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“Luther’s statements are ignorant, hateful, and incite violence against not only Chinese Americans, but all Asian Americans,” wrote Wu, who serves in the Texas House, in a statement issued Friday. “To casually conflate all Chinese students in America with actual registered members of the ruling party in the People’s Republic of China is not only ignorance of an extreme nature, it is also the type of rhetoric that drives anti-Asian hate crimes....

A city that has been battered throughout history with violent storms now stands in the way of another. The Weather Channel forecasts the Greater Houston area, including all suburban zip codes, to get hit hard by 4 or 5 a.m. local time Tuesday morning. Houston, just five years ago, had one of its worst floods in history after Hurricane Harvey dumped 60 inches of rain over two days in some areas....

Footage of the fast-moving rodent, which appeared to be a mouse, was posted to Facebook by user Brushawn Lewis early Sunday and has since gone viral, KVUE reported. The clip has attracted millions of views and been shared about 60,000 times on the social network. “This s*** is crazy,” Lewis noted under the two-and-a-half minute video. “I’m at Whataburger in Bastrop, TX. It’s a damn rat just out in the open!...

Fire-monitoring website Inciweb said that multiple fires have been burning southwest of Eastland, Texas. The ‘Eastland Complex fire’ includes fires in Walling, Wheat Field, Kidd and Oakmont. Texas A&M Forest Service told Newsweek that the Eastland complex fire in Eastland County is an estimated 39,883 acres and 2 percent contained. “Overnight, crews continued operations related to life safety and structure protection as well as fireline construction where possible.” “The critically dry grasses across the landscape and high wind speeds supported very active to extreme fire behavior and a rapid rate of spread....

NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) We didn’t get to see many plates this year, but players - current and former alike - got into the spirit. Sporting News has got you covered with some of the best Thanksgiving posts. James Harden The 2018 NBA MVP spent part of his Thanksgiving serving meals to individuals and families in Brooklyn. Deni Avdija The Israeli-born Wizards forward had his first Thanksgiving meal, and he implored Americans to make healthier food....

Some fans of Final Fantasy VII have been relentlessly scouring the brief Final Fantasy VII Remake E3 announcement trailer looking for clues about the game. While nothing particularly significant about Final Fantasy VII has been found, a connection to another Square Enix game has been discovered. The scene in question falls at about the 20 to 22-second mark in Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer, seen below. While attention would generally be drawn to the freeway sign or the cars on the road, the object in question is actually to the right of the road, on the side of a building....

In Scotland the same excuse was known as the “infidelity defense.” Distraught, bereaved relatives would sit in court and hear the defendant blame her for her death at his hands. She, of course, would not be there to defend herself as the man who killed her then defined her as a horrible slut. He would twist it around so that it would become he who was the victim of her behavior....

RELATED: The 10 Best Rated PS4 Exclusive Titles (According To Metacritic) The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One have a number of fundamental differences, but they’re familiar similar when it comes to their hardware power. Sony and Microsoft have entered the next generation of gaming where console exclusives might prove to be even more important, but the previous era also resulted in some excellent exclusives for both consoles. 10 PS4: Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (Score: 90) PlayStation’s adorable Astro Bot mascot has become increasingly popular in the past few years, with the PlayStation 5’s Astro’s Playroom being one of the biggest surprises of the next-gen console....

1. Glitch Lab Glitch Lab helps you create varied effects and bring novel elements to the world of digital glitch art. It combines simplicity with power. All its effects are neatly organized into categories to make your work easier. The app gives you a wide range of filters and options around the concept of glitch art. Glitch Lab brings you over 100 effects, including Streaking, Breaking, Pixel Sorting, Retro, 3D, Art filters, and more....

It’s the company’s most profitable franchise with its endless remakes and remasters of previous games in the Final Fantasy series. However, their skills in gaming development go way beyond just the Final Fantasy series. RELATED: Every Main Final Fantasy Game Ranked On How Long They Take To Beat There have been many times where the company has been willing to take risks with some of the best and most original games ever developed over several generations of gaming....

But it isn’t the only free video streaming app for Android and iPhone. So if you want to explore different types of content, or to try something away from the Google ecosystem, here are the best YouTube alternatives for your phone. 1. Vimeo Vimeo has a decent variety of videos but focuses mainly on professional, educational, and other work-related topics. Vimeo, being an ad-free platform, is at your rescue when you get overwhelmed with the ads on YouTube....

YouTube offers a good way of learning about all sorts of things, including NFTs. With whole channels dedicated to the phenomenon, and many others having dipped their toe into the subject. What Are NFTs? NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, come in multiple shapes and sizes. First, they’re units of data stored on a blockchain, which means that each one is unique. These come in different forms, from digital art to games, music, films, or even famous memes....

RELATED: 10 Of The Longest Cutscenes In Video Game History (& How Long They Are) While playing portable or not, all gamers want to get the most bang for their buck when purchasing games. Games with loads of content are able to be enjoyed much longer and the PS Vita had plenty of games that can hold players’ attention. 10 Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal - 58 ½ Hours Those who played Dungeon Travelers 2 in Japan had a vastly different experience than those who played it elsewhere....

For this piece, I want to take a look at ten of the finest position players who went largely unrecognized in 2014. 1. Starling Marte, Pirates 2014 stats: .291/.356/.453, 5.2 bWAR Marte was one of the best hitters in baseball during the second half of 2014, batting .348/.408/.567. His efforts helped the Pirates to their second straight postseason berth, but they garnered him little attention as he did not receive a single MVP vote point — even Dee Gordon had one!...

The 10 most-watched TV shows on Netflix in October Grand Army Days on chart: 11 Highest position: 3 Teen dramas on Netflix are like a hydra—they cancel one only for two to emerge in its place. With 13 Reasons Why coming to an end, the streamer needing another traumatic drama to take its place, and they found one in Grand Army, which many have seen as the streamer’s take on Euphoria....

The following 15 items range from the best gaming GPUs and PC components to next gen consoles and everything in between. Whether it’s a hefty mechanical keyboard or a brand new VR headset, all the items on this list share one key criteria in common: any one of these pieces of tech is a big upgrade to practically any gaming space. Rather than try to order items by importance, this list is alphabetical....

The Longhorns dropped yet another game on Saturday, losing to Big 12 foe West Virginia 31-23. Following the loss, Texas dropped to just 4-7 on the year with just a 2-6 record against conference opponents. Texas is a storied program with the sixth-most wins in FBS history and four national championships in the poll era, most recently having won a title in 2005. They competed for one as recently as 2009....

This week’s reopenings mark the second stage of the state’s phased lifting of restrictions following the novel coronavirus outbreak. “Opened services and activities under Phase II are subject to certain occupancy limits and health and safety protocols,” the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed in a statement on Monday. Activities and services that were closed in phase one of the reopening can now resume with “restricted occupancy levels and minimum standard health protocols laid out by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS),” the statement added....

Abbott told Fox News on Friday that the Biden administration, including “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris, need to “step up” and deal with increasing Mexican drug cartel violence he claimed they “created.” Abbott penned a letter Thursday that urged the White House to officially designate cartels as part of the U.S. foreign terrorist organization list. Abbott claimed Biden’s reluctance to add cartels to the list is part of his rollback of Trump’s “hardline” border stance, but the GOP governor failed to mention that the former president publicly threatened to add the cartels to the list but ultimately backed down....