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Many braille textbooks are transcribed in prisons. For the last 25 years, the Billman Braille Center in Gatesville has prepared women for careers on the outside.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz about President Trump's trip to the U.N. General Assembly and whether progress has been made on key issues.
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OlekStock/Getty ImagesThe company Grail says its Galleri blood test can detect up to 50 forms of cancer. An independent panel of experts will decide if the test should be recommended for FDA approval. -
Finn Gomez/Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice defended President Trump's recent media ban, arguing that reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico on a wide range of issues jeopardized national security and spread falsehoods. -
Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana/FR159526 APCNN, MS NOW, and Politico are asking a federal judge to hold the president in check for what they say is a violation of their Constitutional rights simply because he doesn't like how they cover him.
News From Across Texas
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French, the Republican nominee for a statewide position regulating Texas' oil and gas industry, posted a photo of University of Texas students, while decrying "foreigners" displacing Americans. -
Energy Transfer LP and its partner companies will move their primary stock listings from the New York Stock Exchange to the Texas Stock Exchange. -
The agency also provided estimates for new data center projects included in its "Batch Zero" study. -
Venus, a Houston-based startup, successfully tested a rotating detonation rocket engine in 2024, calling it a major advance in rocket technology. The new testing facility was completed with a $4 million grant from the state government. -
A decade ago, a federal task force announced a plan to help monarch butterflies along their great migration. The six-state effort along Interstate 35 didn't take off as expected, but some roadsides are blooming anyway. -
The American West is slowly being torn apart by tectonic forces. One element of this “extension” is the Rio Grande Rift, a growing rip in the continent, traced by the river itself, from Colorado to Big Bend.
