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WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Waco Police said that a man is dead after being hit by a car on Wednesday night. On November 12, 2025, officers were called to Old Lorena Road near the intersection of HWY 84 ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On November 25, 1993, Central Texas was hit by an unexpected Thanksgiving Day ice storm. This storm, known as a “Blue Norther”, brought sleet and extremely cold temperatures into ...

Unfortunately, news circulating on social media indicates that several vet clinics have been warning horse owners about an EHV-1 outbreak. The first posts started appearing around 3 pm ET on Tuesday, ...

A far-right Australian lawmaker has prompted angry accusations of racism after wearing a burqa in parliament to draw attention to her push to ban the garment in public. Pauline Hanson, the leader of ...

Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings ...

Waco Police are searching for a suspect after an unidentified man was found shot to death early Monday morning on Colcord Avenue. Officers were sent to the 2100 Block of Colcord Ave after someone ...

An Australian senator has been barred from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing a burqa in the chamber MEBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ...

Democratic Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York — the first Puerto Rican woman ever elected to Congress — announced she will not seek re-election next year after more than three decades in office. "For ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture issued a statewide alert Tuesday after veterinarians reported cases of equine herpesvirus type 1 following the World ...

New figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws show 187 data breaches across Australia's mining and manufacturing sectors have exposed the personal information of up to 3.6 million people ...