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Texas’ App-Store Age Verification Law, Explained
The Dispatch
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June 18, 2025
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the App Store Accountability Act in late May, the second-most populous state in the union doubled down on age verification as the way to limit minors’ unfettered access to harmful online content, even as a...
Texas man admits guilt in plane sexual assault case
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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June 17, 2025
Teal Luthy Miller Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of WashingtonTeal Luthy Miller Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington | U.S. Attorney for...
Texas Bitcoin Reserve Law Triggers Sunday—Silence Means Yes
Bitcoinist
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June 18, 2025
Texas is now within a single, silent procedural heartbeat of creating the nation’s largest government-run stash of bitcoin. Senate Bill 21, the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act, was dispatched to Gov. Greg Abbott on June 1 after...
Texas STAAR test scores show mixed results, sparking debate on validity
CBS Austin - Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas — The latest STAAR test scores have been released, showing improvements in some areas but declines in others, prompting a mixed response from education officials and advocacy groups. Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath...
Documentary Reveals Houston’s Unsung Blues Legacy
Texas Signal
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June 18, 2025
The phrase “luv ya, blue” is synonymous with Houston thanks to the Oilers football team, but maybe the phrase should be “luv ya, blues.” The Bayou City is one of the most important places in the history of the musical genre, but scant few people...
Kashmiri Scientist Bags Prestigious ASBMR Award, First Ever from the Region
Kashmir Life
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June 18, 2025
by Faiqa Masoodi SRINAGAR: In a landmark moment for Jammu and Kashmir’s academic and scientific community, Dr Aijaz Ahmad John Bhat has been honoured with the 2025 ASBMR Harold M. Frost Young Investigator Award, becoming the first Kashmiri ever to...
Texas attorney general requests new execution date for Robert Roberson
KBTX - Texas
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June 17, 2025
ANDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a new execution date for 58-year-old Robert Roberson, the East Texas man who is facing a capital murder charge for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis...
Houston archaeologists stranded in Israel; efforts underway to get home amid conflict
FOX 26 Houston - Texas
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A group of archaeologists found themselves stranded in Israel once the conflict broke out, and several of them are from the Houston area. HOUSTON - Several Houston-area local archaeologists found themselves stranded in Israel once the Tel Aviv...
Smokey Mo’s Marks 25 Years of Texas BBQ and Eyes Statewide Growth
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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June 17, 2025
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, Smokey Mo’s TX BBQ touts itself as the “best neighborhood BBQ in Texas.” With a quarter-century of experience serving slow-smoked meat alongside warm comfort food faves, the brand is stoking the...
UT Tyler professor receives grant from National Science Foundation
KYTX/CBS 19 - Texas
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TYLER, Texas — Alwathiqbellah Ibrahim, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UT Tyler, has been awarded the Faculty Development Early Career grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). "We congratulate Dr. Ibrahim on this...
John Sharp reflects on successes, challenges at Texas A&M
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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RED HORSE construction squad erects building at Texas A&M's RELLIS campus
My Aggie Nation - Texas
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Members of the US Air Force’s 560th RED HORSE Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina work to construct the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Construction Field Lab at the RELLIS Campus in Bryan. MEREDITH SEAVER,THE EAGLE “The Air...
What happened after the Big Bang? Scientists decode aftershocks through heavy particles
Asianet Newsable
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June 18, 2025
A sweeping new study dives deep into how ultra-heavy particles behave after high-energy collisions, revealing they don't just vanish after the initial impact but continue interacting like silent messengers from the dawn of time. A groundbreaking...
Ciliary dysfunction linked to bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity, suggests research
Medical Dialogues
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June 18, 2025
Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased mortality. Now a new study published at the ATS 2025 International Conference shows that ciliary dynamics may play a role in the...
Houston remains one of the most affordable big cities, but that's at risk of changing
ABC 13 - Texas
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June 18, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Is Houston as affordable as it once was? The answer seems to be yes and no. A new housing study from the Kinder Institute of Urban Research at Rice University reveals that, while Houston is still among the most affordable...
Texas Division of Emergency Management appoints new chief for recovery and mitigation role
Crossroads Today - Texas
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AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management has appointed Stevee Franks as Section Chief for Recovery and Mitigation Region 4. Region 4 includes Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda,...
Tracked across state lines: Texas sheriff's use of license plate data raises alarms
KABB - Texas
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A North Texas sheriff’s office is under fire for tapping into a national license plate reader system to search for a woman accused of self-managing an abortion, raising serious questions about how surveillance technology is used in Texas and...
SMU welcomes quadriplegic North Texas teen ahead of pool accident anniversary
CBS Dallas - Texas
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Semyon "SJ" Williams Jr., 14, recently experienced something he and his mother, Anya Camper, never imagined- touring a college campus. "I never thought about college," Williams said. This week, he and several close family members toured the...
Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp reflects on tenure in Austin interview
KBTX - Texas
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June 18, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp reflected on his 14-year tenure Tuesday during a public conversation hosted by the Texas Tribune, ahead of his retirement at the end of June. In his conversation with the...
UK’s Pulsar Fusion brings nuclear space propulsion research to Austin
Austin American-Statesman - Texas
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Pulsar Fusion, a U.K.-based firm attempting to unlock nuclear fusion to power space travel, has picked Austin for its U.S. location. The company said Monday it’s searching for roughly 50,000 square feet to build a clean room and conduct research...