Baylor News
“Breaking Bad” is television’s best show and will end its fourth season on Sunday. Although the season got off to a slow start, the writing, acting and late season have made this one of, if not the show’s best season.
Two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to a terror group in Somalia talked about collecting money for al-Shabab, supporting fighters instead of other charities and the possibility that FBI was listening in on their conversations according to hours of recorded phone calls played for jurors.
A construction vehicle served as a makeshift waterfall Wednesday, soaking Mayor Jim Bush and other city of Waco officials as part of the groundbreaking ceremony for a new private theme park that will replace the original Waco Waterpark.
A Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear, telling a federal judge that he acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide and referring to the failed explosive as a “blessed weapon.”
Waco News
Covid-19
“Since July 1st, Baylor’s campus has had nine positives out of 48 tests,” Stern said. “And in the last month alone, we have had seven positives out of 29 tests, which is almost a 25% positivity rate.”
State News
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.

