this year. Rice University was...

Chamber learns about East Texas Crisis Center

Monitor photo/Carla Gray East Texas Crisis Center Survivor Advocate Kayla Glidewell (left) and Advocacy Coordinator Scotti Smothermon are guests at the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Aug. 14. To volunteer call (903) 509-2526 or...

Pac-12 (2.0) power rankings: QB play could dictate WSU’s place in our real look at a fake race

Predicting the order-of-finish for a conference that doesn’t exist is precisely the content you didn’t know you needed. Welcome to our assessment of Pac-12 teams this season based on the membership structure for next fall – a structure could...

UT Tyler Recognized for Veterans Education Excellence 

TYLER, Texas (August 26, 2025) – The University of Texas at Tyler received the Texas Veterans Commission Silver Veterans Education Excellence Recognition Award for its commitment to ensuring the academic success of veterans and the...

Mayra Flores Eyes Political Comeback in South Texas

Mayra N. Flores. Courtesy image.Texas Border Business By Roberto Hugo González Former Congresswoman Mayra Nohemi Flores, who made history in 2022 as the first Mexican-born woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, is once again setting...

The Catholic Church Played a Major Role in Slavery

Aerial view of the famous St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest at sunrise St. Stephen’s Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the...

North Texas church leaders react to Minnesota Catholic school shooting

The Houston Health Museum Puts Cadavers on Full Display

They're baaaaaaaack. Houstonia’s The Must List tells you about something going on in Houston that you absolutely cannot miss. Turns out, horror movies might exaggerate just how much viscera the human body contains. But antismoking PSAs? They are...

6 things to know: Minneapolis School Shooting, Game Night South Texas is back

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Good morning, Coastal Bend. Anchors Bryan and Michelle Hofmann here with you on KRIS 6 News Sunrise. Today is a difficult morning across the nation, as we come together following a heartbreaking tragedy in Minneapolis. Our...

Fascism is Here. The LGBTQ Movement Must Pivot | Opinion

Last week has been a clarifying week for the LGBTQ movement. We are under direct attack, and an unwanted war has viciously been declared against us. The Trump administration is rapidly consolidating power and exercising it to roll back LGBTQ...

I’m snubbed at the school gate over my hot body – women think I’ll steal their husbands

A MUM has revealed her hot body has turned her into the "neighbourhood villain" – with other women convinced that she’s trying to steal their husbands. Holly Jane has been snubbed at the school gates, excluded from community events and left...

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

VOL. 49 | NO. 36 | Friday, August 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation's largest immigration...

The 5 best college football games in Texas this year: From Texas-Oklahoma to SMU-TCU

With Week 1 arriving for college football fans this week, there are some massive games off the bat, most notably No. 1 Texas visiting No. 3 Ohio State. As big as that game is for the Longhorns, it isn’t taking place on Texas soil. If you live in...