Texas State

Grand Prairie, TX

Columbus, OH

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

Saratoga Springs, NY

Del Mar, CA

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for the final program of the season Monday at Ellis Park:

Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 26, 2024

Massachusetts State

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue organization in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a dog named Blazer who is looking for his forever home. According to the nonprofit rescue organization, Blazer has had quite a journey. “Blazer was one of 7 dogs ‘saved’ by another rescue down in Texas and when he was just a young puppy. Then, he was abandoned by this ‘rescue’ and left in a boarding kennel for 9 months. He is now a little over a year old, and 55lbs.” Thanks to Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. for stepping in to help Blazer, he is now on the path to finding a family to love him.

Meet The Sweet Dog Abandoned At Texas Kennel For Months Now Looking For Love In Massachusetts

Fort Worth, TX

InsideHook

Bella Hadid recently traded New York for Fort Worth, Texas. It raised some eyebrows. But whether or not the city’s new celebrity resident moves the needle for you, there’s no denying that Fort Worth is having a moment — or, more accurately, it’s been having a continuous series of moments for the past few years. Its population growth is outpacing nearly every large city in the country, bringing in creatives, entrepreneurs and others from both coasts and many places in-between. New luxury hotels have popped up, big-name chefs are opening new restaurants and seemingly everywhere you look, there’s something happening in town, from the Texas heritage-y allure of the Stockyards to gleaming art museums and modern fine-dining menus.

Now Is the Perfect Time to Visit Fort Worth, Texas

You've heard it before, and it bears repeating: "Everything is bigger in Texas." The Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin attributes this well-worn saying to the Lone Star State's sprawling geographical area. Of the 50 U.S. states, only Alaska covers more square miles than Texas and only California has a larger population. Yet Alaska is usually confined to a small inset on U.S. maps, making Texas appear bigger than any other state.

World Record Holding Tourist Spots That Suggest Everything Truly Is Bigger In Texas

Louisiana State

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Hancock County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. According to WJTV, a Mississippi man was taken into custody following the death of another man who sustained injuries in a bar fight. The incident, which occurred at K&R’s Bar on Highway 90, has led to the arrest of 53-year-old Robert Hammac.

Mississippi Man Arrested after Bar Fight Leads to Death

Dallas, TX

Carrollton, TX

Finurah

Entrepreneur, sports analyst and former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal has found a buyer for his Texas mansion. The sale came just one month after O’Neal […]

Shaquille O’Neal Sells His Texas Home After It Was on the Market for Only a Month

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Florida State

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

SARATOGA SPRINGS–Travers Weekend has been good to Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. And not just because he has won the GI Travers Stakes twice–with Flower Alley in 2005 and Stay Thirsty in 2011. The annual blockbuster weekend on the Saratoga Race Course schedule is also known for...

Tip Top Thomas' Gritty Performance May Be A Sign Of Things To Come

New Orleans, LA

Today, Louisiana takes a sharp turn in the wrong direction, to the tune of at least $1 billion wasted on prisons and punishment. That’s because today, August 1, our state’s most dangerous new laws go into effect. Louisiana is expanding execution methods, making it a crime to get too close to a police officer, and ending parole for everyone convicted of a crime committed today and any day from now on.

Louisiana is giving second chances to bad policy. It should be extending those second chances to our neighbors.

The Lantern

One man is dead after a five-hour standoff with police Sunday morning near Ohio State’s South campus. Credit: Lantern File Photo. One man is dead after an over-five-hour-long barricade standoff with the Columbus Division of Police Sunday morning.

One dead after five-hour standoff with police in the University District Sunday morning

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Mancuso (f, 2, McKinzie–Medaglia d'Argento, by Medaglia d'Oro) came within a neck of putting an exclamation point on a banner weekend for her high-profile connections at Del Mar last Sunday.

Second Chances: 'High Hopes from Day One' for McKinzie Filly Mancuso, a Strong Second on Debut at Del Mar

Denver, CO

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Los Angeles, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been forty-five years since former child star Darla Hood, best known for the classic Our Gang/Little Rascals film shorts, died tragically of a heart attack at only 47 years old in Canoga Park, CA. This is her story.

A Look Back at Child Star Darla Hood ('Our Gang'/'Little Rascals'): 45 Years After Her Tragic Death

Georgia State

DeanLand

Virtually all of Georgia's State Parks open for camping provide a great outdoors experience. But only one of Georgia's State Parks ranked among the Top 10 camping parks in the Southeastern United States, according to The Dyrt, an online camping platform.

Georgia State Park Ranks Top 5 for Camping in Southeast

Montana State

Wyoming State

WyoFile

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

Irving, TX

Arlington, TX

Euless, TX

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Lone Star Park Hosts Texas Yearling Sale On Monday Aug. 26

The Lone Star Park Sales Pavilion in Grand Prairie will once again host the Texas Thoroughbred Association's (TTA) single-session Texas Yearling Sale Monday beginning at 10...

Lone Star Park Hosts Texas Yearling Sale On Monday Aug. 26

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