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Spence beats Garcia, keeps titles in 1st fight since crash

ARLINGTON, Texas – Errol Spence Jr. skipped a tune-up in his first fight since a car crash that almost derailed his promising career.The Texan didn't need a warmup act.Spence defended his WBC and IBF welterweight championships, looking sharp in a unanimous decision over Danny Garcia on Saturday night by controlling the pace almost from the start in another defense on his home turf.Judges Steve Weisfeld and Barry Lindenman scored it 116-112, with Tim Cheatham giving Spence a decided 117-111 edge at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL team that has adopted the 2012 U.S.

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Years-old murder shook town; new arrest causes aftershocks

BOISE, Idaho – As days turned into years, Brett Woolley came to accept that his father’s murderer would never be found — and that his family’s private tragedy had become a Wild West legend, the kind of thing folks shared when they were a few too many drinks deep into the night. Nearly 40 years ago, Dan Woolley was shot in the parking lot of a small-town bar.

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MLB executive, ex-pitcher Young joins hometown Rangers as GM

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Rangers hired Chris Young as executive vice president and general manager Friday, bringing the Major League Baseball executive home to work under president of baseball operations Jon Daniels, the club's GM since 2005.Young pitched 13 seasons in the majors, the first two with the Rangers after the 6-foot-10 two-sport standout grew up in Dallas and played baseball and basketball at Princeton. The 41-year-old had been with MLB since May 2018.The return to Texas comes after Young interviewed for the GM opening with the New York Mets, who recently abandoned an effort to hire a president of baseball operations to focus on the GM search.

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Houston-area ICU doctor who treated COVID-19 patients dies from virus

THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza, 51, of The Woodlands lost his life trying to save the lives of others.In late March, Andrea Araujo says her father became the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball."He was then sleeping in the hospital for weeks just to be there at all times and just to be sure someone was there taking care of his patients," she said.It was a role he assumed without hesitation and wholeheartedly."He is not just a doctor, he's a friend to everyone he meets," Andrea added.In late October, he contracted COVID-19.

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The Latest: Mississippi pauses football activities thru Wed

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Mississippi has paused football team activities until at least next Wednesday because of new COVID-19 cases.The school announced that the team had “a few new positive COVID-19 cases being identified each day.”“This seven-day suspension is in the best interest of student-athlete and staff safety,” the school said, adding that it had consulted with the Mississippi State Department of Health.The Rebels are off this weekend but have games to make up, if possible, against LSU and Texas A&M either Dec. 12 or Dec.

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Police: 2 men tied up, robbed during armed home invasion in Mayfair

MAYFAIR - Police in Philadelphia are investigating after two men were tied up and robbed during a home invasion late Thursday night in the city's Mayfair section.According to investigators, the victims were renovating the kitchen inside a home on the 4100 block of Longshore Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Two masked men armed with guns entered the home and fired two rounds into the ceiling and floor.The unknown suspects tied up both men and stole power tools, money and a silver Honda Odyssey with Texas temporary tags. Neither victim was injured during the incident.

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Tennessee Wendy's manager charged with assault after biting teen employee: police

A Wendy's restaurant is seen in Plano, Texas, the United States, on July 2, 2020. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images) This is not the kind of bite to eat you want from Wendy’s.An unnamed manager of a Wendy’s in Tennessee was charged with simple assault after admitting to biting a teenage employee on the shoulder during their shift.In a report recently filed by the 17-year old worker with the Murfreesboro Police Department, the 53-year-old supervisor was accused of approaching the young woman on Nov.

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Texas judges who called for stricter coronavirus mandates accused of breaking their own rules

Two Texas county judges who have called for stricter measures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus are being accused of hypocrisy for allegedly breaking their own rules. Tarrant County Judge B.

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Ohio State still 4th in CFP rankings after cancellation

Ohio State held on to the fourth spot in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night after having its previous game canceled, landing behind No. 1 Alabama, No.

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More than 12K COVID-19 deaths reported in US over past week as hospitalizations surpass 96K

FILE - A medical staff member holds a hand of a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on Nov. 19, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

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ICU doctor embraces coronavirus patient in viral photo

An intensive care unit (ICU) doctor in Houston who has treated coronavirus patients for more than 250 consecutive days is going viral for a simple act of compassion. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center, was captured embracing a man with COVID-19 while working in the ICU on Thanksgiving Day. HOUSTON: Dr.

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Photo of US doctor comforting elderly Covid patient goes viral

Joseph Varon, a doctor treating coronavirus patients at a Texas hospital, was working his 252nd day in a row when he spotted a distraught elderly man in the Covid-19 intensive care unit.

