The Texas Tech basketball team has its second Top-15 matchup in as many weeks as the 15th-ranked Red Raiders are set to take on No. 1 Purdue in the finals of the Baha Mar Championship on Friday.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. temporarily cleared the way on Friday for a new Texas congressional map that would give Republicans an edge in winning five additional House seats. The brief pause on a lower court order will give the high court time to consider an appeal by Texas,

The Texas Office of the Attorney General on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the state to use a newly redrawn, Republican-friendly congressional voting map for the 2026 midterm elections.