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Dry start to the week, but rain is coming


April 26, 2021

The new work-week will start off dry, but more rain is coming this week. Skies will be partly sunny today and a breezy south wind help boost temperatures into the 80s once again. A slight chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorms is in the forecast for Tuesday. Much higher rain chances are showing up for Wednesday and Thursday. Thunderstorms will …

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Mailers, money and a church’s politics: How some North Texas school board races are ‘drawn into the vortex of the culture wars’


April 26, 2021

Highland Park residents recently opened their mailboxes to find flyers slamming a school board candidate because he put a Black Lives Matter sign in his yard. Ahead of the May 1 municipal elections, some North Texas school board races have taken on a tenor infused with huge amounts of cash, political divisiveness and dog whistles evoking national wedge issues. For …

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Ring video shows missing mother of 3 the night before disappearance


April 26, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Search efforts for a missing mother of three continued Saturday, as one local group is offering a $1,000 reward to help find answers about what happened to her. Erica Hernandez hasn’t been seen since the early morning hours of April 17 when she left a friend’s house in the 6000 block of Benning Drive in southwest …

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Sri Lanka, Bangladesh draw weather-marred first Test


April 26, 2021

PALLEKELE: Bangladesh comfortably batted out the final session of a truncated final day to draw the weather-affected first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Sunday. With a lead of 107 runs and two sessions left, Sri Lanka had their hopes high after claiming two early Bangladesh wickets after lunch, but an aggressive knock by opener Tamim Iqbal snuffed out …

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Guy clicks space station picture cruising across the moon


April 26, 2021

Astro Photographer Andrew McCarthy has captured the moment the International Space Nation (ISS) passed in front of the moon.  Both the Moon and the International Space Station have been captured while being caught in a rather overpowering sunbeam. McCarthy shared the video of the space station passing by on his Instagram handle @cosmic_background. While describing the shot, McCarthy stated in the …

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Bitcoin falls 1.8% to $50,270


April 26, 2021

Digital currency Bitcoin dropped 1.77% to $50,269.9 on Saturday, losing $906.75 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 22.5% from the year’s high of $64,895.22 on April 14. Ether , the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, dropped/dipped 4.91 % to $2,253.41 on Saturday, losing $116.36 from its previous close. Bitcoin and other …

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National Women’s Softball Championship to be held in June under floodlights


April 26, 2021

KARACHI: Chairman Sindh Softball Association (SSA) Syed Afzal Zaidi said on Saturday that due to the outbreak of Covid-19 major sports events in the world have been cancelled and softball activities in Pakistan have also been severely affected. The 15th National Women’s Softball Championship has been cancelled due to the increased cases of the coronavirus. However, after the situation improves …

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