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  • How a church in Saxapahaw is repairing 6 months after flood

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    SAXAPAHAW, N.C. — Nearly six months after Tropical Storm Chantal sent floodwaters rushing through Saxapahaw, one local church is still rebuilding but says its faith never wavered. Saxapahaw United Methodist Church suffered extensive damage in July when floodwaters filled the building with more than 2 feet of water. 

         What You Need To Know

    • Nearly six months after Tropical Storm Chantal sent floodwaters rushing through Saxapahaw, one local church is still rebuilding but says its faith never wavered  

    • Saxapahaw United Methodist Church suffered extensive damage in July when floodwaters filled the building with more than 2 feet of water

    • The storm hit just days after Mandy Sayers began her role as the church’s new pastor

    • The church expects to reopen its child care center by the end of January. Leaders hope to welcome the congregation back into the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, marking a full return home nearly a year after the flooding


    The storm hit just days after Mandy Sayers began her role as the church’s new pastor.

    The church, once filled with pews and a congregation gathered for worship, was left underwater. Floors and walls were destroyed, including areas used for a year-round day care program.

    “We ended up with about two and a half feet of water here where the church is,” Sayers said.

    While Sayers’ personal belongings in the parsonage were spared, the church itself was not as fortunate.

    “None of my materials, my possessions got harmed in the parsonage, but the church was not so lucky,” Sayers said.

    In the days following the flood, volunteers arrived immediately to help with cleanup. Donations soon followed, many from people with longstanding connections to the church.

    “To this day, I go to the mailbox, and I get a little card from someone that says, ‘You don’t know me, but we were married in that church,’ and please take this as a gift for the new year,” Sayers said.

    Now, the focus is on reopening, starting with the child care center and eventually returning to worship inside the sanctuary.

    “As you can see, we had to remove the flooring and the subflooring, everything here,” Sayers said while pointing out what used to be their gathering space.

    Sayers says Easter represents more than just a target date. For the congregation, it reflects the journey they have been on together.

    “Easter is all about new beginnings and new life and love and hope and all the things that our church has really experienced through the help of all our neighbors,” Sayers said.

    Even after disaster, Sayers says the experience reinforced the power of community and faith.

    “We could not be where we are without the help of so many,” Sayers said. “One of the gifts of this experience has been being on the receiving end of that love and feeling called to pay it forward.”

    The church expects to reopen its child care center by the end of January. Leaders hope to welcome the congregation back into the sanctuary on Easter Sunday, marking a full return home nearly a year after the flooding.

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  • Get ready for a dazzling show ahead of the Lyrids meteor shower this week

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    NORTH CAROLINA — If you’re lucky, you might just catch a streak of light, or even a fireball, in the sky this week. The annual Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known meteor showers, is underway and will peak the night of April 21 into the early morning hours the next day.

    The Lyrids occur as Earth passes through debris left behind by Comet Thatcher, which takes 415 years to orbit the sun. 

    Experts say, to get the best view for the show, go outside after midnight. North Carolinians should expect to see 10 to 20 meteors per hour, and if you’re lucky 100 meteors per hour. It’s best to view them away from city lights and in clear, dark skies. The meteors should appear toward the northeast and radiate from the constellation Lyra, one of the sky’s brightest stars.

    According to a statement from the American Meteor Society:

    “The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate. Maximum is predicted to occur near 13UT on April 22nd. The waning crescent moon will slightly interfere with viewing these meteors in 2025.”

    No telescope is needed — just relax and enjoy!

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  • Golden returns to San Francisco area with No. 1-seeded Gators

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    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Todd Golden knows he might need to leave NCAA Tournament tickets for a couple of VIPs, his special longtime mentors and former coaches at nearby Saint Mary’s College.

    That’s just how it can work sometimes come March when you’re the youngster and part of a coaching tree with extra-long limbs.

