EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two U.S. citizens and a Mexican national face arraignment this week for allegedly transporting 24 migrants inside a “cloned” Border Patrol K-9 vehicle. A Feb. 4…
KTSM News – Vehicle explodes at Sun Metro Transit Operations Center in Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A vehicle exploded at the Sun Metro Transit Operations Center on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in Central El Paso, according to a spokesperson with the El Paso Fire…
Tech Crunch – Google says it removed cultural events from its calender last year
Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default. Other events that were removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage,…
Tech Crunch – Anduril takes control of Microsoft’s $22B VR military headset program
The Army has granted upstart weapons maker Anduril control of one of its highest-profile and long-troubled projects known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, founder Palmer Luckey announced in a blog post…
Border Report – 27 religious groups are suing Trump over refusal to block immigration arrests in houses of worship
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal…
Texas Monthly – Casino and sports betting companies press for a win in Texas despite Senate opposition
With plenty of patience and money, the industry is extending its multi-year campaign to bring legal casinos and sports betting to the state. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes
Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub also used by Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, and…
Tech Crunch – How Musk’s $97.4B bid could gum up OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and…
Border Report – Crush of Valentine’s Day flowers: Nearly a billion go through this city to you
MIAMI (AP) — If any husbands or boyfriends mess up Valentine’s Day this week, it’s not because of a shortage of flowers. In the run-up to Feb. 14, agricultural specialists at Miami…
Border Report – Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border…