The Canutillo Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a $67.9 million budget with a $2.75 million deficit for the 2024-25 school year, with no pay raises for…
Texas Monthly – Kinky Friedman’s Wit Turned the Jewish Cowboy Into a Texas Icon
Richard “Kinky” Friedman, a Texas icon who infused his songs, fiction, and campaign speeches with a unique and crass humor, died early Thursday, June 27. He was 79. Friedman “stepped on a…
KTSM News – Local contestants compete at National Spanish Spelling Bee
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The 2024 National Spanish Spelling Bee was held in El Paso on Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, and hosted by Education Service Center Region 19…
Border Report – Tick bites kill 16 in Chihuahua
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Summer not only brings hot temperatures that can dehydrate humans; it’s also prime time for the reproduction of dangerous bugs, according to medical experts. In Chihuahua,…
Border Report – ‘High volume’ scanning system going up at Texas border crossing
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new non-intrusive inspection system is being installed at a South Texas border crossing in an effort to expand the technology across the Southwest border. Exclusive: West…
KTSM News – Teen holding airsoft gun dead in officer-involved shooting
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – An officer-involved shooting that took the life of a teenager is under investigation, the New Mexico State Police Department announced Thursday. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, agents…
Tech Crunch – MagicSchool thinks AI in the classroom is inevitable, so it’s aiming to help teachers and students use it properly
These days, when you hear about students and generative AI, chances are that you’re getting a taste of the debate over the adoption of tools like ChatGPT. Are they a help? (Yay!…
Border Report – 1 in 10 women murdered in Mexico were in Baja California, agency says
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Almost 1,100 women have been murdered so far this year in Mexico, with 11 percent of those homicides taking place in the border state of Baja California,…
Tech Crunch – Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to ‘create God’
In the conversation, Zuckerberg said there needs to be a lot of different AIs that get created to reflect people’s different interests. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Border Report – Former Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos dies
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral confirmed that former Cameron County Judge and former Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos has died. According to Justice of the Peace Linda Salazar, Cascos passed away…