    While Randy Bennett and Kyle Smith were both busy monitoring the transfer portal Wednesday for potential additions to their respective teams — Smith just completed his first season as Stanford’s head coach — Golden got to work preparing top-seeded Florida for a Sweet 16 matchup against Maryland on Thursday night.

    It certainly felt like reunion day at Chase Center. As the Gators took the practice floor, Golden said a quick hello to Smith, who sat along one baseline catching up with Golden’s father, Scott — and former NBA coach P.J. Carlesimo stopped to chat them up, too.

    “This is why he is the way he is,” proud dad Scott said, referring to all of those who influenced his son’s cross-country journey from San Francisco to Gainesville. “It’s been beyond surreal, the year they’ve had. This year’s been beyond belief. Hopefully it keeps on going.”

    Golden has provided his players with some glimpses into what his life looked like here. He served as an assistant to Smith at the University of San Francisco before replacing him as head coach in 2019 when Smith took over at Washington State — the step that ultimately led Smith back to the Bay Area and the Stanford job last spring.

    The Gators visited iconic Crissy Field along San Francisco’s waterfront Wednesday morning to see the Golden Gate Bridge in all its splendor.

    After practicing in Golden’s old gym at USF in what he called “a full-circle moment,” they managed to get their large group into Golden’s favorite Original Joe’s in the North Beach neighborhood for dinner Tuesday night. The coach had prime rib because “being here in San Francisco you can’t go wrong.”

    Initially, the restaurant told Golden it couldn’t accommodate his group of about 35 people.

    “It’s been amazing. When the bracket came out and we saw we were the 1 seed in the West and obviously you see that the regionals in San Francisco, you can’t help but think about how awesome it would be to be able to experience that,” Golden said. “But there’s two games before that that you have to find a way to advance.

    “And once we were able to get past UConn on Sunday, it kind of all hit me and (wife) Megan and our family that we’d have a chance to come back to the Bay Area. Just landing in San Francisco yesterday and just kind of driving back through the city, I had to pinch myself a little bit.”

    The Gators (32-4) hope to make it an extended stay by getting through No. 4 seed Maryland (27-8) on Thursday. Florida, which ended UConn’s bid for a third straight NCAA championship in the second round, is seeking its first Final Four berth since 2014.

    Golden even has one of Smith’s former Washington State players starting, Rueben Chinyelu.

    However long this NCAA run lasts, Golden will have huge fans in Bennett and Smith. Seeing the 39-year-old Golden on the big stage brings a smile to Smith’s face. He finds it remarkable that Golden “doesn’t age.”

    Golden recalled Smith constantly challenging him to be tough as a mid-major player in the East Bay suburb of Moraga. They’ve both come so far.

    “It’s awesome,” said Smith, who had dinner with the team Tuesday and never saw a bill. “I think part of why they’re successful and why they’ve been able to get good quickly is because Saint Mary’s is one of the tougher programs in the country and Todd did five years. He had to bring it every day and prove himself.”

     

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  • No. 1 seed Florida rolls past Norfolk State, 95-69

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    RALEIGH, N.C.  — First-team All-American Walter Clayton Jr. scored 23 points and Florida defeated Norfolk State 95-69 on Friday, ensuring all four No. 1 seeds made it out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament unscathed.

    Alijah Martin added 17 points for the Southeastern Conference champions, who built a 32-point lead in the first half en route to their seventh straight win. This one set up a potential second-round showdown with two-time defending national champion UConn, should the No. 8 seed Huskies get past ninth-seeded Oklahoma.

    Christian Ings scored 16 points and Jaylani Darden added 15 for 16th-seeded Norfolk State (24-11).

    This one was over early as Clayton knocked down a 3 and was fouled for a four-point play, giving the Gators (31-4) a double-digit lead five minutes into the game that they would never relinquish. The lead ballooned to 53-21 with four minutes left in the first half, even as Clayton took an occasional breather on the bench.

    Norfolk State showed some life by closing the first half on an 11-0 run sparked by Ings, but the Spartans never made it close.

