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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year. The Democratic president will also call on states to suspend their own gas taxes or provide …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, according to a state-run news agency. Officials warned that the already grim toll would likely rise. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor near the Pakistani border, but quakes of that strength can cause severe …

Two independent researchers say they may have gotten to the bottom of what caused fish to fall from the sky late last year in Texarkana: bird regurgitation. Many in the east Texas town were shocked in late December when they found fish (later identified as shad) scattered on the streets and on their homes and cars following a storm. It wasn’t the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A new production about the life of Lauren Anderson is set to premiere in Houston this fall. It portrays the story of ballet’s first black principal dancer in a way never seen before. The play will be at Stages. On Tuesday night, the theater hosted a community conversation with Anderson and the playwright, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. …

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, what happens to Texas state laws that were in place prior to the landmark ruling on abortion rights almost 50 years ago? In Texas, where elective abortions already are restricted already to the first six weeks of gestation, a “trigger law” signed by the Gov. Greg Abbott would outlaw abortion within 30 days of …

Police officers were in the hallway and armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman’s arrival at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to a new report from the Austin American-Statesman. The details raise more questions and criticism about law enforcement’s response to the massacre and whether a quicker response could have saved lives. Authorities reconstructed …

The officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary wanted to get inside classrooms 111 and 112 — immediately. One officer’s daughter was inside. Another officer had gotten a call from his wife, a teacher, who told him she was bleeding to death. Two closed doors and a wall stood between them and an 18-year-old with an AR-15 who had opened fire on …

Our hot weather pattern will continue this week right through the weekend. High temperatures will range from the upper 90s to the low 100s. The hottest weather could be this weekend with highs of 100 to 104. Summer arrives at 4:14 Tuesday morning as the direct rays of the sun pass over the Tropic of Cancer. An air quality alert …

Three men died after a boat overturned Saturday in Lake Lavon, authorities said. The Collin County Sheriff’s Department said a strong storm caused the boat to overturn about 8:45 p.m. near Brockdale Park. Four men were aboard the boat, and one was able to hold on to a tree and call for help, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. …

WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday. The couple has not spoken by phone in the four months since Griner’s arrest in …