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After Staff Exodus, Texas AG Seeks $43M for Google Suit

After Staff Exodus, Texas AG Seeks $43M for Google Suit

DALLAS (AP) — The mass exodus of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top staff over accusations of bribery against their former boss has left the Republican seeking $43 million in public funds to replace some of them with outside lawyers to lead a high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Google. Former Paxton aides told The Associated Press…MORE

Atlanta Preacher Raphael Warnock Makes History With Senate Win as Dems Near Majority

Atlanta Preacher Raphael Warnock Makes History With Senate Win as Dems Near Majority

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach. Warnock, a pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, defeated Republican…MORE

American Airlines Grounds Emotional Support Animals

American Airlines Grounds Emotional Support Animals

DALLAS (AP) – Time is running out for emotional-support animals on airline flights. American Airlines said Tuesday that it will ban companion animals gradually by Feb. 1. As required by federal rules, passengers with a trained service dog will still be allowed to bring the dog on board at no extra charge. But owners of…MORE

5 Kids Hospitalized at Cook Children’s With Rare Post COVID-Related Illness

5 Kids Hospitalized at Cook Children’s With Rare Post COVID-Related Illness

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A rare COVID-related illness in children has 5 kids hospitalized at Cook Children’s Hospital. Parents of these children are just learning about Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. The symptom list includes fever, gut pain and vomiting and can present in children weeks after they’ve recovered from COVID-19. Five children…MORE