Sen. Cornyn sidesteps GOP to back a bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing for 3.5 million Texans as the federal shutdown threatens to halt food aid starting Nov. 1.
        
        
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                        Former Bonham Mayor Roy Floyd, remembered as the city’s “People’s First Mayor,” has died at 78 after more than 40 years in public service.
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                        North Texas hospitals provide billions in uncompensated care. ACA changes could increase that burdenLast year, North Texas hospitals provided more than $7 billion in uncompensated care, like charity care or bad medical debt. One health leaders said if federal lawmakers don't extend a subsidy that makes federal health insurance marketplace coverage more affordable, hospitals statewide could be responsible for more than $1 billion in additional uncompensated care — which could lead to a loss of services or closures.
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                        This comes about a month after President Donald Trump claimed that taking Tylenol during pregnancy could increase the risk of autism in children, despite no conclusive evidence linking the drug to the condition.
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                        A new petition launched by the Commerce Chamber of Commerce is calling on Hunt Regional Healthcare to reopen the city’s emergency room, which closed earlier this year alongside the ER in Quinlan.
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                        Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
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                        Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.
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                        "67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.
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                        Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers.
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                        President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other countries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
