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According to Allergy Insider, anything over 90 grains per cubic meter is considered high. Allergy and Asthma Care of Waco tracks the pollen count in the area, and the latest measurement was 436 grains per cubic meter for trees. With this high pollen count, students struggle to fight against the symptoms of allergies.
Cowan’s deep dive into the chastity-crazed, right-wing militant leaders of Brazil came from the desire to learn how two teenage students kissing on a bus could be seen as the essence of communism — something a Brazilian official actually said after being on that bus, according to Cowan. Analyzing the origin and effect of this reasoning is the larger point of the “Mobilizing Morality” series.
Last week, Baylor’s International Student and Scholar Services sent an email travel advisory to all international students across campus, expressing concern for students going back home this summer due to possible complications in returning to the U.S. come August.
“They are constantly in this cycle of violence,” Seabolt said. “Our job is trying to make them understand, trying to educate them and trying to help them break that cycle.”
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They talk, they bleed, they vomit and they have real needs just like any patient…
Associated Press —The family of a construction worker drowned in the Brazos River in 2014…
Former Baylor University football player and NFL prospect Shawn Oakman was released from McLennan County…
Nicco Renna has always loved to tell stories. Now the 2012 Baylor graduate is doing…
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Trump encouraged voter turnout and touts policy victories, saying, “Pretend I’m on the ballot.” He also announced that if Republicans win the House and Senate, every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 dividend.
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The Iran war is now in its 46th day. Iran responded by restricting access to Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil, and moving to toll vessels transiting the strait. Waco drivers are already feeling it. The local average hit $3.38 a gallon last week, up 21 cents in seven days and 75 cents year-over-year, according to AAA data.
Gas prices in Texas have surged more than 70 cents per gallon since the U.S. went to war with Iran three weeks ago. The near-total shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has driven oil prices up more than 40%, pushing the national average to its highest point since 2023 and sending diesel past $5 for the first time in three years.
The largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in decades unfolded as American and Israeli forces struck Iran Saturday, killing its supreme leader and triggering retaliatory strikes from the Gulf to Israel. The White House said the campaign is aimed at dismantling Iran’s military and toppling its government.
Dr. Joshua Alley, assistant professor of political science, said part of the Trump administration’s interest in Greenland has to do with America’s national security strategy.
