It may be a little-heard-of election, but the candidates on the May 3 ballot will shape education in the region for years to come as school districts face budget deficits that have…
KTSM News – Wall Street drops 20% below its record and markets plunge worldwide as Trump digs in on tariffs
NEW YORK (AP) — The losses are only worsening for financial markets worldwide as worries rise Monday about whether President Donald Trump’s trade war will torpedo the global economy. The S&P 500 was down 3.8% in…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup
OpenAI is said to have discussed acquiring the AI hardware startup that former Apple design lead Jony Ive is building with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to The Information, OpenAI could pay…
The Athletic MiLB News – MLB Draft notes: Liam Doyle dominates against Texas A&M, but is he still No. 1?
Doyle threw a gem on Friday, while fellow top draft prospect Jace LaViolette homered this weekend. Is either player a potential No. 1 pick? Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Someone hacked ransomware gang Everest’s leak site
“Don’t do crime,” the ransomware gang’s dark web leak site reads. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
The Tamaulipan thornforest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border with Mexico. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a…
Texas Monthly – Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. That could hurt students with disabilities in Texas.
In a state with a checkered history with federal special education law, advocates say Texas students will see an erosion of their disability rights protections. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas Republicans take aim at public transit in two major cities
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Jay North, TV’s Dennis the Menace, dies at 73
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) — Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North died…
Tech Crunch – Want to stay young? Peter Diamandis says survive the next 10 years
Peter Diamandis, a futurist with degrees from both MIT and Harvard, has spent much of the past two decades evangelizing a vision of an “abundant future” driven by exponential technologies that will…