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Winners of the 2026 Whiting Awards
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Whiting Foundation names its 10 emerging authors of 2026
Ivy Buck
The annual Whiting Award for Emerging Writers comes with $50,000 to support each winner's work. It's one of the largest prizes granted to promising new authors.
Live Nation, which owns the ticketing company Ticketmaster and owns or operates hundreds of venues, was accused in the antitrust lawsuit of unfairly wielding its power over the live music industry.
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Jury finds that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
A supply disruption is leading some water systems to reduce the amount of fluoride in drinking water.
Joe Raedle
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Middle East conflict causes a fluoride shortage for US drinking water
Pien Huang
Pope Leo XIV addresses the Algerian community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, in Algiers on Monday. Religious experts say President Trump's attacks on the pope are a break from how previous popes interacted with American presidents.
Alberto Pizzoli
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Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it's different
Ava Berger
Texas Standard
Family of Camp Mystic victim asks judge to preserve damaged cabins as planned reopening approaches
The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward, whose body has not been found, said they are worried that evidence could be destroyed if Camp Mystic were to reopen this summer.
Old soccer fee sets Spurs at odds with San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz-Jones
Rare bird rave: The Attwater’s prairie chicken dance kicks off
Trump’s foreign farm worker policy criticized by both unions and ‘America First’ groups
Austin author’s middle-grade novel ‘When You’re Brave Enough’ tells story of first love, friendship
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