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Police shut down large pro-Palestinian protest at Texas university

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the center of the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday for an all-day demonstration that prompted a heavy police response, including arrests. The class walkout was the latest in a movement among students at primarily Ivy League universities in which portions of campus are taken […]

Report Claims Russian Hackers Disrupted Texas Town’s Water Supply

report published Cybersecurity firm Mandiant claimed last week that a hacker group linked to the Russian government attacked water utilities around the world, including a treatment facility in the north Texas town of Muleshoe. The hackers were allegedly able to cause the tank to overflow and waste some water, but did not endanger the health […]

State Troopers Surround Pro-Palestinian Protesters At Texas University

Texas State Police and Austin police surrounded anti-Israel demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday, according to the campus newspaper. Video posted by The Texas Horn, a conservative publication run by students at the university, shows the demonstrators, most of them masked, demanding that the university “disclose information” and “withdraw” from Israel. […]

Abbott endorses Texas congressman who called colleagues ‘scumbags’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) is facing criticism from Republicans after he called two far-right members of his caucus “scumbags” on Wednesday, including Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas). and defended the lawmaker. Gonzalez went after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) over the weekend, saying members of the Freedom Caucus were “walking around […]

St. John’s lands Aaron Scott from North Texas in transfer portal

Aaron Scott had a choice. Stay close to home and play at the same school as your sister Liz in Oklahoma. Or step out of your comfort zone and come to New York City and join Rick Pitino in St. John’s. It wasn’t an easy call-up for the talented transfer forward from North Texas. The […]

Texas Supreme Court orders Harris County to not make payments under guaranteed income program

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Harris County from starting the Guaranteed Income Program, a case currently being argued by Attorney General Ken Paxton. The ruling came days after Houston County Judge Ursula Hall rejected Paxton’s argument that the Uplift Harris program, which distributes monthly benefits to more than 1,900 low-income residents, is unconstitutional. […]

Tesla notifies thousands in Texas and California of impending layoffs

“Varney & Company” host Stuart Varney discusses whether Elon Musk’s latest technology bet will pay off for investors. Tesla has notified thousands of employees in two states that they will be laid off in an upcoming round of layoffs. The notifications in California and Texas, where electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers have a large presence, were […]