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With a polar vortex bringing freezing temperatures to Texas this week, it’s time to channel your inner Hank Hill and do a little home maintenance to keep your pipes from freezing. Frozen pipes are like nature’s way of pranking us in the worst possible way. And in Texas,
Authorities believe the Texas man implicated in the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said at a Thursday press conference. Though officials previously said they were investigating the possibility that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, may have acted with others in the attack that killed
As if 2024 wasn’t already a mess (except for Beyoncé Bowl), just days before we flip the calendar to the New Year, the string of high-profile burglaries targeting professional athletes’ homes finally hit Texas. On Dec. 27, Dallas Mavericks’ beloved guard Luka Dončić’s home was reportedly broken
Every year has its share of oddities, but 2024 was filled with Texas news so strange it was like someone spiked our sweet tea with a little too much Tito’s. From Enron coming back to life to a mayor suggesting we nuke a hurricane, we’ve had twelve months
Texas’ grid operator swears — for realsies — that they’re ready for the winter. “We are constantly preparing for all types of weather in Texas and the best way to manage the grid reliably with each season,” an Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) representative told the Midland Reporter-Telegram. “We
‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the San Antonio Zoo, the creatures were stirring amid the slew of baby news. For the first time in 24 years, a new baby capybara was born on site Dec. 3, and he’s named Tupi (pronounced two-pee). Rachel Malstaff, the
Of course Texas always has to do its own thing — even when it comes to Christmas music. Apparently, our favorite holiday anthem is none other than “Feliz Navidad,” José Feliciano’s 1970 bilingual banger, according to a report from FinanceBuzz. (Yes, even the financial nerds are tracking Christmas vibes these
Guess the doomsday sayers were right: Killer robots are here, and they’re on the side of kids who won’t get off their phones. According to a new lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court on behalf of two Texas families — and first reported by The Washington Post
Texas is the worst in the nation for quality of life, mental health care access, insurance, and food insecurity — and we’ve seen a 63% increase in gun deaths since Gov. Greg Abbott took office. But it’d be absurd for our elected officials to consider action on those issues,
The race for speaker of the Texas House continues to get stupider as one candidate has dubbed himself “speaker-elect” (which is not a real thing) and national Republicans weighed in this week. To catch you up, there’s been a scramble for the top state House post after the
EXCLUSIVE For most of her life, Lulu Francois believed her family history was a mystery lost to time. That changed when, during a Christmas gathering seven years ago, an aunt revealed she sometimes visited a small, unkempt cemetery in Comal County. There, migrants of Mexican descent are buried on a
Six months after the prestigious Dallas Black Dance Theatre chose to f*ck around — by wrongfully firing all of its dancers just days before the season was set to start — they’re now finding out the hard way that worker’s rights are protected by law. The theater reached a