EL PASO, Tx., September 4, 2025: In a unanimous decision, the El Paso City Council voted yesterday to consolidate the city’s on-demand Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) programs and transfer $1.9 million…
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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — About 300 business owners in the Mexican border state of Baja California have filed claims of extortion, and leaders want the state to step in. Gina Villalobos,…
Tech Crunch – X’s encrypted DM feature, XChat, is rolling out more broadly
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Texas Monthly – Change Makers: About Episode 106 of ‘Texas Monthly Presents’ on PBS
Editors’ note: Texas Monthly Presents is a new docuseries airing on Texas PBS stations. Check your local listings, or watch full episodes here. The sixth episode of Texas Monthly Presents highlights the voices, big and small, that…
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Having built and sold e-commerce shipping startup Deliverr to Shopify for $2.1 billion in 2022, co-founder and CEO Harish Abbott knows the logistics industry well. Abbott felt that many manual tasks in…
Tech Crunch – Waymo cleared to offer robotaxi rides at San Jose airport
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Border Report – What to know about Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the Caribbean this week is the latest in a series of extraordinary measures that President Donald Trump…