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The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Texas’ ‘Anti-Censorship’ Law Censors Social Media. What If It Goes Into Effect?

A federal appeals court recently upheld a state law requiring companies like Facebook and Twitter to host hate speech.

Texas Observer

Republicans Defend Texas Social Media Law—and Compelled Speech

Plus: Twitter defends user anonymity, Oklahoma legislature approves abortion ban, and more...

Reason

Texas’ Insane Heat Wave Shows Our Grid Isn’t Ready for Climate Change

As weather gets more extreme and the population booms, ERCOT and state leaders need to get a grip on reality.

Texas Observer

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This militia patrols the border, stops migrants and shoots video of children. Civil rights groups say they're racist

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The armed militia arrived at the Rio Grande after dark and headed toward a group of 29 migrants who had illegally crossed the river.

Los Angeles Times

US abortion rights under threat: The spectre of a post-Roe America

The recent leak of a confidential US Supreme Court document has confirmed the conservative-majority court's intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that has guaranteed access to abortion throughout the United States for nearly 50 years. Such a decision would have an unprecedented impact on 75 million women of…

France 24

Is Chrome's 'Incognito' Mode Really Private? Question Now Before Texas Court

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google was sued in Texas by Attorney General Ken Paxton over its private web browsing feature on Thursday.

Benzinga

Much of the U.S. could criminalize abortion. But how will those laws be enforced?

Law professor Kim Mutcherson said that while states are bound by HIPAA laws, individuals are not. This means that abortion "bounty hunters" could help punish people who seek abortions in other states.

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Biden to Highlight US Chip Production — in South Korea

President Joe Biden will open his trip to Asia with a focus on the US tech sector, touring a Samsung computer chip plant on Friday that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory that the Korean electronics company is building outside Austin, Texas. The visit is also…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brickbat: That Burns

Mother Wendy Alvarez says her own 12-year-old son suffered second-degree burns on his hands after being forced to do bear crawls on a hot track at Anthony Aguirre Junior High School in Texas. The boy and other students were being punished, she said, after they tried to get out of…

Reason

How Mavs star Luka Doncic reminds Warriors of 2018 West finals matchup vs. James Harden

SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr and Draymond Green both said it Thursday, in separate conversations. Facing Luka Doncic and Dallas is reminiscent of the last time Golden State faced a Texas team in the Western Conference finals.

Tribune News Service

Kevin Sherrington: Jimbo Fisher-Nick Saban beef will make for must-see TV come Texas A&M-Alabama in October

DALLAS — A major problem of realignment is the loss of old rivalries and the time it takes to build new ones, as Texas A&M has found since bolting the Big 12, though its tradition with Texas presumably resumes once the Longhorns join the SEC in a year or three.

Tribune News Service

Oklahoma passes bill banning almost all abortions with few exceptions

Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill prohibiting all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it in the latest example of the GOP’s national push to restrict access to what has been a constitutional right for nearly…

France 24

Gusty winds fuel wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado

More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest

The Independent UK

Here's why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas' social media law

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints

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Los Angeles Times

Congress acts to save segregated 'Mexican' school

DALLAS — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., to turn a formerly segregated, "Mexican" school in west Texas into a historic site, the first of its kind.

Input

Big Tech rallies against Texas 'anti-conservative bias' law

Lobbying groups representing Google, Facebook, Amazon, and TikTok have filed an application with the Supreme Court.

Al Jazeera

US: Oklahoma passes bill banning nearly all abortions

If signed into law by Oklahoma’s governor, it will be most restrictive anti-abortion law in US, abortion providers say.

The Independent UK

Legal watchdog asks Texas Bar to suspend or disbar Ted Cruz for trying to overturn 2020 election

The 65 Project sent a complaint on Wednesday to the Texas bar’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

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Census misses may have cost Florida and Texas in redistricting

WASHINGTON — Census miscounts in Texas and Florida may have been big enough to cost those states a congressional seat this decade, and may have helped states such as Rhode Island keep a seat, according to data in a Census Bureau report released Thursday.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma approves the nation's most restrictive abortion ban

Oklahoma’s Legislature has given final approval to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher fires back at Nick Saban’s NIL accusations

While speaking at an event in Birmingham, Alabama, Crimson Tide coach Saban said some schools, including Texas A&M, were spending “tons of money to get players.”

Sports Illustrated

Texas A&M AD: Saban’s ‘Personal Attacks’ Violate SEC Bylaws

The Aggies’ athletic director has his own pointed reaction to what’s transpired in the SEC.

The Independent UK

Texas man partially blinded after branch impaled his eye in freak fall on dream vacation

The 67-year-old hiker lost his balance while hiking in Canada and fell into a branch that impaled his eye

Benzinga

Conn's Expands In Florida With New Location In Kissimmee

Conn’s Inc (NASDAQ:CONN) has opened a new HomePlus retail location in Kissimmee, Florida. The new space will be the thirteenth new location in Florida within the last eighteen months. The new 40,000 square foot retail location in the Vine Street Plaza at 105 West Vine Street in Kissimmee offers exclusive store promotions through…

Texas Observer

Dallas Runoff Will Determine Heir to Powerhouse EBJ’s Seat in Congress

The race between Representative Jasmine Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton has divided leaders of the North Texas Democratic establishment.

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