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Snowden: Proposed NSA reforms vindicate my data leaks

November 3, 2021 at 8:17 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former security contractor Edward Snowden, addressing a sympathetic crowd at a tech-heavy event in Austin, Texas, on Monday from a secret location in Russia, said proposed...

Favreau goes from ‘Iron Man’ to stainless steel food truck in new film

December 23, 2018 at 4:39 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Actor, director and screenwriter Jon Favreau traded the high-flying super hero antics of his "Iron Man" movies for a quieter new film about a celebrated chef...

Favreau goes from ‘Iron Man’ to stainless steel food truck in new film

November 3, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Actor, director and screenwriter Jon Favreau traded the high-flying super hero antics of his "Iron Man" movies for a quieter new film about a celebrated chef...

College-entrance SAT exam set for major overhaul in 2016

August 24, 2021 at 9:40 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An obligatory essay, arcane vocabulary words and penalties for wrong answers will be gone from the widely used SAT exam as of 2016 as administrators try...

Abbott, Davis win in Texas primaries roiled by Tea Party clout

November 3, 2021 at 8:12 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The top candidates for Texas governor easily won primary elections on Tuesday while favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement shook up several races with established...

Abbott, Davis win in Texas primaries roiled by Tea Party clout

May 23, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The top candidates for Texas governor easily won primary elections on Tuesday while favorites of the conservative Tea Party movement shook up several races with established...

U.S. Marines’ daughter becomes Sports Illustrated swimsuit pinup

August 24, 2021 at 8:34 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - With parents who met while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Hannah Ferguson seemed destined for a life in uniform. Instead, the girl from rural Texas...

Texas Democrat Davis battles suspicions of embellishing life story

May 23, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An inspiring escape-from-poverty story helped Texas Democrat Wendy Davis rise to political prominence, but suspicions that she embellished parts of her biography could hurt her campaign...

Texas Democrat Davis battles suspicions of embellishing life story

August 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An inspiring escape-from-poverty story helped Texas Democrat Wendy Davis rise to political prominence, but suspicions that she embellished parts of her biography could hurt her campaign...

An endangered east African black rhino and her young one walk in Tanzania's Serengeti park in this file photo.

Permit to hunt endangered rhino sells for $350,000 despite protests

November 3, 2021 at 7:53 p.m.

(Reuters) - A permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia sold for $350,000 at an auction in Dallas on Saturday with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals despite...

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