    Takeaways

    Norfolk State: Spartans coach Robert Jones was upset Thursday about his team being a 28 1/2-point underdog against the Gators, asking “are we that bad?” His team ended up outscoring Florida over the final 23 minutes to cover the spread.

    Florida: The Gators made 18 of their first 30 shots to end any chances of an upset, dominating the smaller and less talented Spartans.

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  • Clayton scores 22 as Florida beats Alabama in SEC semifinal

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    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points, and No. 4 Florida pulled away from No. 5 Alabama for a 104-82 victory in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals on Saturday.

    Alijah Martin and Will Richard each had 16 points for the Gators (29-4) in their fifth consecutive win.

    Next up for Florida is Sunday’s SEC championship game against No. 8 Tennessee, which beat No. 3 Auburn 70-65 in the first semifinal.

    The second-seeded Gators led the Crimson Tide 47-45 after a first half that featured 10 lead changes. But Clayton and company really turned up their play down the stretch.

    Chris Youngblood had 14 points for third-seeded Alabama (25-8). Clifford Omoruyi and Mouhamed Dioubate each had 12.

    Clayton went 6 for 11 from 3-point range. The senior guard added six assists.

    Takeaways

    Alabama: The loss derailed the Crimson Tide’s hope of winning the program’s third SEC tournament title in the last five seasons. With 10 wins over AP Top 25 opponents this season, a program record for most in a single season, Alabama has a strong case for a good seed in the NCAA Tournament.

    Florida: The Gators were impressive in the defensive end, holding the high-scoring Crimson Tide to just 82 points. Entering Saturday, Alabama had scored 90 points or more in 18 games this season, the most in Division I.

    Key moment

    Richard hit a 3-pointer with 9:24 remaining in the second half to give Florida a 21-point lead and put the game out of reach for Alabama.

    Key stat

    After a tightly contested first half, Florida outscored the Crimson Tide 57-37 over the final 20 minutes.

    Up next

    Florida and Tennessee split the two-game season series, with both teams winning on their home courts. The Crimson Tide wait to learn the team’s first opponent in the NCAA tourney.

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  • Florida trounces Tulane 33-8 in the Gasparilla Bowl

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    TAMPA — DJ Lagway shrugged off a couple of first-half turnovers and threw for 305 yards and a touchdown to lead Florida to a sloppy, but dominating 33-8 victory over Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday.

    Trey Smack kicked a Gasparilla Bowl-record four field goals for the Gators (8-5), who also got a late TD run from walk-on running back Anthony Rubio, son of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, to finish the season on a four-game win streak.

    Tulane (9-5), which played without starting quarterback Darian Mensah, was outgained 529 yards to 194 and didn’t score until Ty Thompson threw a TD pass in the final minute.

    A true freshman who sparked Florida’s turnaround from a 3-3 start to the season, Lagway finished 22-of-35 passing with two interceptions that contributed to the Gators only leading 6-0 at halftime. Late in the game, Lagway mishandled a snap on fourth-and-1 only to have running back KD Daniels scoop up the ball and run 25 yards for a touchdown.

    Rubio entered in the fourth quarter. With 449-pound defensive lineman Desmond Watson lined up in the backfield behind him, he ran for 8 yards on his first carry and eventually finished a nine-play drive with a 9-yard run that increased Florida’s lead to 33-0.

    The Gators won five of seven after their disappointing start to the season, with most of the surge coming after athletic director Scott Strickin guaranteed coach Billy Napier would return in 2025. Lagway became the starting quarterback after Graham Mertz was lost to a season-ending knee injury in October.

    Tulane, which lost its last three games, played without Mensah, who entered the transfer portal and decided to continue his career at Duke.

    Thompson, who transferred to Tulane from Oregon in 2024, made his first college start — and possibly played his final game for the Green Wave. He also has entered the transfer portal, with the intent of finding a team that wants him to start full-time, though he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of returning to the Green Wave.

