ERCOT group meets in Austin to plan for AI, data center power demand on grid
Texas power officials are meeting in Austin this morning to grapple with a growing challenge: how to connect massive new electricity users tied to AI and data c
Texas power officials are meeting in Austin this morning to grapple with a growing challenge: how to connect massive new electricity users tied to AI and data c
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police suspect fentanyl was behind a cluster of overdoses that affected five people outside Shakespeare’s Pub early Wednesday.“We suspect...
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Protesters in San Francisco are gathering Thursday morning to express their disapproval of artificial intelligence during the final day of the Dreamforce conference....
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As Austin leaders continue weighing how to improve public safety, a local digital rights group is urging the city to focus on expanding mental health services a...
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Heads up, SNAP recipients: Your monthly benefit allotment is about to change.
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What looked like a strange rock in a California creek turned out to be something much older and rarer.
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Democrat James Talarico, a state lawmaker, and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton remain deadlocked in the Texas Senate race less than seven weeks out from Election Day, according to a new poll released Thursday. The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found 47 percent of sta...
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Pop artist Peter Max, whose kaleidoscopic, cosmic-themed imagery helped define the visual language of the 1960s counterculture, died at 88.
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A West Virginia woman is accused of leaving her frail and ailing husband on the toilet for 19 hours, an act investigators say contributed to his death....
business
Changes to Texas' HUB in late 2025 overhauled the program, kicking out thousands of companies from eligibility and leading to a much larger debate — split down partisan lines — over whether the program is fair for all business owners....
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Investigators are hailing a 6-year-old boy’s quick actions in the wake of a stabbing spree that left four people dead in South Louisiana.
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Despite our best chance of rain for the work week coming later this afternoon, we're still likely to get close to record heat later today (our third day in a row!) -Meteorologist Kristen Currie...
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The study shows remarkable jumps in every metric used to assess paid leave. Salary costs attributable to paid leave jumped sixfold between 2023 and 2025....
