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Aurora’s self-driving trucks are on the road. What it’s like inside an autonomous big rig

PALMER, Texas — Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 miles per hour down Interstate 45, heading in its typical route toward Houston.

Tribune News Service

Texas DPS ordered to release documents on botched Uvalde shooting response

Massacre at Robb Elementary School left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

A $100 billion wealth migration tilts US economy’s center of gravity south

Drive along the 240-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from Charleston, South Carolina, through the grassy marsh land of southern Georgia and down into northern Florida, and you’ll see one of the most profound economic shifts in the U.S. today.

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DeSantis' treatment of migrants divides Miami's Venezuelan community, the nation's largest

MIAMI -- Angelo Gomez walked across seven countries and a gang-infested jungle. He caught a ride through Mexico atop the train known as La Bestia, carrying a bucket of rocks for protection. Then he turned himself over to Border Patrol agents in Texas earlier this month, telling them he feared…

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Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified – four in Florida and one in Texas – since May 2023. These are the first cases of locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria in the U.S. since 2003.

The Conversation

How the Railroad Killer used America’s vast train network as his personal hunting ground

A serial killer used America’s vast train network as his personal hunting ground in the 1990s. The desperate hunt for Angel Maturino Resendiz, alias Rafael Resendez-Ramirez – chronicled in Netflix’s Catching Killers – came to an end when a young FBI agent and a Texas Ranger negotiated his surrender, writes…

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis Says He's a Christian. He Should Read the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

It's wrong to use human beings as pawns in an apparent political stunt.

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States Enact 239 Election-Related Bills In 2023 Amid Partisan Divide

Democrats sponsored 19.7% of bills, while Republicans sponsored 59.8%. Governors vetoed 30 bills this year.

Zenger

We’re up to 31 statewide measures certified for elections in 2023

Welcome to the Friday, June 30, Brew.

Ballotpedia

‘It’s become unbearable’: Texas workers toil through extreme heatwave

Many employees in Texas have no heat protections and work in intense and prolonged sun exposure, which causes heat illness

The Guardian - US

What to know about malaria after Texas’ first local case in 30 years

Texas’ first locally acquired case of malaria in 30 years was recently reported by health officials. The patient was diagnosed with the disease after working outdoors in South Texas’ Cameron County, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.

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Slight relief expected in Dallas-Fort Worth after deadly Texas heat wave

DALLAS — As scorching temperatures are expected to shift away from North Texas ahead of Fourth of July weekend, officials warn the heat can still be dangerous — a fact evidenced by more than a dozen weather-related deaths across the state in recent days.

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Third-party candidates may have an easier time getting on the ballot in Texas

A federal judge blocks an 118-year-old state law that required minor political party candidates to collect more than 83,000 signatures on paper in order to appear on the ballot.

The Texas Tribune

Josh Jung one of franchise-record four Rangers starters in MLB All-Star Game

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sure, Josh Jung imagined making the All-Star team. Put it down on the vision board he made for himself before the season.

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New Mexico regulators fine oil producer $40 million for burning off vast amounts of natural gas

New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators announced unprecedented fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements as it burned off vast amounts of natural gas

The Texas Tribune

Texas House investigation widens to include Ken Paxton real estate purchases, report says

The Wall Street Journal says the impeached attorney general, his wife and a family trust spent nearly $3.5 million buying properties in four states in 2021 and 2022.

The Independent UK

Here’s how to keep cool and stay safe during a heat wave

Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery from the Pacific Northwest to the South

USA Today Sports Media Group

Draft reaction: Dallas Cowboys select LB DeMarvion Overshown No. 90 overall

Draft reaction: Dallas Cowboys select Texas LB DeMarvion Overshown No. 90 overall

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Here's how to keep cool and stay safe during a heat wave

Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery from the Pacific Northwest to the South

Tribune News Service

Tigers overcome loss of Reese Olson, earn split with Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas — The last time the Tigers were on the verge of returning to a healthy, five-man starting rotation (Monday), Matthew Boyd blew out his left elbow.

Tribune News Service

Why are The Texas Rangers the only team in the MLB without Pride night?

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are the only team in Major League Baseball without a Pride Night celebrating the LGBTQ culture and its history.

Daily Mirror

US Weather: Deadly 'heat dome' kills 13 as dangerous temperatures scorch Texas and Louisiana

Heat waves across the Southwest of the United States are hitting record numbers, killing over a dozen individuals in the last week, while weather services urge people to stay indoors and find air conditioning

Al Jazeera

Deadly heatwave envelops Mexico and southern US

At least 14 heat-related deaths have been tallied in Texas and Louisiana, while Mexico clocks 112 fatalities this year.

Los Angeles Times

California has tried to boost its housing stock. Other states have done better

A retired human resources director, Pam Quinn was burnt out on the work-intensive culture of Silicon Valley and was looking to relocate to a place where she felt "like I was part of a community."

The Independent UK

A deadly heat wave is blanketing the South and spreading east

An oppressive heat wave blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana is blanketing the South

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