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Political fight brewing over Biden's WH budget chief nominee

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget is quickly emerging as a political battle that could disrupt his efforts to swiftly fill out his administration.Some Republicans are expressing doubt that Neera Tanden could be confirmed by the Senate after she spent years attacking GOP lawmakers on social media.Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton claimed Tanden’s rhetoric was “Filled with hate & guided by the woke left.”Texas Republican Sen.

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Ramey, No. 17 Texas beat Davidson 78-76 in Maui Invitational

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Courtney Ramey and No. 17 Texas offered a glimpse Monday of the Longhorns' potential depth to start the relocated Maui Invitational.

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South Carolina remains No. 1 in women's AP Top 25; Texas in

NEW YORK – Top-ranked South Carolina jumped into the new season by playing three games in the first five days. The Gamecocks were challenged over the weekend in a tournament in South Dakota but emerged victorious.They remained the top choice in The Associated Press women's basketball poll released Monday, receiving 29 of 30 first-place votes from a media panel.

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Key question in Bill Cosby appeal: Does defendant’s past matter?

Bill Cosby PHILADELPHIA - In 2016, as Bill Cosby’s legal team prepared for trial in his stunning sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court quietly heard a death row inmate’s appeal.Lawyers for Charles Hicks questioned whether three women who said he had beaten and choked them in Texas should have testified at his trial in a fourth woman’s death in the Pocono Mountains.Prosecutors hoped to show a pattern of “strikingly similar” conduct, even if only one woman died.

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Biden adds more members to COVID-19 advisory board

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden makes a zero with his hand as he delivers remarks at an aluminum manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on September 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden announced the newest members to his COVID-19 advisory board Saturday.

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Jackson's 3 TD runs lead No. 21 Oklahoma St past Texas Tech

STILLWATER, Okla. – Dezmon Jackson rushed for career highs of 235 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 21 Oklahoma State bounced back from a disappointing loss to rival Oklahoma to beat Texas Tech 50-44 on Saturday.

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Doctor hugs elderly coronavirus patient on Thanksgiving in viral photo

HOUSTON, TX - NOVEMBER 26: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

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'Super-spreader' funeral of 92-year-old leaves 42 mourners with coronavirus

At least 42 mourners were infected with coronavirus at a funeral for a 92-year-old woman in Texas.

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Hall's late TD lifts No. 15 Iowa State over No. 20 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Breece Hall scored on a 3-yard run with 1:25 remaining, and No. 15 Iowa State held off last-minute drive by Sam Ehlinger and No.

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Texas funeral became coronavirus superspreader event after 42 were sickened, family claims

A Texas family says their mother’s funeral, held earlier this month, turned into a super-spreader event after more than 40 people came down with coronavirus. Delynda Cruz, whose mother the funeral was held for, told Fox 4 News she started feeling sick about two days after the Nov.

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Gibson, Washington roll past Cowboys 41-16 on Thanksgiving

ARLINGTON, Texas – Antonio Gibson ran for three touchdowns, Alex Smith had a scoring pass and Washington at least temporarily moved into first place in the woeful NFC East with a 41-16 Thanksgiving victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday.Gibson's second score was a 23-yard run on the first play after an ill-advised fake punt attempt by Dallas as Washington beat its division rival on Thanksgiving for just the second time in 10 tries, the most frequent visitor for the Cowboys in their annual holiday home game.Washington (4-7) slides ahead of Philadelphia (3-6-1) in the NFC East and will stay in first place if the Eagles lose to Seattle on Monday night.

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Texas officers parody 'your vehicle's extended warranty' robocalls

FULSHEAR, Texas - Police officers in Texas shared a video parodying scam phone calls about extended vehicle warranties.In the video filmed by Captain Michael McCoy, Sergeant Roger Thurman walks up to a vehicle as if during a traffic stop and says, “There’s people trying to get in touch in regards to your vehicle extended warranty.”DOWNLOAD THE FOX 7 AUSTIN NEWS APPThe Federal Communications Commission has warned the public to be cautious of calls from scammers posing as representatives of car dealers, manufacturers, or insurers that warn of auto warranties or insurance that is about to expire.“During the call – which often begins automated or pre-recorded – you may be instructed to press a certain number or stay on the line, then asked to

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Couple sends cardboard cut-out of themselves to grandkids for holidays

Missy and Barry Buchanan sent a life-sized cardboard cutout of themselves to their grandchildren ahead of Thanksgiving. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Buchanan) A grandma and grandpa in Texas know that traveling to visit their family for Thanksgiving would have been risky due to the coronavirus pandemic.So instead, Missy and Barry Buchanan, of Rockwall, created life-sized cardboard cut-outs of themselves and sent them to their grandchildren in Texas and California ahead of the holidays."Welcome to the 'cardboard' family!" Missy wrote on Facebook.

