Lawyers for Lance Armstrong say the Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against the cyclist. The lawsuit alleges the former Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs for over a decade and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.
The suit the Justice Department is joining was filed in 2010 by former teammate Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping.
A medical helicopter crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and injuring a third who was pulled from the burning wreckage, officials said.
Only the flight team was onboard when the helicopter crashed while headed from Oklahoma City to Watonga, 70 miles away, to pick up a patient, said Fire Department Battalion Chief Marc Woodard. No one on the ground was seriously injured or killed.
The bridge between art and science grew smaller for the medical humanities program on Thursday.
The DeBakey Medical Foundation gave $500,000 to Baylor to increase the Michael E. DeBakey, Selma DeBakey, and Lois DeBakey Endowed Scholarship Fund for Medical Humanities majors. The gift brings the total amount that has been donated to the fund to one million dollard. The ceremony was held on the second floor atrium in the Baylor Sciences Building. It featured speakers from the DeBakey Medical Foundation, Baylor faculty and five scholarship recipients.
Rattlesnakes can be found in many areas of Texas and are a part of southern folklore.
Oglesby, a town southwest of Waco, hosts a yearly festival to catch these serpents in the hopes of controlling the rattlesnake population.
The 44th Annual Rattlesnake Roundup, hosted by the Oglesby Lions Club, will start at 7 a.m. Saturday and will continue until Sunday afternoon.
One student entrepreneur team will walk away with $25,000 next week at Baylor’s New Venture competition. The students are pitching their business plans to judges in hopes of winning the cash prize and receiving some feedback from business experts.
The 12 competing finalists have passed the first two rounds of judging and will present their business plans March 1-2 for the last leg of the competition.
Baylor announced Thursday that Dr. Jon Singletary, dean of the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, will step down effective October 15. According to Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Singletary plans to return to the faculty to “focus on interdisciplinary research.”
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Baylor soccer turned defense into attack Thursday and stunned No. 14 Kansas with a 3-0 victory on the road in Lawrence, Kan. The win marked the Jayhawks’ first loss of the season and a major boost for the Bears’ Big 12 campaign.
Following an eighth-place finish in the Big 12, the Bears take to the diamond against a relaxed tournament field this weekend consisting of all junior college teams.
Oklahoma State fired longtime head coach Mike Gundy Tuesday following the program’s first home loss to Tulsa since 1951. The Bears will look to win their first Big 12 game against the Cowboys Saturday.
After being dominated by No. 2 Texas on Friday, No. 20 Baylor volleyball’s defense bounced back Wednesday, holding Texas Tech to a .176 hitting percentage in a 3-1 win.
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In their 27-24 loss to Arizona State, Baylor had a season high seven penalties for 86 yards, and turned the ball over three times.
During the Q&A, the District-17 U.S. representative gave some background on his 24 years as a congressman, family insights and motivation to continue civil discourse among students and citizens.
The Sun Devils kicked a walk-off, 43-yard field goal to spoil the Bears’ Big 12 home opener. Sawyer Robertson tossed three touchdown passes and Michael Trigg made key plays down the stretch, but four turnovers proved too much to overcome.
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Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed the legislation banning the sale of THC vapes in Texas, a move that has began to change both student usage patterns and local business operations in Waco after the Senate Bill 2024 took place on Sept. 1.
This week’s event, “Patch in the Patch,” runs from 8-11 p.m. in Barfield Drawing Room and will offer students a chance to decorate tote bags and create custom patches.