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Avian Flu Wiped Out Poultry. Now the Screwworm Is Coming for Beef.

28 juillet 2025 à 07:54
The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping toward the Texas-Mexico border.

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A return of screwworm could harm already depleted cattle herds and raise beef prices.

Alpha School, AI-Driven Education Founded in Austin, Is Coming to More Cities

27 juillet 2025 à 05:00
At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall.

Alpha School, based in Austin, Texas, serves about 200 students from kindergarten through eighth grade and another 50 high schoolers across two campuses in central Austin.

Ken Paxton Claimed Three Houses as His Primary Residence, Records Show

25 juillet 2025 à 00:01
The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, at the White House earlier this year.

Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?

20 juillet 2025 à 08:52
The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Members of the military presented an American flag on Friday to firefighters and relatives of Michael Phillips, the chief of the volunteer fire department in Marble Falls, who is among those missing from the floods.
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