Alice Phoebe Lou, a South Africa native, is making a splash in the indie music community again by releasing her newest album, Glow, in the wake of a year’s worth of touring her last album. Lou has also previously released albums called Orbit in 2016 and Paper Castles in 2019. According to Lou the album, […]
World’s deepest known shipwreck fully surveyed
April 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment
A Texas-based company is showing off its work after fully surveying the world’s deepest known shipwreck. A crew from Caladan Oceanic took a vessel to map and film the USS Johnston 21-thousand-180 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It is a World War Two U.S. Navy destroyer that was sunk during a battle with […]
Border Patrol reports record breaking immigrant surge numbers
April 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Customs and Border Protection officials say the immigrant surge numbers this year so far are record breaking. KDBC reported yesterday that the CBP says in March over 170-thousand illegal immigrants were stopped by immigration agents at the southern border. The report says of that number, 18-thousand are unaccompanied children, which is a new monthly record. […]
No first pitch by Governor Abbott
April 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Governor Greg Abbott isn’t going to toss the first pitch to kick off the Texas Rangers’ season this year. The Governor told the Rangers yesterday he declined the invitation as a way to show his rejection of the MLB’s opposition to Georgia’s new voter integrity law requiring voters to show valid ID to cast a ballot. In […]
Whataburger announces $90M in bonuses for employees
April 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Whataburger employees are getting a big thank-you from the boss. The San Antonio-based burger chain says they’re awarding their workers more than 90-million-dollars in bonuses to thank them for their outstanding service during the pandemic and the winter storm. Whataburger is also doubling 2020’s matching 401(k) contribution, and giving employees emergency pay and Extra Mile […]
Musk: New Tesla plant near Austin may hire 10,000
April 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the new Tesla plant under construction near Austin will hire more than ten-thousand employees through next year. If that happens, it’ll be twice the number of new jobs Tesla promised. The billion-dollar manufacturing plant in southeast Travis County is scheduled to start making new vehicles as soon as this year. […]
Bill on protesting debated in Texas
April 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Some Texas lawmakers want to throw protesters in jail if they block highways. A bill in the state legislature would force protesters who obstruct a highway to spend ten-days in jail. If they block an ambulance, the penalty would be increased. Activists in California blocked the entrance to a hospital after two Los Angeles County […]
Album Review: A Good Distraction by Forty Feet Tall
March 31, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Forty Feet Tall has made an explosive comeback with their second album, A Good Distraction, a follow up to their debut album, Forty Feet Tall, that was released in 2014. The Los Angeles, California natives got their start in 2011 while still in high school and built quite a fanbase playing gigs in LA, however […]
Biden staffer blocks Cruz from shooting video of border facility
March 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Sen. Ted Cruz is showing video of conditions at the border, including footage of a Biden staffer blocking him from recording at a migrant facility. The Texas Republican showed the video on the Fox Network’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Cruz and Sen. John Cornyn led a group of senators to Donna, Texas, where illegal immigrants have […]
1M plus COVID-19 vaccine doses hitting Texas this week
March 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Over a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Texas for distribution this week. The Texas Department of State Health Services says over eight-hundred-thousand of the doses go to nearly eight-hundred vaccine providers in more than two-hundred counties. The other two-hundred-or so thousand doses go to pharmacy chains that are participating […]
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