Chinese ride-hail firm Didi is on the hunt for fresh funds for its autonomous vehicle technology unit that could value it at $5 billion, according to Bloomberg News. Investor interest in self-driving…
Border Report – Pentagon orders thousands more troops to southern border
(The Hill) — The Pentagon is sending up to 5,050 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border even as unlawful border crossings have sharply fallen in recent weeks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has…
Border Report – Aerostat breaks loose from tether on South Padre Island, authorities working to locate
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Air and Marine Operations (AMO) on Monday experienced severe winds that resulted in one of its aerostats breaking free from its tether on South Padre…
KTSM News – Cocaine bundles found hidden in SUV floorboard at Presidio Port of Entry
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 24-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, March 2, at the Presidio Port of Entry after officers seized over 20 pounds of cocaine hidden within the floorboard…
Texas Monthly – Basketball Referees Dream of Making It to the Final Four, Too
Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Tommy Johnson, who is 43, is a Division I men’s basketball referee from Murphy, in North Texas. Last year he…
The Border Chronicle – Mass Deportations Will Tear Our Society Apart: A Q&A with David Bier, Immigration Expert with the Libertarian Cato Institute
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), officers arrest a man during a raid in New York City during Trump’s first administration in 2018. (Photo credit: John Moore via Getty) Subscribe now David…
The Athletic MiLB News – Chat with Keith Law about his first 2025 MLB Draft rankings at 1pm ET!
Law released his first draft rankings board for the 2025 class earlier this morning. Chat with him about Liam Doyle, Ethan Holliday and more Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – How to Eat at the Houston Rodeo Like an Expert
The first time I remember going to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was when I was four years old. I wore brown and pink square-toe boots with a matching ruffled skirt;…
Tech Crunch – On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created a woolly mouse
Colossal Biosciences, known for its outlandish goal to resurrect the woolly mammoth by 2028, is claiming steady progress. It’s evidence: Genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur. To engineer the woolly mouse,…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research
OpenAI on Monday said it is supporting a new consortium called NextGenAI that would focus on supporting AI-assisted research at top universities. NextGenAI, whose 15 founding academic partners include Harvard, the University…