Hemp businesses and consumers asked to block state regulations on THC, but their lawsuit remains pending. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Destination El Paso executive wins Texas Latino Legacy Award
Veronica Castro, director of Tourism Development and Strategic Alliances at Destination El Paso, was named one of the 25 recipients of the inaugural Texas Latino Legacy Award for her over two decades…
Tech Crunch – Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax
California’s Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state’s billionaires. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Smuggling leader convicted in El Paso immigration death case
Juan Carlos Lara-Quezada was convicted on five counts for his role in a fatal immigrant smuggling conspiracy in El Paso. Read: Read More
Border Report – American caught with $1.7M worth of cocaine at border, CBP says
A U.S. citizen attempted to smuggle more than $1.7 million worth of cocaine across the border last week in Del Rio, Texas. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Smuggling leader convicted in El Paso immigration death case
El Paso, Texas (KTSM) — A federal jury in El Paso convicted an undocumented migrant from Mexico on five counts for his role in a deadly conspiracy to smuggle and harbor immigrants,…
Tech Crunch – Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the “personal superintelligence” systems Meta AI is building. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – New secretary of state will continue to defend Texas’ open primaries against GOP lawsuit
The Legislature “can and will” take steps to limit who can vote in which primary, Secretary of State Robert Howden said in a Monday court filing. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Sobriety patrols set for Doña Ana County through August
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office announced it will conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols in an effort to reduce DWI-related injuries. The enforcement project aims to…
KTSM News – Army pioneer Curtis Lee Brown dies at 101
Fort Bliss held a funeral ceremony on Monday, August 14, to honor retired Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Lee Brown, a pioneering Black soldier who served 32 years in the Army and passed…