Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
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It will be another hot one today and tomorrow. The good news is rain chances gradually climb up day by day with our best shot at measurable rain coming on Friday. Fall is less than a week away now, and with that, Mother Nature is finally taking note and offering us a stronger cold front next work week.
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Today’s Big Stories
1. TEA receives 180 complaints against teachers for social media posts on Charlie Kirk’s death
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) says it is investigating roughly 180 complaints about social media posts from public school teachers and staff making inappropriate comments on the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
2. Some Texas cities are getting new hospitals while rural areas try to keep the doors open
Texas hospitals have been on the minds of federal, state and local leaders this summer.
Just last week, Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law to improve health care in rural communities. And two weeks before that, Abbott held a rural health care roundtable with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Austin.
Covenant Children’s Hospital is pictured from outside the emergency entrance on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
3. Texas cattle industry sees herds decrease due to drought, inflation
Livestock raisers and experts say drought is a big reason for decreasing cattle numbers, but it is also because of increased operating, equipment and feed costs.
Notes for Tomorrow
Wednesday, Sept. 17
- U.S. TikTok ban comes into force again following extension
- Interest rate decision
- Donald Trump continues visit to the UK
- Latin GRAMMY Awards nominations announced
- Man convicted of 1990 murder of parents- and sister-in-law scheduled for execution (Florida)
- Northrop Grumman 23rd commercial resupply mission arrives at ISS
In Case You Missed It
Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers dribbles the ball during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Atlanta Dream in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers is WNBA Rookie of the Year
Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers was a runaway choice for WNBA Rookie of the Year after one of the best debut seasons in league history.
Bueckers received 70 of the 72 votes from sportswriters and broadcasters in balloting announced by the league on Tuesday. The other two went to Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron.