The gang welcomes back an old friend, Patrick Svitek, to preview Texas’ biggest political throwdown in years. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, an AI video model to create lifelike chatbots
Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday. Available in closed beta, the model animates the platform’s characters in a…
KTSM News – NMSU Police asking help in finding second suspect in burglaries
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — New Mexico State University Police are seeking the community’s help in finding the second of two suspects involved in two burglaries that happened on Friday, April 18,…
KTSM News – ‘A clown in handcuffs’: Victim impact statements continue after Walmart shooter receives sentence
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Several victims of the Aug. 3, 2019 massacre expressed their rage and grief towards El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius for the last time, confronting him face…
Tech Crunch – Burning questions (and some answers) about Bluesky’s new verification system
Bluesky’s launch of a verification system has raised a slew of questions among its user base from who will be picked — and why — to what outside organizations might be involved…
Border Report – Lawmaker wants answers after inmate allegedly kills 3 inside state prison
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A state lawmaker says he has launched an investigation of Arizona’s corrections system following the murder of three inmates at a Tucson facility this month. State…
El Chuqueño Blog – Elephant March
by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and drunk or sober he seemed the same to me, loud and energetic…
Border Report – Military authorized to detain undocumented immigrants in New Mexico
(The Hill) – American troops now have the authority to detain and search immigrants lacking certain documentation in New Mexico, a role service members have not held before at the southern border,…
Border Report – MAP: Where are the biggest measles outbreaks in the US right now?
(NEXSTAR) – A total of 800 measles cases across two dozen states have been confirmed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. As new cases pop up every week, at least…
Border Report – House Democrats arrive in El Salvador to push for Abrego Garcia’s return
A quartet of House Democrats arrived in El Salvador on Monday morning to push for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to the Central American…