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Today — 14 December 2025Main stream

Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Music Producer and Father of Selena, Dies at 86

14 December 2025 at 05:33
As a teenager, he hoped to make it big in the Tejano music world. He realized that dream through his daughter.

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Abraham Quintanilla Jr. in 2017. With his daughter Selena doing vocals, he turned his small family band into a Grammy-winning act, and Selena became known as the queen of Tejano music.
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Army Gynecologist Charged With Secretly Recording Over 40 Patients

11 December 2025 at 04:42
Members of Congress expressed concerns that the Army dismissed complaints about the doctor, who was accused of secretly recording patients at Fort Hood in Texas.

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The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel said the charges covered crimes that the doctor committed against 44 victims this year.

What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

11 December 2025 at 04:47
Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip five seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

© Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.

The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway

The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.

© Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

A Republican lawyer, not an academic, now runs the University of Texas at Austin. Other changes are also underway.
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