    Tulane avoided a shutout when Thompson tossed a 16-yard TD pass to Mario Williams. The Green Wave quarterback finished 11 of 29 for 125 yards and three interceptions.

    Takeaways

    Lagway showed flashes of why Florida feels good about its future with him running the offense, but also made some poor decisions with the ball. His end-zone interception cost the Gators at least three points, and he also was unable to get the ball into the end zone after a 38-yard completion to Chimere Dike gave Florida a first down at the Tulane 3 early in the third quarter. Thompson’s audition for a shot at the Green Wave’s starting job did not go well. The junior generally is a better runner than passer, however he wasn’t effective doing either against the Gators.

    Up next

    Florida opens next season at home against LIU, while Tulane hosts Northwestern. Both teams begin Aug. 30.

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  • Memphis beats USF 21-3 in game moved to Orlando

    Memphis beats USF 21-3 in game moved to Orlando

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    ORLANDO — Seth Henigan passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and Memphis forced three turnovers in a 21-3 victory over shorthanded USF on Saturday.

    The game was moved from Tampa to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium due to Hurricane Milton.

    One of the biggest plays came when Ja’Koby Banks downed a punt at the 1-yard line. USF fumbled it in the end zone on the next play when quarterback Bryce Archie rolled to his right for a short pass to Joshua Porter, who was hit backwards by Kobee Minor. The ball came out and Chandler Martin recovered it for a touchdown to give Memphis a 21-3 lead.

    South Florida turned it over on downs on its next possession, deep in Memphis territory.

    Memphis (5-1, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) scored 20 or more points for the 33rd consecutive game — the longest active streak in the nation — dating to a 33-28 win over Tulane on Nov. 27, 2021.

    Brandon Thomas led the Memphis rushing game with 67 yards after starter Mario Anderson Jr. was ejected for spitting on a USF player.

    USF (2-4, 0-2) was held to 258 total yards.

    Archie was 22 of 41 for 234 yards with an interception in his first career start for the Bulls. Starter Byrum Brown was on crutches before the game.

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  • Gators rout Samford 45-7 in Swamp

    Gators rout Samford 45-7 in Swamp

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    GAINESVILLE — Highly touted freshman DJ Lagway threw for 456 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, and Florida beat lower-division Samford 45-7 on Saturday to give embattled coach Billy Napier a brief reprieve following a season-opening debacle.

    Lagway completed his first seven passes while filling in for Graham Mertz (concussion) and showed why he was the consensus No. 1 QB recruit in the country last year. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Texan connected on six passes that gained at least 30 yards — something the Gators (1-1) accomplished a mere 14 times last season.

    He hooked up with Elijhah Badger for 77 yards. He hit Chimere Dike and Hayden Hansen for 44 and 40 yards, respectively. He found speedster Tank Hawkins in stride for a 36-yard score. He connected with Aidan Mizell for a 41-yard TD. And his shovel pass to Eugene Wilson III turned into an 85-yard score to cap an electric performance in the Swamp.

    Lagway broke the school record for passing yards by a freshman, topping Chris Leak’s mark of 268 set in 2003 against Kentucky.

    Even though it came against the overmatched Bulldogs (0-2) — 38-point underdogs from the Football Championship Subdivision — Lagway’s outing should at least give Napier pause when it comes to determining playing time at the all-important position moving forward. After all, Lagway did things Mertz hasn’t done in two years since transferring from Wisconsin.

    The Gators led 21-0 following Lagway’s perfectly placed pass to Hawkins in the end zone, and the score could have been more lopsided had freshman running back Jaden Baugh not fumbled at the goal line early.

    Samford, which gave the Gators a scare in the Swamp in 2021, avoided a shutout thanks to a 75-yard TD drive in the third.

    By then, the Florida faithful had seen enough from Lagway to start chanting his name. And now Napier has a decision to make: go back to Mertz or give a frustrated fanbase a shimmer of hope amid what seemed like a completely dreadful season a week ago?

