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Editor's note: This is a story about the pervasive nature of racial insensitivity in America and how it persists to this day, and contains terms some might find offensive. In 1991, Texas passed a law to remove the word "Negro" from its place names.
Need to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? Our evening roundup will help you stay on top of the day's latest updates. Sign up here. Holly Jackson has spent 20 years working for the Austin nightclub Barbarella, where crowds of customers danced and drank until the early morning hours.But for months, there's been no music or cocktails at Barbarella.
We know a lot about the Industrial Revolution. What it looked like, its historical significance and details of life during the time. But what about how it smelled? A new team of researchers, historians and computer scientists will explore the answer to that question and others like it.
The owners and patrons of Ironroot Republic Distillery in Denison hardly consider the business to be a bar in the traditional sense. There's no loud music or dancing. The doors closed at 5:30 p.m. most nights before the pandemic. On Saturdays, they closed at 3 p.m.
For the NHL, the bubble experiment paid off. On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup. The NHL carried out more than 33,000 coronavirus tests over the course of nine weeks - and says none of them have come back positive as of Sept.
Aug. 21 is the deadline for vacancies that trigger a November election to fill open seats. If Green's replacement is not on this year's ballot, the next general election will be in November 2022. Abbott will appoint someone to fill the rest of the term.
The Trump administration's suspension of issuing new H-1B visas for specialized roles - such as professors, researchers and computer programmers - is likely to hurt Texas universities, professors, experts and students say. And, some say, the suspension likely won't preserve jobs for U.S. workers as unemployment hovers at devastating levels during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, armed and masked gangsters attacked the Southern Brazilian city of Criciúma, in Santa Catarina state, just before midnight. About 24 hours later and 2,000 miles away - it happened again. Heavy gunfire erupted in Cametá, Pará state, as at least 20 gangsters descended on the remote river town in the Amazon rainforest, in a coordinated attack and robbery early Wednesday.
Sign up for The Brief , our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Hundreds of Texas bars and restaurants are scrambling to change how they operate, maneuvering through loopholes that will allow them to reopen after being closed by Gov.
Visit the famed Stonehenge in England and you'll encounter a mysterious landmark that's stood for millennia. But as you gaze on the prehistoric standing stones that are visited by thousands and is a World Heritage Site, you might notice something else. Cars. That's because alongside the Stonehenge site lies a highway infamous for traffic congestion.