Berkshire Hathaway’s McLane started a pilot program with autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation in 2023 which now runs two round-trips daily between Dallas and Houston, seven days a week. McLane is now planning new autonomous freight routes between its distribution centers and restaurants across the U.S. Sun Belt by year-end, and has plans to cover…
The price of gasoline has gone up around 50 percent in the United States since the war in Iran began, but that average can mask big differences across the country. A gallon of regular fuel cost $4.54 on Wednesday, according to the AAA motor club. But in California, gas averaged $6.16, while it was just…
Reporting Highlights Decades of Inaction: Texas lawmakers have for years rejected legislation that could have protected residents in the state’s flood-prone areas. Opportunities Lost: Three bills would have banned youth camps or nearly all development in areas most at risk of dangerous flooding. Experts said the bills could have saved lives. Texas Falling Behind: Texas…
A former FedEx delivery driver who kidnapped a 7-year-old Texas girl in his van and then strangled her was sentenced to death by a jury on Tuesday. The man, Tanner Lynn Horner, took the girl, Athena Strand, on Nov. 30, 2022, from outside her father’s home in Paradise, Texas, about 40 miles northwest of Fort…
Trying to devise a one-size-fits-all description for ultraprocessed foods is flummoxing federal regulators. For months, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has promised to create a definition of ultraprocessed, a crucial part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda. In mid-April, he testified before Congress that the Food and Drug Administration had forwarded a…
A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of criminal conspiracy related to misbranding volatile alkyl nitrites, known by their street name as “poppers,” and selling them as inhalants in violation of federal law. Although the labeling for poppers products often misleadingly claims they are sold as cleaning agents, poppers are commonly misused for…
Mayor Heddlesten has long sideburns and a mustache that curls around the corners of his mouth. The day we met, he was wearing his patriotic glasses, emblazoned with the American flag. Audio clip of Weinberger: Are your eyeglasses, is it the red, white, and blue? Are they — oh, wow. They’re magnetic. Audio clip of…
Ella Langley performs Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” at Billboard Women In Music 2026. At the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday night (April 29), Billboard Women in Music 2026 is honoring EJAE, REI AMI, AUDREY NUNA, Kehlani, Teyana Taylor, Ella Langley, Thalia, Zara Larsson, Laufey and Tate McRae. Source: www.billboard.com
The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a Republican challenge to a state congressional map that had been redrawn by the legislature and approved less than a week ago by voters in a statewide referendum. The case revolves around procedural issues, some of them quite technical, but it carries national stakes, possibly…
In 2023, Texas passed a law aimed at improving K-12 students’ reading. In part, it called for a required reading list to spell out “at least one literary work to be taught in each grade level.” An initial list named about 300 texts – many of them from the Bible. The Texas State Board of Education then cut the…
