Baylor News
Former United States secretary of state and national security adviser Dr. Condoleezza Rice will join Baylor President Ken Starr at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Waco Hall to talk about her new book and discuss her time working in President George W. Bush’s administration.
At 11 weeks old, two Sumatran tiger cubs have made their debut at the Cameron Park Zoo.
Attending her first homecoming at only six-months old, Allison Deily, a 2006 Baylor alumna from Houston, has only missed two homecomings in her entire life. Quite like Allison, Boerne senior Martha Garrison first came to homecoming when she was three -months old. Their stories are different, but both revolve around family and a tradition that has seemed to become almost second nature to them.
Many Baylor alumni will have an opportunity to see new structural campus changes that have taken place over the past year for the first time this weekend.
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Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.
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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.
