1984: The Last Great Year of Pop
Michael Jackson thrilled, Madonna wowed, Prince had doves cry and Lionel Richie couldn’t slow down: it was 1984. This was a year the changed the music industry and American culture. And it was the last...
View ArticleHow a rock radio station fought against the war and changed America
An American revolution started in Boston. A radio station that played rock and roll that other stations banned from the air produced the soundtrack that was against the war in Vietnam, flamed consumer...
View ArticleWomen are returning to the job market in droves, just when the U.S. needs...
The pandemic was hard on working women, but they've come roaring back into the labor force. The share of working-age women who have jobs or want one hit an all-time high in May.
View Article‘That’s somebody’s baby girl’ — Fort Worth mass shooting eyewitness focused...
Michael Lockhart was an eyewitness to a chaotic shooting in Fort Worth's Como neighborhood over the July Fourth holiday that left three people dead and eight wounded.
View ArticleThe evolution, impact of drums in modern music and society
From jazz to present-day pop, drum kits make up one of the most transformative musical inventions. In his book "Kick It," musician, professor and author Matt Brennan dives into the history of drums and...
View ArticleEl Paso victims will speak this week at sentencing of Walmart mass shooter
The Walmart shooter faces life in prison. In February, he pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges including hate crimes.
View ArticleResearcher visits Odessa Meteor Crater to help prepare humanity for future...
Planetary geologist Ania Losiak is scouring the Odessa crater for the remains of plants and creatures killed by the small asteroid in hopes to better understand what happens when asteroids strike the...
View ArticleNational GOP recruiting Mayra Flores, ousted from her South Texas seat, to...
The Los Indios Republican won a special election in 2022 but lost to U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez five months later in the general election.
View ArticleA Texas program pushes drivers to pay old tickets; more than 600,000 have...
Critics say the ‘Omnibase’ program — designed to spur people to pay off old tickets — often leaves poor Texans trapped in a cycle of debt.
View Article'Evil parasite': Victims' loved ones confront El Paso Walmart gunman who...
Patrick Crusius, of North Texas, faced survivors and victims' relatives in El Paso still traumatized by the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting. The attack was one of the deadliest against Hispanic people in...
View ArticleTexas Democrats push for property tax relief proposal that includes renters
The Democratic plan aims to help renters by giving them a cash rebate of up to 10% on rent paid in the last tax year.
View ArticleAlzheimer's drug Leqembi gets full FDA approval. Medicare coverage will...
The first drug found to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease has been granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
View ArticleCouncilmember Castillo wants to use San Antonio’s opioid settlement funds to...
A new policy request calls for using the city’s opioid settlement funds to also expand local harm reduction programs and drug addiction education efforts.
View ArticleBexar County sheriff, California officials ask for federal probe into migrant...
Sheriff Javier Salazar joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in requesting the U.S. Department of Justice initiate an investigation to determine if laws were broken during migrant flights from Texas to...
View ArticleGunman in 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting sentenced to 90 consecutive life...
The gunman still faces state charges that could result in him receiving the death penalty. There is no timeline on when that trial will begin.
View ArticleSchool property ban on Uvalde father lifted after planned litigation
The two-year ban on Uvalde parent Adam Martinez has been lifted after the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression threatened to proceed with litigation against the Uvalde Consolidated...
View ArticleTexas State professor awarded grant to research bilingual math instruction
Assistant Professor José Martinez Hinestroza will research the ways bilingual elementary students participate in math class.
View ArticleWith new federal food stamp limits coming, advocates mobilize to inform Texas...
A requirement to work 80 hours a month, starting in September, could affect 44,000 Texans over age 49. Meanwhile, attention in Congress shifts to the farm bill’s significant impact on food stamp policy.
View ArticleTexas gets $60 million in federal funds to strengthen power grid against...
The Texas Division of Emergency Management will decide how to use the money.
View ArticleFamily of Melissa Perez files lawsuit against San Antonio and its police...
The lawsuit said Perez was the latest victim of a police force culture of excessive force, lack of training, and undervaluing mental health.
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