Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

Democrats pulled off a surprise upset in a special election for the Texas Senate on Saturday, giving the party a big boost ahead of the November midterms, according to an estimate from Decision Desk Headquarters. Fort Worth Democrat Taylor Rahmet, a machinist and Air Force veteran, defeated Southlake Republican Leigh Wambsgans to fill the vacant…

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NBA Power Rankings: Players under the most pressure

The 2026 NBA trade deadline (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET) is one day away, with a flurry of blockbuster deals already beginning, including James Harden‘s exit from the LA Clippers to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Darius Garland. While the league and fans wait for another blockbuster deal, the regular season carries on, and teams…

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How the world’s top 20 empires rank

Rank Empire Value Key operator(s) Notable sports properties (*owns 50% or less) 1 Kroenke Sports & Entertainment $21.17B Stanley Kroenke (owner, chairman), Josh Kroenke (vice chairman) NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, NBA’s Denver Nuggets, NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, Premier League’s Arsenal 2 The Jones family $15.53B Jerry Jones (owner, president, general manager of the Dallas Cowboys) NFL’s…

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Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization 

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty Images Google parent company Alphabet has become the fourth member of the $4 trillion club. Alphabet shares popped 1% Monday, after Apple said it would use Google’s…

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Combined therapy integrates Chinese herb Astragalus and methotrexate to address drug resistance in autoimmune diseases

Astragali Redics extract (left) and slices (right). Credit: Hong Kong University The school of Chinese medicine, researcher at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University (HKUMED) has found that the traditional Chinese drug with Western medicine methotrexet (MTX), which may be effectively reduced in the Austors Astrams, with Western medicine methotraxate (MTX). Disease. Their…

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US embassy in Iraq hit by missile; no injuries reported

The US Embassy in Iraq was hit by a missile on Saturday, with no reports of injuries, multiple outlets reported. An Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera that the missile attack destroyed the embassy’s air defense system. The Associated Press also reported that the missile struck a helipad inside the compound. However, Agence France-Presse reported…

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Sarah Strong, Azzi Fudd lead UConn past Louisville in opener

Alexa FilippoNovember 4, 2025, 10:54 pm ET to close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Annapolis, MD – defending champions yukon huskies They picked…

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