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Hispanic activists fight to preserve a Texas school connected to Head Start history

Stephen F. Austin/Minnie Mae Hopper Elementary School in Wharton, Texas, is one of the last remaining "Little Schools of the 400."

Axios

VW Group CEO Praises Tesla's Giga Texas During Austin Visit

The executive said the Tesla plant's "all under one roof, no logistics from cell production to the final assembly" approach is impressive.

InsideEVs

El Partido Republicano apunta a la titularidad para frenar las discusiones en el aula sobre raza y género

AUSTIN, Texas— Cuando denunció a un decano de la universidad sospechoso por malversación de fondos, el profesor universitario Jeff Blodgett tuvo que soportar un feroz ataque por parte de los aliados del decano. "Si no tuviera este puesto", recuerda, "habrían hecho todo lo posible por deshacerse de mí".

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Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation To Open Medical Cannabis Dispensary In Houston This Summer

Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation is opening a permanent dispensary in Houston his summer. The new store - the first of its kind in the city, according to the Austin-based company – will operate six days per week.

Benzinga

Lizzo speaks out against anti-abortion and anti-trans policies in home state of Texas

The singer called the restrictive Texas policies ‘a violation of human rights’ at the SXSW festival in Austin

The Independent UK

John Cleese has his microphone taken away after making controversial slavery joke

‘I want reparations,’ the comic said during a panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas

The Independent UK

Sandra Bullock makes 'The Lost City' feel like home at SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas — Just as some people are better at their jobs than others, some movie stars are just good at being movie stars. At Saturday night's SXSW premiere of "The Lost City," Sandra Bullock had a good day at the office, taking over the Austin, Texas, Paramount Theatre with…

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Why Nicolas Cage French kisses himself in 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'

AUSTIN, Texas — Nicolas Cage brought his own distinct brand of movie stardom to the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night for the world premiere of "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," in which Cage plays a movie star named Nick Cage.

Los Angeles Times

Transgender children, families rally outside Texas Capitol, Governor’s Mansion

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 200 people showed up on Gov. Greg Abbott’s doorstep Sunday with a message: Leave transgender children alone.

Tribune News Service

Bobbie Nelson, who once told little brother Willie, ‘You sing and I’ll play the piano,’ dies at 91

DALLAS — Bobbie Nelson, whose prowess as a piano player powered the band of her younger brother, Willie Nelson, for more than half a century, died Thursday at her home in Austin. She was 91.

Tribune News Service

Masco's Behr Paint Enters NFT Space In Partnership With Doodles

Masco Corp (NYSE:MAS) subsidiary Behr Paint Company is making its first foray into the NFT space. In partnership with Doodles, Behr Paint is helping bring Doodles' colors to life at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, from March 12th to 14th. Doodles is a collection of 10,000 NFTs co-founded by digital artist…

Benzinga

How the SXSW Film Festival can counter Texas Legislature's conservative agenda

The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, has been the scene of countless raucous, ecstatically received movie premieres over the years. As the venue for many of the South By Southwest Film Festival's most anticipated movies, the theater has been full of wild applause, rowdy cheers, cathartic tears and uproarious laughter.

Los Angeles Times

Does Texas think transgender care is abuse? Ken Paxton’s comments contradict state's legal stance

AUSTIN, Texas — Fighting to keep his job in a heated GOP primary this year, Attorney General Ken Paxton repeatedly insisted that certain medical treatments for transgender youth abusive and illegal.

Tribune News Service

Tesla Giga Texas: Model Y Stock Doubled To Over 400

The latest flyover videos over the Tesla Giga Austin plant, recorded on March 9, reveal more than 430 Made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Model Y.

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My worst moment: Jared Padalecki of ‘Walker’ on being unprepared: Like that nightmare of going to school naked

After 15 seasons starring on “Supernatural,” Jared Padalecki seamlessly switched gears last year to launch “Walker” on the CW. A reboot of “Walker, Texas Ranger,” the series is filmed in Austin, Texas, where Padalecki has been based, for years, with his wife and children. “Supernatural” shot in Vancouver, Canada —…

The Independent UK

Strangers band together to save fellow passenger’s life on flight from Cancun to Austin

Medical staff who happened to be on flight administered IV drip and Narcan

The Guardian - US

The bat, man: live animal prank causes flap in Austin cinema

A screening of the superhero blockbuster The Batman was interrupted when an audience member released a real bat

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘The Batman’ Screening Features Guest Appearance: A Real Bat

Moviegoers in Austin, Texas, got to see more than one type of bat during a screening of “The Batman” this weekend. An actual bat was spotted swooping around inside the theater, putting the movie on pause while management called animal control and tried — unsuccessfully — to get the critter…

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VIDEO: Clever Parrots Perform Crowed-Pleasing Tricks For Instagram

The versatile birds enjoy skateboarding and gliding on a chandelier.

Benzinga

Kroger Expands Fulfillment Network To Three New Cities

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) said it is expanding its delivery capacity by adding spoke facilities in Austin and San Antonio in Texas, and Birmingham in Alabama. The new Texas and Alabama facilities will serve as new geographies for the organization. The facilities are expected to become operational later this year and create many job opportunities. The new…

The Independent UK

As Biden denounced defunding the police, Greg Casar, who made Austin reduce police funding, won his primary

Exclusive: Texas Democrat who overwhelmingly won primary in Austin talks about his win, how AOC helped and how to talk about reducing police funding

Tribune News Service

Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke easily win primaries, setting up race for Texas governor in fall

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke jumped to big early leads and won their respective parties’ nominations for Texas governor without a runoff Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke jump to big early leads, expected to face off for Texas governor in fall

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke jumped to big early leads and were expected to win their respective parties’ nominations for Texas governor without a runoff Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with fatally shooting cousin last year in Austin

Cook County Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered Marquis Dixon held without bail Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the May 22, 2021 shooting of Jerry Thornton.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man found fatally shot in Austin

The man was found laying on the sidewalk in the 5500 block of West Jackson Boulevard.

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