EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso VA Healthcare System wants the El Paso community to send Valentine’s Day cards to veterans. The local Veterans Affairs wants the community to send…
El Paso Matters – Investigation clears UTEP professor in suspended NSF aerospace grant, but El Paso loses major funding opportunity
A nearly two-year investigation found no wrongdoing in a grant application that led to a potential $160 million award for a UTEP-led collaboration to expand aerospace manufacturing in the El Paso region….
Tech Crunch – Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor
The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to pay. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
This week’s release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Trump strikes deal to allow $800M in beef imports from Argentina to enter US
President Trump has struck a new deal increasing beef imports from Argentina despite facing push back from Republicans and allies in the agricultural sector. Argentina’s foreign ministry said in a statement the…
Border Report – Head of EPA says Mexico making progress stopping sewage from flowing into US
“This is the environmental issue that is caused on the Mexico side, they caused this,” said Zeldin. “I wish we had the power to snap our fingers and we say we had…
KTSM News – 53-year-old woman dies in far East El Paso crash
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 53-year-old woman is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Thursday evening, Feb. 5, in far East El Paso. At around 8:36 p.m. on Thursday, deputies responded…
KTSM News – State Rep. Perez speaks on new DHS facility in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — State Rep. Vince Perez is warning that a newly acquired DHS facility in El Paso County could lack water pressure and necessary infrastructure to support required fire…
Border Report – Watch: US deputy marshal kicks dog in Memphis
A video making the rounds on social media shows a U.S. deputy marshal in Memphis kicking a small dog. Read: Read More
Border Report – DOJ steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks as launderers turn to crypto
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by…