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Texas high school football scores for Friday, Oct. 24
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Vandegrift stayed in the hunt for the District 25-6A championship with a 44-34 win over Hutto, handing the Hippos their first district loss Friday in high school football action across Central Texas. REPORT YOUR SCORE: We’d love to post your team’s score in this scoreboard, but we need your help to do…
Read MoreDems bash administration for withholding SNAP funds: ‘Disgusting dereliction of duty’
Top House Democrats tore into the Trump administration on Friday night for withholding available food aid for millions of low-income Americans, saying the decision is both callous and illegal. “It is a disgusting dereliction of duty that the Trump administration would knowingly rip food out of the mouths of 42 million children, seniors and veterans,”…
Read MoreCity, state prepare for severe weather
AUSTIN (KXAN) — When severe weather is forecasted, many city and state agencies jump into action. “We have continued to add additional resources, mobilize additional crews and teams and bring them online,” said Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) spokesperson Wes Rapaport. On the state level, TDEM is all hands on deck as the weather…
Read MoreAndy Garcia Shares What Made Godfather Costar Diane Keaton a “Unicorn”
Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda & Candice Bergen Diane’s Book Club costars each shared individual tributes for the late actress. The Elf actress emphasized that her late friend was “magic.” “There was no one, nor will there ever be, anyone like her,” she wrote in a statement. “I loved her and felt blessed to be her…
Read MoreMiss USA 2024 Alma Cooper Skipping 2025 Pageant With Cryptic Message
Alma Cooper is moving on. The Miss USA 2024 winner revealed she won’t be attending the 2025 competition’s final round or crowning ceremony just hours before the beauty pageant event’s kickoff Oct. 24. “After much consideration, I’ve made the extremely difficult decision not to attend this year’s Miss USA pageant and crowning ceremony,” Cooper wrote…
Read MoreAnthropic Strikes Major Compute Deal With Google, Echoing OpenAI’s Chip Alliances
Dario Amodei, a former OpenAI executive, founded Anthropic in 2021. Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot The latest sign of the A.I. industry’s unrelenting hunt for computing power comes from an expanded agreement between Anthropic and Google—a deal that, like several others struck in recent months, underscores the rise of circular arrangements across Silicon…
Read MorePrince Andrew’s Coat of Arms Taken Down From Windsor Castle Amid Allegations
Prince Harry and King Charles III Are Not Speaking Harry told the BBC May 2 that his father King Charles III won’t speak to him “because of this security stuff,” but added that “it would be nice to reconcile.” The Duke of Sussex, who shares kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet with Meghan, said that…
Read MoreInflation hit 3 percent in September as energy prices squeezed households
(The Hill) – Annual inflation rose to 3% in September as a jump in gasoline and energy prices pushed price growth to its highest level since January. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3% last month and 3% over the 12-month span ending in September, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor…
Read MoreBezos Earth Fund Awards $30M to A.I. Climate and Nature Projects
Lauren Sánchez-Bezos, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, calls A.I. a key tool for climate action. Kevin MazurGetty Images for Keri Researchers using A.I. to combat illegal fishing, automate plant identification, and track bird populations are getting a major boost from Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder’s Bezos Earth Fund, his philanthropic commitment to fighting…
Read MoreZheng Chongbin’s Dialogue With the Golden State
Side by side, Golden State (2024) and Turbulence (2024) strike a stunning dichotomy; both are abstracted landscapes, but while one appears composed of sunlight, the other is composed of shade. Courtesy of Zheng Chongbin Ut supra, sic infra. As above, so below. This is the ethos of Zheng Chongbin’s design philosophy. Based in San Francisco’s…
Read MoreIzumi Kato’s Hybrid Totemic Forms Trace Possible Paths of Ecological Survival
Izumi Kato, Untitled, 2025. Oil on canvas, 191.5 x 194.5 cm./75 3/8 x 76 9/16 in. Photo: Ringo Cheung ©2025 Izumi Kato, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Japanese artist Izumi Kato’s humanoid hybrid creatures exist in a fluid space between worlds, hovering somewhere between ancient totems, unborn spirits and extraterrestrial beings. They emerge as…
Read MoreKim Kardashian Shares How Caitlyn Jenner’s Transition Influenced KUWTK
Kim Kardashian is giving credit where credit is due. The All’s Fair actress reflected on her family’s incredible 20-season run on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and pointed to Caitlyn Jenner‘s 2015 transition and the intrigue around it as a major reason why the series kept going in its later years. “We shot the pilot and had no…
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