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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Saturday morning forecasts show very dense fog settling over the San Antonio region with more patchy fog elsewhere. Clouds and fog will break up by mid-morning, and each day will feature breezy, warm, and sunny afternoons through the weekend. Morning lows reach the 60s and afternoon highs in the 80s through the next few days. New record highs could be set Sunday and Monday.
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Today’s Big Stories
1. Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday voted to require professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw the flagship campus into upheaval.
Republican lawmakers on the new Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education credit the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk for encouraging political debate. But many felt Kirk often did so at the detriment of minority groups, resulting in divided reactions to his death.
3. Building a new hospital left one rural Texas town without a place to deliver babies
On April 14, Texas’ oldest operating rural hospital gave way to its newest. Community leaders and hospital employees gathered on a stretch of grass across from the old facility, posing with beribboned shovels as they prepared to break ground.
But behind the camera-ready smiles, the project was breaking down. Facing a budget shortfall and rising costs, the hospital board had decided to cut what had long been its costliest service. Olney’s shiny new hospital, designed to serve the region for the next 100 years, would not be able to deliver babies.
Notes for Tomorrow
Saturday, Nov. 15
U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP30) continues
National Gallery of Art reopens following government shutdown
Annual National Dog Show presented by Purina featuring over 1,800 of the top American Kennel Club-sanctioned dogs from across the country.Â
VetsAid concert in support of veterans. Lineup includes Joe Walsh with special guests Nathaniel Rateliff, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks; plus Vince Gill, Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen. VetsAid is a national nonprofit organization founded by Walsh to raise and disperse funds to veteran groups across the U.S.
Pope Leo XIV meets Hollywood actors and directors
Steve Irwin Day, annual celebration of the crocodile hunter’s life at the zoo he co-owned and ran with his wife Terri. Irwin died from a stingray attack during filming on Sept. 4, 2006
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Guests arrive at the annual Trail of Lights at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas on Dec. 16, 2023. (Spectrum News 1/Christine Sanchez)
Austin’s Trail of Lights named one of the best Christmas displays in the U.S.
It’s time! The holiday season is here, and according to a recent list from U.S. News & World Report, Austin’s Trail of Lights has one of the 28 best Christmas light displays in the country.
The long-running Zilker Park tradition is in its 60th year and boasts a whopping 2 million light bulbs that stretch across 2.5 miles of park and make up over 70 unique displays.