    Then-No. 19 Miami thumped the Gators 41-17 in Gainesville in Week 1, the kind of beatdown that had fans clamoring for Napier to be fired. Napier made it worse two days later by referring to critiques as “what some guy in his basement is saying in rural central Florida on social media.”

    No one would need a front-row seat in the Swamp to realize Lagway is special.

    He completed 18 of 25 passes and stayed in the game despite getting drilled twice while scrambling. Wilson finished with six receptions for 141 yards, Badger caught three passes for 123 yards, and Montrell Johnson ran 15 times for 67 yards and two scores.

    THE TAKEAWAY

    Samford: The Bulldogs will receive $525,000 for the game, a nice payday that will help fund the entire athletics department. Nonetheless, Samford fell to 2-82-2 against SEC teams, with the last victory coming in 1934.

    Florida: Lagway and Wilson could be quite the tandem for at least another year and keeping them together in Gainesville should be a priority for the Gators. Lagway was the 2023 Gatorade Player of the Year, and Wilson is on pace to shatter the receiving numbers he put up as a freshman last season.

    UP NEXT

    Samford: Hosts Alabama State in its home opener on Saturday.

    Florida: Hosts Texas A&M in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams Saturday.

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  • Southwest breaks 50-year tradition, plans to start assigning seats

    Southwest breaks 50-year tradition, plans to start assigning seats

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    Southwest Airlines is doing away with its 50-year tradition and plans to start assigning seats, as well as premium seating for customers who are seeking more legroom.

    The airline said Thursday that it has been studying customer preferences and expectations and is making the changes because of what they’ve heard, but it could also generate revenue and boost financial performance.

    While Southwest has used an open seating model for 50 years, the company said that it understands that preferences have changed, with more customers taking longer flights and wanting an assigned seat.

    The airline is said it will offer redeye flights for the first time.

    Southwest said that its first overnight, redeye flights will land on Feb. 14, 2025, in nonstop markets that include Las Vegas to Baltimore and Orlando; Los Angeles to Baltimore and Nashville; and Phoenix to Baltimore. It plans to phase in additional redeye flights over time.

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  • Texas sues Biden admin. to stop expansion of Title IX protections

    Texas sues Biden admin. to stop expansion of Title IX protections

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    TEXAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday announced he has sued the Biden administration to stop the expansion of the gender equity law known as Title IX.

    What You Need To Know

    • Texas Attorney Generla Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration over the expansion of the gender equity law known as Title IX

    • The changes were announced last week and are set to take effect in August 

    • According to the Department of Education, the update prohibits discrimination “based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics in federally funded education programs” 

    • Paxton, in a news release announcing the lawsuit, said “Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim, destroying legal protections for women in furtherance of his radical obsession with gender ideology”

    The Biden administration last week detailed changes to Title IX that add protections for transgender, LGBTQ+ and pregnant students to federal civil rights law on sex-based discrimination. Those changes are set to take effect in August.

    Also set to change is a Trump-era guidance on how schools should handle cases of sexual assault.

    Specifically, according to a Department of Education fact sheet, the update prohibits discrimination “based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics in federally funded education programs.” That includes protections for transgender students.

    Paxton, in a news release announcing the lawsuit, characterized the changes as an attack on women.

    “Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim, destroying legal protections for women in furtherance of his radical obsession with gender ideology,” Paxton said. “This attempt to subvert federal law is plainly illegal, undemocratic, and divorced from reality. Texas will always take the lead to oppose Biden’s extremist, destructive policies that put women at risk.”

    Paxton said America First Legal is serving as co-counsel. It’s president, Stephen Miller, who was senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, said the update will force women and girls to share locker rooms and bathrooms with assigned males at birth.

    “America First Legal is honored to stand with the great Ken Paxton and the State of Texas in filing this emergency lawsuit to stop Biden’s war on women. Biden’s new Title IX regulation is a vile obscenity: it forces women and girls to share locker rooms and restrooms with men,” Miller wrote.

