EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Authorities arrested a total 78 people during the weekend in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley as part of Operation Pick-Off, a multi-agency effort targeting criminal immigrants, prosecutors…
Border Report – Alleged multi-tasking smuggler arrested with a dozen migrants
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A U.S. citizen allegedly tasked by smugglers with making multiple trips to pick up migrants, take them to hotels, pick them up from stash houses and…
Tech Crunch – Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI
Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take center stage. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Migrant advocacy groups plan border summit in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Several migrant advocacy groups will convene in El Paso in November to discuss a collective response to increased immigration enforcement in border communities. The planned summit…
KTSM News – Cracker Barrel dropping new rebrand logo after backlash
(NEXSTAR) — In what may be one of the shortest rebrands in history, restaurant chain Cracker Barrel announced Tuesday it would be dropping its recently unveiled (and controversial) rebranded logo and returning…
Border Report – MAGA loyalists denounce Trump decision to flip, grant 600,000 Chinese student visas
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Approximately 18 percent of all students at the University of California San Diego students are from foreign countries, including thousands from China. Back in June, many of…
KTSM News – Texas House approves plan to replace STAAR test as vote splits down party lines
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A plan to remove the unpopular State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) received final approval in the Texas House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon but will likely have…
KTSM News – Brief, heavy rain Wednesday; strong weekend storms — Your 9-Day Forecast
Our monsoon took a quick trip to Arizona last weekend, but now it’s back and ready to give us rain chances again. For example, we’ve had some isolated, hit-or-miss thunderstorms, such as…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office
The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Dozens attend funeral services for late Tigua leader Cacique Jose Sierra Sr.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Tigua community gathered Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 25-26 to honor the life of Cacique José G. Sierra Sr., who passed away on Aug. 16 at the…