EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Texas Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is celebrating the inclusion of provisions in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act of a bill he coauthored earlier to train…
KTSM News – CBP agent’s car struck by rock while chasing smugglers
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The U.S. Border Patrol agent’s vehicle involved in an incident that resulted in a rollover crash of a suspected smuggling vehicle that killed two people on Sunday…
KTSM News – Police look into death in East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso police detectives were in East El Paso on Tuesday, Oct. 14, investigating a death. Police say they responded to a home at 1761 Dale Douglas…
Tech Crunch – Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable coworkers
Viven’s seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Liberate bags $50M at $300M valuation to bring AI deeper into insurance back offices
Liberate’s AI agents automate tasks for P&C insurers, working across sales, service, and claims. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model
Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 “at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed.” Read more:…
KTSM News – Docs: Mother shot at least 11 times by son in Santa Teresa
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 20-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly shot his mother at least 11 times on early Monday morning, Oct. 13, in Santa Teresa, according to court…
KTSM News – Teen shoots friend in back during planned robbery in Las Cruces, court docs say
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An 18-year-old is facing charges after shooting his 15-year-old friend in the back as they were planning on stealing firearms from a home this past Monday, Oct….
KTSM News – Meta to invests $1.5 billion for El Paso AI data center
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Facebook’s parent company, Meta is going to be building a new artificial intelligence center in El Paso. The announcement to bring the nearly 1.2 million square feet…
Tech Crunch – Self-driving car companies Pony.ai and WeRide get the OK for Hong Kong listing
The Chinese AV companies are already traded on the Nasdaq. Read more: Read More