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Former Aggies Wide Receiver Raymond Cottrell Transfers to West Florida

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August 4, 2024

Former Aggies Wide Receiver Raymond Cottrell Transfers to West Florida

Raymond Cottrell, a wide receiver who transferred from Kentucky to Texas A&M this offseason, is doing the Texas two-step as he announced on Sunday he is transferring to the University of West Florida,

The news was originally reported by On3’s Pete Nakos. The announcement was confirmed by Cottrell’s NIL agents at A&P Sports Agency,

West Florida is located in Pensacola, which is in the panhandle. Pensacola is near Milton, where Cottrell played his high school football.

Cottrell started his collegiate career at Texas A&M last fall. He then transferred to Kentucky, before coming back to College Station. He is now on the move once again. He played in three games for the Aggies as a freshman, He caught one pass for a 13-yard touchdown.

It was reported in May that Cottrell took a recruiting visit to Arizona State. Cottrell has been a flip-flopper since high school. He was originally committed to Georgia as a senior. He then flipped his commitment to A&M where he was part of a top 15 ranked class.

He was described by On3 as a “big-bodied route running savant that can dominate at the catch point and run through defenders with the ball in his hands.”

Cottrell was a four-star recruit coming out of high school. He totaled 651 yards receiving on 46 catches and nine touchdowns as a high school senior. He was a two-way player at Milton. His best season was his junior season at Milton when he caught 63 passes for 985 yards.

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Texas woman charged with threats against former President Trump, DC police say

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August 4, 2024

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Texas woman charged with threats against former President Trump, DC police say

Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a Texas woman for allegedly making threats against former President Trump and illegally carrying a firearm on Friday.

The woman, Christina Montoya, was arrested after traveling to the nation’s capital. Police were first notified about her by the Secret Service, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

“Through the detectives’ investigation, 41-year-old Christina Montoya of San Antonio, Texas, was arrested and charged with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of an unregistered firearm, and threats against a former president,” police said in a statement.

Authorities said Montoya’s threats against Trump began on July 20.

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Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a Texas woman for allegedly making threats against former President Trump and illegally carrying a firearm on Friday. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Police located the woman’s vehicle and recovered a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield pistol, a magazine and a gun lock, according to the police report.

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The incident comes just weeks after Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump narrowly survived the attack, receiving a bullet wound to his ear.

The assassination attempt is currently the subject of multiple investigations by the FBI, the Secret Service and Congress. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned following a devastating hearing in which both Republicans and Democrats called for her removal.

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Former President Trump is rushed offstage after being wounded at a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Scrutiny centers on the building Crooks used as a perch to fire on the former president and why it was not within the Secret Service security perimeter.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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Here are all the Texas Longhorns who have won medals at the Paris Olympics

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August 4, 2024

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Here are all the Texas Longhorns who have won medals at the Paris Olympics

It may be across the Atlantic Ocean, but that doesn’t mean that the 2024 Paris Olympics doesn’t have a well-represented contingent of those who once sported the burnt orange.

The University of Texas is known well for its athletic programs, and that’s proving true in the 33rd Olympiad. With still a week left of the Games, UT has racked up ten medals. That number puts them above Belgium, Sweden and Spain, while putting the university level with the likes of Germany and Brazil in terms of total medals.

Below we’ve broken down what former Longhorns have won what.

Ryan Crouser

Crouser, who competed for UT from 2012 to 2016, where he won four NCAA titles in shot put, won a record-setting third consecutive gold in men’s shot put on Saturday. Possibly cementing himself as the greatest thrower of all time, Crouser had to deal with a torn pectoral muscle and a myriad of elbow issues en route to his gold in Paris.

Julien Alfred

In perhaps the most exciting race of the Olympics yet, Alfred stormed across the track, running 10.72 to become Olympic champion in the women’s 100m, beating Dallas’ Sha’Carri Richardson in the process. Alfred is no stranger to success on the track. Prior to competing for the tiny island nation of Saint Lucia on the global stage, she was tearing up the NCAA as a Longhorn. Along with winning three NCAA titles, Alfred became the first women’s NCAA athlete to break seven seconds in the 60m.

Leo Neugebauer

The German decathlete took home a silver medal on Saturday. Neugebauer competed for the Longhorns from 2019-2024 and won the NCAA decathlon championship back-to-back in 2023 and 2024, setting collegiate records in both years.

Carson Foster

Foster won silver in 4x200m relay and bronze in 400m individual medley. While competing as a Longhorn, Foster garnered three national titles, all in the 800 free relay.

Luke Hobson

Hobson, like his teammate Foster, won silver in men’s 4x200m relay at Paris and took home bronze in 200m men’s freestyle swim. Hobson won five national titles while swimming for UT.

Erin Gemmell

The UT standout won silver in 4x200m relay. Gemmell, who was just a freshman this past season, was an All-American in the 800 free relay.

Drew Kibler

Kibler earned himself a silver with his performance in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. While at UT, Kibler won three NCAA titles.

Caspar Corbeau

Competing for the Netherlands, Corbeau won a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke. Corbeau was a two-time NCAA champion while in Austin.

Hubert Kos

The Hungarian swimmer and former Longhorn won gold in the 200m backstroke. He recently announced his intention to transfer to UT from Arizona State to follow his coach.

Find more Olympics coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.

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Small reprieve from the heat in North Texas Sunday before triple digit temperatures hit

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August 3, 2024

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Small reprieve from the heat in North Texas Sunday before triple digit temperatures hit

Sunday stays in the 90’s before several 100 degree days in North Texas

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NORTH TEXAS — Storms moved over the heart of the Metroplex this early morning. No, they were not predicted. A weak frontal boundary stayed to the north heading into the overnight, unleashing a small cluster of storms that were gone by mid-morning.

The DFW airport recorded .31″ of rainfall. Much heavier amounts fell across Keller, North Richland Hills and the Hurst area as well as western Parker County. Thunderstorm Warnings and Flood Advisory alerts were waking the area up to an early start to the weekend.

Skies cleared and dry air moved in. This helped North Texas warm up quickly from the low 70s to almost 100 degrees.

Expect another day like this one tomorrow. Highs should stay just under 100°. Higher humidity tomorrow, but there will be modest east winds to hold temperatures in check. Hotter days start the work week.

And it is forecasted to get even hotter. High pressure will sit almost right overhead of the area by mid-week.

Highs should reach around 104 degrees by Wednesday, the hottest day so far this summer. The CBS News Texas Weather Team is expecting a heat advisory for Wednesday/Thursday.

This afternoon Tropical Storm Debby formed just off the northern coast of Cuba, heading toward the west coast of Florida. The entire west coast of Florida is under either a Tropical Storm or Hurricane warning.

The latest forecast is for Debby to become a category one hurricane just before making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida Monday afternoon.

Storm surge could reach nearly 7ft on the east side of the eyewall. Tremendous rains are expected over Florida. The current forecast is for Debby to slowly crawl over southern Georgia and South Carolina next week, taking several days to move north. Rainfall amounts could get over 20″ along the coastline of both states. The bright yellow color is everything over 7″.

The First Alert Weather team will continue to provide updates on this developing story. Debbie will cross over extremely warm waters as it moves parallel to the Florida coast tomorrow. It could intensify rapidly.

Jeff Ray

Jeff joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in December 2010 as a staff Meteorologist. An avid gardener, you can catch his weekly Gardening 101 series on Fridays on CBS 11. Born in Lubbock, Jeff received his bachelor’s degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. He also holds a master’s degree in science education from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Jeff’s broadcast career spans over 35 years.

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