Michael Minasi
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KUT
The popular swimming hole in Wimberley is a gauge for the aquifer beneath. Drought and more development threaten the waterflow — and the local economy that depends on it.
Sophie Park
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Portra Images/Getty Images/Stone RFA new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide. -
The latest toll from Johns Hopkins University comes nearly four months after the nation crossed the half-million mark for deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.
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June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for black people in America. -
This weekend, Texans will celebrate Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day enslaved African-Americans were liberated in Texas — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. That happened when Union troops arrived in Galveston, where on Saturday many will celebrate with a Juneteenth parade and the dedication of a new mural.
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The district said all classes will be in-person next school year after the Texas Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have ensured schools get state funding for virtual learning.
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The holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas found out they were free — two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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