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San Marcos High School senior Victoria Alvarez carefully puts on medical gloves and walks over to a medical mannequin. She begins thoroughly explaining to her patient that she will be taking their temperature with a tympanic thermometer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks into this year's election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign in hopes of reelecting President Donald Trump, and is also trying to help the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, intelligence officials have concluded.

To commemorate the 100th day of school, students and teachers in the San Marcos Academy Lower School came dressed as 100-year-olds, wearing beards, bathrobes, bow ties, gray hair, and curlers and toting their miniature canes and walkers.

SAN SABA (AP) — A man fatally stabbed three people, including a 13-year-old girl, in a small central Texas city early Friday before leading officers on a car chase and eventually being arrested, police said.

For a fifth consecutive year, local musicians are invited to submit their music videos for a community-wide showcase, held at the historic honkytonk Cheatham Street Warehouse, on March 3.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban took effect on Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home.

The Texas State University System Board of Regents has authorized Texas State University to offer two new Master of Science degrees in Construction Science, and Quantitative Finance and Economics to address pressing demand in the state’s economy.