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Week 13: Notre Dame-N Carolina; Iowa St-Texas top game menu

The jockeying for position begins in earnest now that the first College Football Playoff rankings are out.Among the four teams at the top, only Notre Dame (No. 2 CFP) is expected to face a strong challenge this week.

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Cowboys assistant Markus Paul dies day after medical event

FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Cowboys strength coach Markus Paul died Wednesday, a day after being taken to the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at the team's facility. He was 54.The team said the cause of death was pending.Paul was in his third season with the Cowboys after previous being a strength and conditioning coach with the New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots, New York Jets and 12 seasons with the New York Giants.

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Mahomes vs. Brady spices up Thanksgiving holiday week

avenging its only defeat this season.Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, who also knows a few things about quarterbacks, has called Mahomes' college workout at Texas Tech "amazing." A good word for Mahomes in the pros, too.“The day I worked out Patrick, I think the wind was blowing about 35-40 miles per hour and it didn’t affect his ball at all,” he says. "It was amazing down in Lubbock that day.”Arians, whose Bucs (7-4) have a bye next week (at last), saw his team and Brady struggle in a loss to the Rams on Monday night.“We’ve got to get ready to play a great football team coming up,” Brady said.

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Kind-hearted 5th-grader doles out snacks, positive messages to 100,000 for Thanksgiving

Orion Jean. The ten year old wants to feed 100,000 people over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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14-year-old facing charges after 1-year-old killed, 9-year-old hurt in Kaufman County shooting

FORNEY, Texas - A 14-year-old is now facing a couple of charges after a 1-year-old was killed and a 9-year-old was injured in a shooting at a Forney home Tuesday night.The shooting happened just after 5 p.m., in the 2100 block of Juniper Drive, in the Windmill Farms Community.RELATED: 1-year-old dies, 9-year-old hurt in Kaufman County shootingResponding deputies found a 1-year-old girl who had been shot in the head, and a 9-year-old boy who had an injury to his hand.The 1-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, while the 9-year-old was taken to a Dallas hospital with a non-life threatening injury.It’s believed this was an accidental shooting.AdvertisementThere were two other children in the home at the time of the shooting, a sibling of

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Houston men accused of trying to sell non-existent masks to foreign government

HOUSTON - Two Houston-area men are accused of attempting to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 facemasks that they did not possess to a foreign government, defrauding them out of more than $317 million, U.S. Attorney Ryan K.

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Nurse dies of COVID-19 after coming out of retirement to teach front-line workers

nurse who gave up her retirement to train a new generation of front-line workers for the pandemic has died, after contracting COVID-19 in north Texas.Iris Meda died in a hospital earlier this month following complications from the coronavirus, which struck her while she was sharing her knowledge as a nursing instructor.Meda called it a career in January, but she came back in August to share her expertise with high school and college students, according to her daughter, Selene Meda-Schlamel.“Because of the pandemic, she wanted to train other front-line workers to help in this crisis,” Meda-Schlamel told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

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99th birthday party spurs dozen coronavirus infections among relatives

A dozen family members who traveled to St. Louis to celebrate their father’s 99th birthday found themselves all infected by the novel coronavirus.

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Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

DALLAS – As nurse Teri Wheat made her rounds at a Texas maternity ward, she began to realize she was having a hard time understanding the new mothers who were wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic.So she got her hearing tested and now wears hearing aids.Her hearing loss “became more noticeable the more barriers that we had to have,” said Wheat, 52, who wears a mask and a face shield at work to protect herself and others against the virus.Hearing specialists across the U.S.

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AOC, Ted Cruz spar over coronavirus aid stalemate as clock ticks for Congress to make deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen.Ted Cruz traded barbs over whose party is responsible for a high-stakes stalemate over another coronavirus aid package after Congress left Washington for a weeklong Thanksgiving recess with no deal in place. "People across the country are going hungry, COVID is set to explode, and Mitch McConnell dismissed the Senate last week," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted Monday.

