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Ludvig Åberg, of Sweden, holds the trophy after the final round of the RSM Classic golf tournament, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in St. Simons Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) **FILE**

Swedish star Aberg not easily distracted by LIV, sudden stardom

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

This April 19, 2019, file photo shows a Planned Parenthood building in Houston. (Godofredo A Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit against Lubbock’s ‘sanctuary city for unborn’ ordinance

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Oct. 23, 2020, photo provided by Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas shows the new Planned Parenthood health center in Lubbock, Texas. (Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas via The AP)

Planned Parenthood sues to block ‘sanctuary city for unborn’ in Texas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Fletcher Peters of New York, a journalism student at NYU, reacts as she watches President-elect Joe Biden on a monitor in Times Square on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in New York, as he addressed the nation. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

One week in an America riven by politics and the plague

By JERRY SCHWARTZ - Associated Press

Pipeline to bring wastewater from Lubbock to Permian Basin

By THERESA DAVIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2008, file photo, Peggy Sue Gerron unveils her new book &quot;What Ever Happened to Peggy Sue&quot; during a press conference in Tyler, Texas. Gerron, the Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song &quot;Peggy Sue&quot; has died at a Lubbock hospital. Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at University Medical Center. She was 78. (Jaime R. Carrero/Tyler Morning Telegraph, via AP, File)

Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham, of Buddy Holly fame, dies

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Koopmeiners-Watters after 24. Be7.

A splendid little skirmish from NATO’s chess championship

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - This is a Nov. 1967, file photo showing Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe. Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose boundless blend of talent and toughness made him the NHL’s quintessential star during a career that lasted into his 50s, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/File)

Gordie Howe, known as ‘Mr. Hockey,’ dies at 88

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This photo provided by the San Antonio Water System shows the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery site in far south Bexar County, Texas on Sept. 23, 2011. Although torrential storms in May essentially ended one of Texas’ worst-ever droughts, water planners wary of the next inevitable dry spell are looking into technology that would pump rainwater underground for use in drier times. (San Antonio Water System via AP)

Texas planners look to aquifers to prepare for next drought

By Betsy Blaney - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2000, file photo, Hockey legend Gordie Howe speaks to the media before the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame's 27th Annual Enshrinement Dinner at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. An experimental stem cell treatment in Mexico late last year brought a “life changing” turnaround that’s put the 87-year-old back Howe back on his feet after a significant stroke robbed him of the ability to walk and talk normally. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)

Hockey great Gordie Howe makes gritty fight back from stroke

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo, Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe, part owner of the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, looks on during news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hockey great Gordie Howe has lost some function on the right side of his body after having a stroke Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 in Texas. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck, File)

Gordie Howe in good spirits after stroke, family says

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A West Texas cotton grower tills a field north of Lubbock, Texas, Friday, May 30, 2014. Cotton producers across the region finally got the rain they needed last weekend, providing a short-term reprieve for the most drought-ravaged portion of the state. The much-needed rain will allow producers' crop to come up, but more will be needed during the growing season. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)

West Texas cotton producers see needed rainfall

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

Texas’ holiday rains ease some drought conditions

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Rains finally fall in parched West Texas

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

Man gets death for killing at Lubbock restaurant

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FILE - In this April 29, 2014 file photo, high winds create a dust storm across the Texas panhandle blanketing Amarillo, Texas in a cloud of red dirt. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/Amarillo Globe-News, Michael Schumacher, File)

Parts of some Plains states drier than Dust Bowl

By BETSY BLANEY - Associated Press

2nd Lubbock man gets prison for 2 bank robberies

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3 killed near Lubbock when van, 18-wheeler collide

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Lubbock wells run dry as cotton irrigation starts

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Lubbock man gets life term for 2012 double slaying

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