After the U.S. Supreme Court sat back and did nothing on Wednesday, a law went into effect in Texas that bans most abortions after six weeks. Next March, Fort Worth will host some of the first and second-round games of the Men’s NCAA Tournament, and San Antonio will be a regional site for the Sweet […]
Stripping it down! A fired-up Texas parent (not pictured above) exposed the naked truth of mask mandates at a school board meeting on Monday evening in Dripping Springs. The Independent School District ’s board of trustees gathered to hear testimony from parents in the community over whether or not they should update their mask mandate, […]
Enlarge / The intersection of Interstates 10 and 610 in Houston, Texas, during evening rush hour. (credit: Getty Images) You often hear people say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I bring this up because of an interesting—if infuriating—thread I read this morning […]
Enlarge / Second-grade teacher Wendy Verrall takes students temperatures during the first day of class at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, California, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. (credit: Getty | Orange County Register) While battles over mask mandates in schools rage on in several states, the delta-fueled COVID-19 surge continues to sicken more and […]
Two Texas teenagers have been arrested and charged by local authorities after they posted a video to Snapchat showing themselves stealing the necklace from a dead body. Bethany Martin , who is 17 years old (pictured above, inset), and a new 16-year-old friend (not publicly named or pictured because she is a juvenile) were out […]
College athletes finally being able to make money from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) obviously is a huge step forward after decades of outright exploitation under the guise of the NCAA maintaining a standard of amateurism. There still are more steps to take, given the amount of money that universities take in… Read more…
College athletes finally being able to make money from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) obviously is a huge step forward after decades of outright exploitation under the guise of the NCAA maintaining a standard of amateurism. There still are more steps to take, given the amount of money that universities take in… Read more…
Enlarge / Velodyne lidar sensors will create a real-time 3D map of this dangerous intersection in Austin to help the city make its roads safer. (credit: Velodyne ) American roads have never been especially safe compared to the streets in other countries . But the pandemic made things worse, with shocking rises in crashes and […]
Conservative provocateur Tomi Lahren finally got something right! Over the weekend, the blonde pundit openly defended Caitlyn Jenner from transphobic, personal attacks put on by conservative political followers at the world-famous Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. And while we very rarely see eye-to-eye with Lahren (or with Jenner at this point), there is NO […]
Enlarge / A warning sign for an underground natural gas pipeline stands near Sunray, Texas. (credit: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images ) While Texans froze and natural gas-fired power plants tripped offline during a February cold snap, natural gas traders and pipeline companies made up to $11 billion in just nine days. The handsome profits […]