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Elon Musk's Plan For Massive Giga Texas Opening Party Faces Public Hurdle: Here's What It's All About

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is facing opposition from local community members and environmental groups over plans to host 15,000 people in a party celebrating the opening of its Texas gigafactory, Bloomberg News

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Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals to Texas Supreme Court as state halts probes into parents of trans children

AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the Texas Supreme Court to allow the state to restart its abuse investigations into the parents of transgender children.

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Arizona star Bennedict Mathurin ‘does not recall’ touching TCU showgirl but wants to apologize

FORT WORTH, Texas — Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke issued a statement Wednesday on the postgame incident involving Wildcats standout Bennedict Mathurin and a TCU showgirl.

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John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

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SWAT Team Storms House After Texas Man Allegedly Holds Girlfriend Prisoner

Jorge Alexander Gonzalez is charged with assaulting his victim, with further charges to follow.

Zenger

White House condemns ‘devastating’ Idaho law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy

Governor signs bill into law despite reservations about ‘unintended consequences’ for rape survivors

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Results in the five Texas House Democratic primaries with the most candidate fundraising

Democratic primary elections for 109 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 109 seats up for election in 2022, 31 had a primary election with more than one candidates.

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‘Teach the Truth’ campaign aims to battle book bans, censorship in Texas schools

DALLAS — Education and civil rights groups are forming a coalition to beat back censorship in Texas public schools and oppose book bans.

Tribune News Service

Results in the five Texas House Republican primaries with the most candidate fundraising

Republican primary elections for 124 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 124 seats up for election in 2022, 56 had a primary election with more than one candidates.

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Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law

Idaho has become the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy by allowing civil lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges

The Independent UK

Residents evacuated after car crash leads to explosion near Exxon gas station in Texas

‘It literally sounded like a space shuttle taking off’

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why South gets more killer tornadoes at night

The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas

The Independent UK

Aurora Unveils Test Fleet Of Autonomous Toyota Sienna Vehicles

Aurora Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:AUR) has unveiled the test fleet of its autonomous custom-designed Toyota Sienna vehicles. Aurora has worked with Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE:TM) Toyota Motor North America's engineering team over the last year to refine requirements to prepare this vehicle model platform to integrate with the Aurora Driver. The vehicles feature Toyota's Vehicle Control…

Benzinga

Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley

Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado scientist Ernest Agee to explain what causes tornadoes and how the center of U.S. tornado…

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A Last Stand for Texas Oyster Fishers

After a decade of struggle, the industry has reached a breaking point.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones breaches court order by failing to show for Sandy Hook deposition after judge rebuffed sick claims

Infowars host claimed he was too sick to leave his home to attend Wednesday’s questioning - before his attorney admitted he left home to film his far-right show

Sports Illustrated

Ranking the 2022 Women’s Sweet 16: Who Can Challenge the Four No. 1 Seeds?

From top seeds to surprise Cinderellas, we assess how the remaining teams in the NCAA tournament stack up.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma could become first state to ban nearly all abortions: ‘Reckless cruelty is the point’

Advocates warn legislation could strand thousands of people in the region seeking abortion care, while a new Texas law forces women to travel outside the state

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Tornado Wreaks Havoc In New Orleans, Leaves At Least 1 Dead

When the funnel was spotted, people in a city generally without basements had to look for shelter elsewhere.

Reason

Oklahoma House OKs Citizen-Enforced Abortion Ban

Plus: Masculinity tied to inflated IQ estimates, contempt for Warren's crypto bill, and more...

Inverse

“We need to stop this now”: How tabletop RPGs raised $350,000 for trans charities

Following an order targeting trans kids in Texas, game designer Rue Dickey organized a charity tabletop RPG bundle that exceeded all their expectations.

The Independent UK

Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago

Axios

Oklahoma House clears near-total abortion ban

If passed, the bill would surpass Texas' six-week abortion ban to become the most restrictive in the U.S.

Salon

Cruz works around campaign finance rules

The Texas senator breaks new ground in pushing campaign finance boundaries

Tribune News Service

Houston braces for flooding and tornadoes as west Texas wildfires burn

Texas firefighters gained the upper hand over historic wildfires as violent weather closed in on urban centers and residents in some regions sought shelter from tornadoes.

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