    The 1,577-page regulation finalized last week seeks to clarify Title IX, the 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to address women’s rights.

    At least 11 states have adopted laws barring transgender girls and women from using girls’ and women’s bathrooms at public schools.

    The new regulation opposes those sweeping policies.

    It states that sex separation at schools isn’t always unlawful. However, the separation becomes a violation of Title IX’s nondiscrimination rule when it causes more than a very minor harm on a protected individual, “such as when it denies a transgender student access to a sex-separate facility or activity consistent with that student’s gender identity.”

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  • 2 crew members die during ‘incident’ on Holland America cruise ship

    2 crew members die during ‘incident’ on Holland America cruise ship

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    Two crew members on a Holland America cruise ship died during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space, the cruise line said.

    The unidentified crew members died Friday while the Florida-based Nieuw Amsterdam was at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, Holland America said in a statement.

    Authorities were notified and the cause of the accident is being investigated, the cruise line said. Crew members were being offered counseling.

    “All of us at Holland America Line are deeply saddened by this incident and our thoughts and prayers are with our team members’ families at this difficult time,” the statement said. “The safety, security and welfare of all guests and crew are the company’s absolute priority.”

    The cruise line did not offer any further details about the crew members. It later said the Bahamas Maritime Authority was leading the investigation. The ship set sail out of Fort Lauderdale on March 16 for a seven-night trip.

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  • Trump says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ‘absolutely’ on VP shortlist

    Trump says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ‘absolutely’ on VP shortlist

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    EAGLE PASS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump, during a visit to the Texas border town of Eagle Pass on Thursday, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is “absolutely” on his shortlist of potential running mates in this year’s election.

    What You Need To Know

    • Former President Donald Trump, during an interview with Fox News from Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is on his shortlist for vice president

    • “Yeah, certainly he would be somebody that I would very much consider,” Trump said

    • Abbott on Friday downplayed the idea, saying, “I’ve announced that I’m running for reelection two years from now, and so my commitment is to Texas, and I’m staying in Texas”

    • Abbott was not named during a recent town hall when Trump was asked about potential running mates

    There’s been a great deal of speculation about Abbott, the fiercest critic of the President Joe Biden’s border polices. Abbott, though, has largely remained mum about the possibility.

    Trump’s comments came during a joint interview with Abbott on Fox News. Sean Hannity asked the former president about the possibility, and Trump said “he’s done a great job. Yeah, certainly he would be somebody that I would very much consider.”

    “So he’s on the list?” Hannity asked.

    “Absolutely, he is,” Trump replied.

    According to the Texas Tribune, Abbott downplayed the possibility during a news conference on Friday.

    “Obviously it’s very nice of him to say, but I think you all know my focus is entirely on the state of Texas,” Abbott said. “As you know, I’m working right now on the midterm election process. I’ve already talked about that. I’ve announced that I’m running for reelection two years from now, and so my commitment is to Texas, and I’m staying in Texas.”

    Interestingly, Abbott was not mentioned by Trump about a week ago when he was asked about it during a Fox News town hall. At the time, he said his list included Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.

    The front-runner for the GOP nomination, Trump did not produce the names on his own but was rather presented them by town hall host Laura Ingraham, who said audience members suggested them. Ingraham then asked Trump, “Are they all on your shortlist?” Trump answered, “They are.”

    It’s possible other names could also be on Trump’s list. There has been speculation, too, surrounding New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, among others.

    Trump, 77, said the most important quality he’s seeking in a running mate is someone who could be a great president if something happens to him.

    Abbott, 66, has served as governor of Texas since 2015. He was Texas attorney general from 2002 to 2015 and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.

    Spectrum News’ Ryan Chatelain contributed to this report.

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  • USF beats No. 24 FAU 90-86

    USF beats No. 24 FAU 90-86

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    The announced crowd of 10,659 set a Bulls home attendance record.

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