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Democrat Texas House of Representatives candidate Sally Duval slammed the state's current marijuana policies as she smoked weed in a new ad. Duval is running for state house district 73 and said legalizing marijuana can help small farmers and the tax revenue could be used to fund education and public health services.

Frustrated residents of America's fourth largest city are going on their fourth day without power in sweltering heat and turning their anger towards the electric company.

Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to Texas on Monday, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 flights and knocking out power for more than 2.7 million. Beryl hit land as a Category 1 hurricane, strengthening from a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico. It later weakened into a tropical depression with maximum wind speeds of about 35mph. The storm, which was expected to rapidly weaken as it moved inland, swept a destructive path through Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week. It killed at least 11 in Mexico and the Caribbean and before reaching Texas.

Beryl's centre hit land as a Category 1 hurricane around 4am Central Standard Time, about 85 miles south-west of Houston with top sustained winds of 80mph while moving north at 12mph. Gusty winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge and tornadoes will continue across much of Texas today as Beryl moves inland. Forecasters predict a total of 5 to 10 inches of rain, with isolated totals reaching up to 15 inches in some areas. More than 250,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning and thousands of people living in the storm's path have been encouraged to evacuate.

Beryl strengthened and became a hurricane once again late Sunday as it heads toward southern Texas, where the part outer parts of the storm hit the coast with rain and intensifying winds. People on the Texas coast boarded up windows and left beach towns under evacuation order, after the powerful system already cut through parts of Mexico and islands in the Caribbean. The hurricane, moving northwest, topped sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm was projected to come ashore early Monday in the middle of the Texas coast around Matagorda Bay, an area about 100 miles south of Houston. A new map shared by Axios shows the hurricane will soon batter multiple southern Texas towns near Houston, but officials cautioned the path could still change.

Dangerous flash flooding is possible in some areas, where as as much as 8-12 inches of rainfall expected. A few showers have already been spotted, spurring evacuations for some coastal cities like those in Refugio County. There, towns like Bayside, Refugio, and Woodsboro issued mandatory evacuations - accounting for some 6,700 residents. The orders come a little less than a week after Beryl made history as the earliest storm to develop in into a Category 5 over the Atlantic, as winds and storm surge fueled by the ocean's record warmth. It most recently savaged Mexico after causing at least 11 deaths in the Caribbean, and by Sunday evening, will make landfall in the US. More than six feet of storm surge could be pushed into areas just north of the forecasted impact zone, near the coastal city of Brownsville.

'We will get them and they will get what they deserve,' Jocelyn Nungaryay's aunt states during the 12-year-old's funeral in Houston Thursday. The Texas girl whose brutal killing has shocked the nation and re-opened the debate over the border crisis was laid to rest in Houston today, surrounded by hundreds of Texans who wanted to pay their respects.

At least 18 people were killed in tornadoes that took over Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Saturday. Seven of the fatalities, including the children, were in Cooke County, Texas.

At least 14 people, including two children aged 2 and 5, have died after tornadoes ripped through northeastern Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma over Memorial Day weekend. The Midwest is now facing severe weather and thunderstorms as systems move east.

Happy Gilmore' seems to be the most recent decades-old film to get a reboot. A sequel to Adam Sandler's slapstick golf film is in the works, as revealed by legendary sportscaster-turned-podcaster Dan Patrick, although a final product is hardly imminent. When Christopher McDonald, the veteran actor who played Gilmore's rival golfer in the original, told 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland that he had seen a rough draft, he first tipped off fans last week. Patrick, who has appeared in no fewer than ten Sandler films, responded to the news by texting his friend Sandler to ask how much time he should wait for in 2024 for a Gilmore sequel. Sandler replied a few days later as retold on Patrick's eponymous podcast.' 'But I'll tell you when there's a script.' I'm still learning a lot about it.'

After a standoff between federal officers and the Texas National Guard that has been 'invasion' of migrants crossing the border, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick urged Joe Biden to de-escalate.

Governor Dan Patrick pleaded with Joe Biden to de-escalate the standoff between federal immigration officers and the Texas National Guard, which is facing an 'invasion' of migrants crossing the southern border. The two sides are fighting in the courts over Shelby Park's recent seizure of Eagle Park near Eagle Pass, the removal of razor wire from Texas' building and the installation of buoys in the Rio Grande. As she confronted Patrick on Sunday Morning Futures, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo demanded to know where the conflict is headed. 'What is this going to turn into a civil war?I mean, you've got the Texas rights versus federal rights, both sides with guns?'

LeBron James' recent revelation that he would be returning for a 21st NBA season has caused some anxiety, not for the decision itself, but rather the way the Los Angeles Lakers star delivered the news. James told the audience he'd be back for 2023-24 after briefly considering retirement at the end of this year, and he'll be back for 2023-24. Former ESPN anchor Dan Patrick, who chastised James and the network for selecting the right time to make the announcement, was unsatisfied with the news.

While being interviewed by Dan Patrick on Thursday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has taken a scathing look at Ja Morant's decision to seek another firearms-related suspension for the Grizzlies star. The former SportsCenter anchor mocked actor Adam Sandler's penchant for carrying the basketball while playing, a breach of the game's most basic rules. He also suggested doing a public service announcement. 'I'm going to do Sandler's do a PSA for the NBA on an anti-carrying scheme,' Patrick said. Silver quipped, 'It can have a double meaning,' Silver quipped.'

During the Texas legislature's final days that fight 'woke' policy, two bills were passed. One stop drag shows for children, while another defunds diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Bryan Hughes, the Republican senator who sponsored SB 12, applauded the bill's passage, saying it would safeguard children. 'We're proud to announce that our bill shields girls from sexually explicit drag shows (S.B. ). (assassination of 12) is confirmed to the Governor's desk,' he tweeted. These performances are clearly ineffective for minors, and we will not encourage children to be sexualized nor preyed upon in Texas.' And Brandon Creighton (right), who sponsored SB 17, tweeted: "The elimination of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices will result in millions in savings for taxpayers and a culture of free inquiry, meritocracy, equal opportunity, and true innovation in Texas higher education."

The Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. It will now be considered by the House of Representatives. Religious hardliners applauded the win, but it ignited immediate remark that it was an unconstitutional attempt to bring an end to church and state separation.

The migrant who was shot and killed by a warden and his twin brother after the group had to stop drinking water along a farm road in west Texas last week has been identified by a northern Mexico family. Jes Seplveda (left), 22, was shot in the head after Mark (bottom right) and Michael Sheppard (top right), both 60, opened fire on the migrants on Farm-to-Market Road 1111, four miles south of the town of Sierra Blanca on September 26. Brenda Casias had a gunshot wound in the stomach. She was taken to a hospital in El Paso and is recovering.

During ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball simulcast, Alex Rodriguez's on-again, off-again bromance with Derek Jeter was back in the spotlight, as the two former New York Yankees teammates revealed a hug and announced that they'd cut their beef because of "a lot of cocktails." When Rodriguez was a member of the Seattle Mariners in the late 1990s, the two were often compared to each other as budding All-Star shortstops. Rodriguez was asked about Jeter by Esquire in 2001 and appeared to shame other Yankees for the team's success rather than his friend. While promoting his self-produced autobiographical docuseries, The Captain, alongside Kay and Rodriguez, seemed to put the feud in the rearview mirror on Sunday: 'You move ahead, you learn.'