The College Football Playoff updated the format of the 12-team playoff on Tuesday, a move that will make the power conferences richer while leaving the mid-majors to hang out to dry. Read: Read…
Border Report – 12 cartel members killed in shootout with soldiers
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in the border state of Tamaulipas are investigating the aftermath of a shootout between suspected cartel members and Mexican soldiers. The firefight left 12 people…
Tech Crunch – MariaDB’s potential take-private deal is an indictment of 2021’s SPAC mania
The potential sale of MariaDB to K1 Investment Management for $37 million is a capstone on the failed era of SPAC mergers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Border Report – El Salvador’s Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after painstaking vote count
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party have won the supermajority the leader needs in Congress to govern as he pleases, electoral officials announced Monday….
Border Report – Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his…
El Paso Matters – Review: ‘Trash’ masterfully interweaves stories of women society often discards
By Alessandra Narváez Varela “All of this stuff around us, it’s not trash. It’s food, shelter, clothes, furniture, life,” says Alicia, one of the narrators in Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny’s “Trash,” a novel…
Tech Crunch – Ford cuts prices on electric Mustang as demand softens for premium EVs
Ford is cutting prices of its all-electric 2023 Mustang Mach-E by has much as $8,100 as the automaker attempts to rid itself of inventory and compete with Tesla and its increasingly cheaper…
Yard Barker – College Football Playoff announces criteria for determining 12-team field
The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams beginning next season, and we now know how the tournament field will be determined. Read: Read More
The Border Chronicle – It’s Not Trash, It’s Peoples’ Belongings: A Q&A with Noah Schramm from the ACLU
Two dumpsters with items that Border Patrol required asylum seekers to leave behind in Yuma, Arizona, in April 2022. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque) Subscribe now So much of the national debate…
Tech Crunch – YouTube rolls out new channel pages for creators on its TV app
YouTube is changing the design for creators’ channels on the big screen, the comapny announced today. The changes include more accessible action buttons, like “Subscribe,” a more modern design, and other tweaks…