SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – An East Texas sheriff has apologized after holding an immigration panel where he attempted to ease concerns within the Hispanic community. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith, alongside…
Tech Crunch – AI and security startups blossom on cloudy days
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week confirmed that…
KTSM News – Mexico continues to dig for border tunnels, US watches
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican soldiers and police have resumed their search for illegal cross border tunnels between Juarez and El Paso. On Thursday, officers with the Chihuahua state police…
Tech Crunch – Meta confirms ‘Project Waterworth,’ a global subsea cable project spanning 50,000km
Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic…
Border Report – Mexico continues to dig for border tunnels, US watches
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican soldiers and police have resumed their search for illegal cross border tunnels between Juarez and El Paso. On Thursday, officers with the Chihuahua state police…
Border Report – Mexico threatens to sue Google over Gulf of Mexico name change
(The Hill) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday threatened to sue Google over its decision to update its maps platform to reflect President Donald Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of…
Tech Crunch – Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature
Mastodon, the decentralized alternative to X, is going to adopt a controversial feature from the platform formerly known as Twitter: quote posts. The company on Friday shared the progress it’s making on…
Yard Barker – Championship-pedigree coach reportedly joining Penn State
Stan Drayton isn’t chasing a job. He’s choosing one — one that brings him back to the elite ranks of college football after a 9-25 tenure leading Temple. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Man guilty of multiple counts of sex crimes in Otero County
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An Otero County jury has found a 40-year-old man guilty of multiple counts of sex crimes with a minor, according to the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office…
El Paso Matters – Trump’s mass deportation plans have echoes of a 1950s federal crackdown that swept through Texas
By Uriel J. García / Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story includes the name of a 1950s federal program and quotes from a former federal official that refer to Mexican immigrants with…