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Miracle Treat Day brings sweet support to Hendrick Children's Hospital

KXVA - Texas · July 31, 2025

Dairy Queen's Miracle Treat Day will donate $1 from each Blizzard sold to support Hendrick Children's Hospital. ABILENE, Texas — Thursday, July 31 is Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen (DQ), and it's more than just an excuse for a Blizzard Treat....

The Houston Rockets all set to host 3rd annual Back-To-School Bash

KPRC - Texas · July 31, 2025

HOUSTON – Talk about a SLAM DUNK! The Houston Rockets and Reliant are once again teaming up to host their third annual Back-to-School Bash in partnership with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department. This year’s event, which is open to the...

Florida carries out record 9th execution of 2025 on man convicted of killing his wife and 2 children

Orlando Sentinel - Florida · July 31, 2025

By CURT ANDERSON STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children was put to death Thursday, becoming the ninth person executed in Florida this year and setting a state record for a single-year...

Dolores Osteen, Lakewood Church Co-Founder and Joel Osteen’s Mom, Dies at 91 By Abigail Adams

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW Dolores "Dodie" Osteen has died at the age of 91, according to a statement shared by her son Joel Osteen on Wednesday, July 30 Dodie founded Lakewood Church alongside her late husband John Osteen on Mother's Day in 1959 "Together, we...

The Latest: America's school children face Trump order to resume push-ups and pull-ups

WFTV - Florida · July 31, 2025

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test for American school children, the White House says. The program created in 1966 had children prove they could run and perform sit-ups and...

How South Texas Events Offer Up-Close Encounters With History

Meetings Today ·

San Antonio's Witte Museum is celebrating history—and making its own—in a variety of ways this year and in 2026. Founded in 1926 with a focus on South Texas nature, science and culture, the Witte turns 100 next year. Set in a leafy 10-acre...

How Grassroots Union Activists Fight Trump, Republican Callousness

I News Cayman · July 31, 2025

By David McCall Author Bio: David McCall is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Credit Line: This article was produced by the Independent Media Institute Harmon Dent’s congregation “adopted” an apartment building in...

RFK Jr. is elevating vaccine hesitancy. Texas advocates were prepared to seize the moment

The Dallas Morning News - Texas · July 31, 2025

Federal health authorities, headed now by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are embracing vaccine hesitancy in a way they never have before. In the nearly six months since being appointed by President Donald Trump, Kennedy has fired the...

A Texas researcher was held at SFO airport for over a week. Now he faces deportation

The Mercury News - California · July 31, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO (AP/By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER) — A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authorities at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a...

Catholic Charities reports donations in Texas Hill Country Disaster

KATC 3 ABC - Louisiana · July 31, 2025

Catholic Charities are reporting the relief they've provided to folks affected by the Texas Hill Country flooding. "In a powerful display of faith in action, Catholic Charities agencies from across Louisiana and Southeast Texas united to support...

Penny Schwinn Drops Bid to Serve as No. 2 in Education Department

Education Week · July 31, 2025

Penny Schwinn is withdrawing her nomination to serve in the No. 2 position at the U.S. Department of Education. The decision, announced in a Thursday webinar by the Georgetown University think tank FutureEd, comes as the former Tennessee education...

How the Twins reshaped MLB pennant race in epic trade deadline fire sale

Sporting News · July 31, 2025

The Twins were always going to be sellers at the MLB trade deadline, but no one foresaw the fire sale that happened on July 31. Minnesota traded nine MLB players on deadline day and 11 total over the past week. It was by far the most active team...

Oklahoma girl, Mystic alum raises money for flooded Texas camp

Allied News - Pennsylvania · July 31, 2025

ENID, Okla. — Instead of spending time with friends on the banks of the Guadalupe River this week, 11-year-old Bonnie Bowers opened a lemonade stand to raise money to help save her beloved Camp Mystic. An Enid resident, Bowers was supposed to...

Texas Father Sues California Doctor for Wrongful Death of his Unborn Children in Landmark Abortion Pill Case

The Gateway Pundit · July 27, 2025

Wikicommons/Photo by Wolfgang Moroder Jerry Rodriguez, from Texas, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against California doctor Remy Coeytaux for mailing abortion pills across state lines, allegedly resulting in the termination of two of his...

‘Not a damned penny.’ Texas flood survivors look for help

Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii · July 31, 2025

KERR COUNTY, Texas >> As soon as the raging waters receded on July 4 in Central Texas, Mike Richards led a group of volunteers to his property along the Guadalupe River to search for survivors. Instead, they found corpses, 10 of them, including a...

After historic Texas flood, questions linger about lack of warning

KMTV 3 News - Nebraska · July 31, 2025

With the search for the missing reaching an end, the recovery phase of the Texas flood disaster begins. The river has receded and crews are focused on hauling away steep piles of debris, while the community memorializes the lives lost and seeks...

Joel Osteen’s mom, matriarch of Lakewood Church, dies at 91

World - North Carolina ·

Dolores Osteen, mother of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen, died at her home of natural causes, her son said on Wednesday. She was 91. Better known as Dodie, Osteen co-founded the Houston-area Lakewood Church in 1959 with her husband, John, who...

Texas Senate redistricting committee set to vote on subpoenaing Department of Justice official

KLST - Texas · July 29, 2025

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The nine-member Senate select committee on redistricting is planning to vote Wednesday on whether to subpoena an assistant attorney general to testify. The Department of Justice official is the author of a letter that has been...

Dolores Osteen, Lakewood Church co-founder and Joel Osteen’s mom, dead at 91

KIMA - Washington State ·

Dolores Osteen, who was the co-founder of Lakewood Church, has died at the age of 91. Her son, televangelist Joel Osteen, made the announcement of his mother’s passing via a social media post, “It is with a heavy heart that Victoria and I, along...

‘Stakes are too high’ not to fight Texas redistricting map, says Democratic congresswoman

NBC News · July 31, 2025

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing ‘Stakes are too high’ not to fight Texas redistricting map, says Democratic congresswoman 08:08 UP NEXT Exclusive: Hegseth privately discussed...