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More than 10,000 players, but not Texas QB Arch Manning, have opted in to EA Sports College Football 25

More than 10,000 players, but not Texas QB Arch Manning, have opted in to EA Sports College Football 25

More than 10,000 college football players have already agreed to be in EA Sports College Football 25 this summer, according to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, marking a huge step for the company as it brings back the once popular video game. One notable holdout, however, appears to be Texas redshirt freshman Arch Manning. Manning, according to Rivals.com’s Anwar Richardson, did not want to be in the video game. Instead, he’s “focused on playing football on the field.” Multiple people have… Source link

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Biden and Trump are making dueling trips to the Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, AP sources say

Biden and Trump are making dueling trips to the Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the Mexican border in Texas on Thursday after congressional talks on a deal to rein in illegal migration collapsed. The visits underscore immigration’s central importance in the 2024 presidential race and how much both Biden and Trump are seeking to use the nation’s broken system to their political advantage. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that… Source link

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17-year-old shoots mother and father, then walks into sheriff’s office, Texas cops say

17-year-old shoots mother and father, then walks into sheriff’s office, Texas cops say

A 17-year-old is accused of shooting his parents, killing his father, at a home in Conroe, Texas officials say. Deputies responded to a call for help at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, from a house on the eastern outskirts of Conroe, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. They arrived to find a man and a woman with gunshot wounds, and despite life-saving efforts by deputies, 41-year-old Leroy Constantine Jr. died at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. The woman was… Source link

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Texas, Florida saw the biggest population gains last year as more than 600,000 people fled New York, California

Texas, Florida saw the biggest population gains last year as more than 600,000 people fled New York, California

A growing number of Americans packed up and moved south in 2022, while bailing out of New York and California. Texas saw the largest net population gain for the one-year period ended July 1, 2022, with more than 450,000 people moving to the state, according to a new report from analysts led by Rafe Jadrosich at Bank of America Global Research. The firm cited data from the U.S. Census Bureau data and U-Haul rates in building its report. Florida saw the second-largest net population gain over… Source link

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Texas reaches settlement with radio stations over deceptive Google Pixel ads

Texas reaches settlement with radio stations over deceptive Google Pixel ads

Texas has reached a settlement with radio giant iHeartMedia over thousands of deceptive ads it aired promoting the Google Pixel 4 smartphone. The San Antonio-based radio station owner agreed to pay $65,000 in civil penalties and attorney fees, the Texas Attorney General’s Office announced Monday. The settlement comes one month after iHeartMedia and Google reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, Texas and several other states to pay $9.4 million in penalties. Federal and state… Source link

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Google over biometric data concerns

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Google over biometric data concerns

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming the internet giant is violating state law by amassing facial and voice recognition data on Texans without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit claims Google apps and devices indefinitely store data on facial geometry and voiceprints from anyone they capture, whether… Source link

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