Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms

Democrats, who were united in opposition to the bill, called the timing suspicious. Last week the Legislature asked the court to overturn a redistricting ruling that gave Democrats a strong shot at ...

'No work, no school, no shopping': What to know about the national anti-ICE strike on Friday, Saturday

National strikes and protests are planned across the U.S. this weekend in response to ICE's actions and recent deaths in ...

Border czar touts 'progress,' cooperation in Minnesota with drawdown plans underway

President Trump's border czar said ICE drawdown plans in Minnesota are underway, contingent on cooperation, jail access and toned-down anti-ICE rhetoric.

Talking to the Moon: World’s First Multimodal Foundation Model for Lunar Exploration and Resources

The same AI methods that power ChatGPT can now allow you to talk to the Moon Its good to be skeptical when applying ...

5-year-old boy taken by ICE in Minneapolis area being held with father at Texas facility

The preschooler, Liam Conejo Ramos, was removed from the family’s running car, said Zena Stenvik, superintendent of the school district in Columbia Heights, a Minneapolis suburb.

Judge tosses lines of NYC’s only Republican House seat, as state enters redistricting wars

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to ...
New York Post

Marine robotics company launches mission to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — and can earn a hefty sum if successful

A Texas-based marine robotics company embarked on an intermittent 55-day mission Tuesday to try and locate the elusive wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished with 239 people on board ...
Houston Chronicle

Long-lost Spanish mission is found on a private Texas ranch

Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo was occupied for only a few years, from roughly 1721 to 1726, before being abandoned, according to the university. The surrounding area already was shaped by ...
Greek Reporter

Archaeologists Identify Long-Lost Spanish Mission in Texas

A team of archaeologists from Texas Tech University, working alongside the Texas Historical Commission, has located the long-lost site of a Spanish mission abandoned nearly 300 years ago. The ...
KCBD

Texas Tech archeology team uncovers lost mission site nearly 300 years after it was last occupied

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Tamra Walter is an associate professor of archeology at Texas Tech. For archeologists in the state, the mission known as Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo established by La ...
Newsweek

Archaeologists Discover Lost Site of 18th Century Mission in Texas

The discovery of a long-lost mission site has led to new historical insights that bridge Jackson County in Texas with 18th-century Spain. Archaeologists from Texas Tech University and the Texas ...
Archaeology

Lost Spanish Mission Found in Texas

JACKSON COUNTY, TEXAS—According to a statement released by Texas Tech University, a team of archaeologists from Texas Tech University and the Texas Historical Commission have discovered the site of ...