EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday pulled three bodies buried under the floor of an abandoned house next to a downtown auto parts store. It was…
Border Report – Company helping immigrants in detention ordered to pay $811M+ in lawsuit alleging deceptive tactics
NEW YORK (AP) — A company that provides services for immigrants in federal detention was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $811 million in restitution and penalties in a lawsuit alleging it used…
Tech Crunch – HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024: Empowering hard tech founders
Discover the forefront of hard tech innovation in an exclusive session sponsored by HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024. Led by SOSV general partner Duncan Turner and HAX chief science officer Dr….
Texas Monthly – They’ve Previously Voted Democratic. Now They’re Supporting Ted Cruz.
Perhaps there is no surer sign of the impending apocalypse than Texas Democrats voting for Ted Cruz. And yet, consider energy expert Marty McVey. The fifty-year-old bespectacled Houstonian, who sports slicked-back brown…
KTSM News – Docs: Man faces felony charges after shooting dog
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 27-year-old man is facing felony charges after he allegedly fired a rifle at a dog on Monday, April 1 in Sunland Park, and KTSM has obtained…
Tech Crunch – Facebook takes on TikTok with a new, vertical-first video player
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Tech Crunch – TechCrunch Minute: Yahoo buys Artifact news app from Instagram’s co-founders
News that Yahoo is buying Artifact stirred the technology watercooler yesterday. Artifact was an interesting app, employing AI to help its users find and consume more, and more targeted news. It had…
Texas Monthly – How Muslim Chefs Handle Fasting During Ramadan
Growing up in a Muslim community, I knew many people who would fast during Ramadan, a month-long religious observance where participants abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset. My family…
Tech Crunch – ‘A Brief History of the Future’ offers a hopeful antidote to cynical tech takes
Cynicism is a quality taken almost for granted in tech journalism, and certainly we are as guilty as the next publication. But both the risk and the promise of technology are real,…
Tech Crunch – Zip is trying to modernize enterprise procurement
Zip describes itself as the “leading Intake and Procurement Orchestration platform and Intake-to-Pay suite.” That doesn’t sound like the most exciting space to be in as a startup, but if you’ve ever…