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Abbott declares Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR 'terrorist organizations'
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist and transnational organizations, preventing them from buying land in the state. Source link
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. ...
2025 Austin Trail of Lights: Plan your trip to the trail
One of Austin's most cherished holiday traditions is back at Zilker Park for another year. Source link
How People Feel About Vaccines Is Now Largely Political
Not long ago, vaccines had largely bipartisan support. But they have become a divisive issue in the U.S., fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic and political policies that are increasingly...
NWS hides vacancies, fills local key role left vacant for 6 months
Runyen fills the role previously held by Paul Yura who took the early retirement package in late April, 2025 as part of the Trump Administrations budget cuts. Source...
Mental health fund launches for July flood victims
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced the launch of the Family Mental Health Care Fund on Tuesday, which helps provide families who lost loved ones during...
This Small Amount of Plastic Is Enough to Kill a Sea Turtle
The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released...
We Aren’t Ready for the Next Pandemic. This Game Proves It
On a Friday morning in October, about 100 high school and college students gathered in a Utah ballroom to play a game. Some students were assigned specific roles and...
Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, transit infrastructure and other prominent internet...
Austin ISD confirms cases of whooping cough at several schools
Austin ISD confirmed Monday that cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, were reported at "several" school campuses. Source link