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Covid vaccine hopes lift oil prices surge to 8-month high

Oil hit its highest since March on Tuesday, rising towards $47 a barrel, as a third promising coronavirus vaccine spurred hopes of a quicker recovery in economic growth and oil demand next year.AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID-19 shot was 70% effective in trials and could be up to 90% effective, giving the fight against the pandemic a third vaccine. This follows positive results from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.Brent crude rose 31 cents, or 0.7%, to $46.37 a barrel by 0914 GMT and hit a session high of $46.72, its highest since March 6.US West Texas Intermediate crude gained 32 cents, or 0.7%, to $43.38."The fight against the coronavirus is intensifying and is proving to be increasingly successful," said Tamas Varga of broker PVM.

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99th birthday celebration becomes COVID-19 'super spreader' after all family members infected

PLANO, Texas - They took precautions, but the virus spread among family members from Plano and other parts of the country who traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, for a birthday celebration. From their 99-year-old father to a 3-year-old great-nephew, more than a dozen relatives felt the effects of the family trip that turned into a super spreader.Larry Goldsticker is at now at his home in Plano and is feeling better after battling COVID-19, as are his family members who met up in St.

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15 relatives contract coronavirus after birthday celebration: 'Don't be like my family'

A Texas family is using their personal experience to warn others against gathering for celebrations ahead of Thanksgiving after 12 of them allegedly contracted coronavirus at a birthday dinner held earlier this month, eventually spreading it to three others who didn’t go to the party.

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15 members of one North Texas family get COVID-19 after some of them attend small birthday party

ARLINGTON, Texas - Tarrant County continues to report a high number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.On Sunday, more than 1,500 new cases were reported in Tarrant County.One Arlington family knows firsthand the impacts of how fast the virus can spread.With Thanksgiving just days away, the Aragonez family is sharing their coronavirus message before people decide to spend the holiday with groups of people.The coronavirus pandemic has proven that one get-together, even if it’s just close family, can immediately change lives.Those in the Aragonez family in Arlington are no strangers to spending time together.AdvertisementEarlier this month, 12 of them gathered to celebrate a birthday.“We don’t go to restaurants, we don’t really party,”

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AP Top 25: Alabama now unanimous No. 1; Northwestern to 11

Alabama is now a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, and Northwestern moved up to No. 11 on Sunday for its best ranking in 24 years.For the second straight week, the top eight teams in the poll held their spots.

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Texas calls in National Guard to help morgues overwhelmed by coronavirus deaths

Texas National Guard has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues in the border region with the number of dead as a result of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.Statewide, the Texas health department on Saturday reported a one-day high of 12,597 new virus cases, nearly 20,500 dead since the pandemic began and more than 8,200 virus hospitalizations.“The Texas Military will provide us with the critical personnel to carry out our fatality management plan and we are very grateful to them for their ongoing support,” El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said late Friday when the deployment was announced. Texas becomes first U.S.

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Coronavirus: Texas National Guard deployed to El Paso County as morgue overwhelmed

The Texas National Guard was deployed this weekend to El Paso County as it saw its morgue overwhelmed with a backlog of deaths, while members of the Air Force medical teams have taken up stations to help hospitals with COVID-19 patients.

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Rattler leads No. 18 Oklahoma past No. 14 Oklahoma St. 41-13

NORMAN, Okla. – Spencer Rattler passed for 301 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score to help No. 18 Oklahoma beat No.

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AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton

DALLAS – The FBI recently opened a criminal investigation into claims that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor.

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Commander seeks to get embattled Fort Hood 'back on track'

WASHINGTON – Every week, Army Lt. Gen.

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Trump lawyers wrongly cite election "red flags" in Michigan that actually happened in Minnesota

Trump campaign lawsuit focusing on election fraud in Georgia has used data from precincts in Michigan to highlight "anomalies and red flags" that have led to discrepancies in vote totals. An affidavit in the legal filing was signed by a Texas resident who specializes in cybersecurity. In it, the cybersecurity expert points to voter turnout that exceeds 100% in dozens of Michigan precincts.The problem is, they aren't precincts in Michigan.

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Texas high school opens grocery store for students, families — and it accepts good deeds as payment

The grocery store at Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas, is entirely student-run. (Photo credit: Anthony Love) SANGER, Texas - A high school in Texas has opened a student-run grocery store, providing food and other necessities to students, staff and their families in need amid the coronavirus pandemic — while providing kids with essential job skills. The grocery store at Linda Tutt High School doesn’t accept cash.

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Man convicted of killing Texas teen becomes 8th federal execution of 2020

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Orlando Hall got stiffed on a drug deal and went to a Texas apartment looking for the two brothers who took his money.

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