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☆ A convoy calling themselves 'God's army' en route to the Texas border to stop migrants has raised $138,000 in donations
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An anti-migrant convoy has raised a six-figure sum to support its trip to Texas. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA group called "Take Our Border Back," which has organized a convoy to Texas in an effort to stop migrants crossing the border, has raised more than $138,000, fundraising pledges show. "The goal is simple — to shed light on the obvious dangers posed by wide open Southern borders," said a press release from the group shared by Fox News.

Persons: —, Scotty Saks, We're, MAGA, Marjorie Taylor Greene Organizations: Service, Fox News, Gas Locations: Texas, Virginia

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump lavished praise Saturday on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for not allowing the Biden administration entry to remove razor wire in a popular corridor for migrants illegally entering the U.S. in an escalating feud over immigration. In a speech focused overwhelmingly on border security, Trump said Texas should be given full support in its measures to deter migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rob Williams, a 25-year-old voter who attended the Las Vegas rally, said he was glad Texas was defying the Biden administration over immigration. "They’re going to show the fight over there in Texas.” ___Gomez Licon reported from Miami.

Persons: Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Biden, Trump, ” Trump, E, Jean Carroll, ”, ” Annabelle Weislocher, “, Joe Biden, I’ll, Rob Williams, ” ___ Gomez Licon Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Texas Gov, U.S . Border Patrol, Republican, Navy, Air Force Reserve, Trump, Immigration, AP, Las Locations: Texas, U.S, Mexico, Las Vegas, United States, America, Miami

☆ Big T’s BBQ: The hidden restaurant taking Dubai’s food scene by storm
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Big T's beef brisket, smoked for up to 16 hours, has loyal customers coming back time and time again. “If you want to taste actual Texas barbecue, not any just state, but Texas barbecue, it’s this.”A taste of TexasFood runs in Faour’s family. Located in Al Quoz Industrial Estate, Big T's BBQ is hidden between factories and warehouses. He transported the smoker to Dubai in 2022, opening Big T’s BBQ in December of that year. His videos often highlight low-cost eateries in unusual places, like Big T’s, which he calls his “go-to” for all things meat.

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Jack Burke Jr., who was the oldest living Masters champion and staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one of his two majors, died Friday in Houston. Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher. He built the fabled Champions Golf Club in Houston and delivered lessons along with a dose of homespun wisdom. His passing was confirmed by Steve Timms, the CEO and president of the Houston Golf Association who spoke with Burke's wife, Robin. Burke was part of the original PGA Hall of Fame in Pinehurst and was among PGA champions not ushered into the new World Golf Hall of Fame when it opened in 1998 in Florida.

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☆ Why the controversial mullet is having a moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Fawnia Soo Hoo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Long hair, don’t careThe “modern day” mullet largely originates from David Bowie’s genre-defining and gender-norm defying persona, Ziggy Stardust, Glasscock said. “People from the Continental Congress wore what we would read as a full metal, 1992 mullet,” said Glasscock. (“Hockey hair” was, meanwhile, a popular synonym for mullet at the time, given its prominence among players and fans.) Devin Yalkin/Courtesy A24While playing Kerry Von Erich in “The Iron Claw,” White also wore his dynamic, sweeping mullet off-set — but not entirely by choice. “I was like, ‘I’m sorry, here’s a ponytail holder.”But that dedication may have played an integral part in a mullet revival kicking off 2024.

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☆ Why the Definition of ‘Extreme Cold’ Is Different in Duluth and Dallas
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Adeel Hassan | More About Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Everyone’s extreme is a different level,” said Ketzel Levens, a meteorologist in the Weather Service’s office in Duluth, Minn., where the average daily temperature in January is a crisp 9.4 degrees. “Folks up north might have better protection. They might have a lot more clothes and layers. Our houses, our water infrastructure, they’re built to a different standard.”And so if you warned Minnesotans every time it is merely freezing cold, you would struggle to get their attention when it was dangerously cold. Ms. Levens’s office issues a wind chill advisory only when the temperature reaches minus 25, and a wind chill warning when it reaches 40 below.

Persons: ”, Ketzel Levens, Minnesotans Organizations: National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, Duluth, Minn

☆ I left Texas for Wisconsin and took a pay cut. It was worth it because I can now live mortgage-free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

James McClure and his wife moved from Austin, Texas, to a smaller town in Wisconsin in 2023. Selling their home in Austin's suburbs means they can live without a mortgage in a walkable town. My wife and I just bought a house in Wisconsin. We also wanted to live somewhere with access to entertainment — music, theater, live shows — and the ability to dine out. We're planning to list the Austin house for around $500,000.

Persons: James McClure, McClure, —, Molly Ivins, Austin, She's, it's, she's, we'll, we've, I've, Lady Bird, haven't, McClure's, Bruce Springsteen Organizations: Service, BI, University of Texas, Lawrence University, Austin, Fox Locations: Austin , Texas, Wisconsin, Texas, Austin's, Austin, New York City, South, Southwest, Indiana, Southern California, North Carolina , Connecticut, North Carolina, Connecticut, Appleton, Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton ., Minneapolis

☆ Senate Democrats subpoena Harlan Crow, escalating probe of GOP megadonor's relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Democrats pushed forward on a subpoena of Harlan Crow. The GOP megadonor has been at the center of ethics concerns regarding Justice Clarence Thomas. Republican senators previously filed 177 amendments to the subpoena authorization, including a subpoena of Jeffrey Epstein's estate for his private flight logs. Crow has been in the news for months related to his friendship to Justice Clarence Thomas. ProPublica uncovered numerous trips and gifts Crow lavished on the justice and his family, which Thomas often did not list on his financial disclosure.

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☆ People are leaving Texas over rising costs, partisan politics, and a sense of disenchantment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Business Insider wants to hear from you. Over 494,000 people left Texas between 2021 and 2022 (though the state gained a net population of 174,261.) "The property tax percentage rate is higher," Marie Bailey, a Texas-based realtor who moved from El Segundo, California, to Prosper, Texas, in 2017, previously told Business Insider. AdvertisementFor Texans, "the Midwest has emerged as popular recently because it is just by and large the most affordable region," Hannah Jones, Realtor.com's economic research analyst, told Business Insider in October. Burse told Business Insider in September that it played a crucial role in her decision to relocate to Texas in 2021.

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☆ On the Luby’s Cafeteria Line, Every Day Is Thanksgiving
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In a spacious Houston cafeteria awash in primary colors, diners crowded around big tables and dug into mashed potatoes splashed with a slick gravy, glossy green beans and sticky slabs of pecan pie. The calendar said Oct. 12. But this was Luby’s, where every day is Thanksgiving. “I am a Texan,” said Wunzel Lewis, 71, a regular at Luby’s, which serves Thanksgiving fare year-round as part of its sprawling menu. For the devoted following of this Texas chain, that’s exactly its appeal.

Persons: “, ”, Wunzel Lewis Locations: Houston, Texas

☆ Meet the typical HENRY: Urban 32-year-olds with no kids who make a six-figure income and have a college degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The typical HENRY — high earner, not rich yet — is 32, lives in a city, and makes six figures. The typical HENRY — or high earner, not rich yet — is an urban 32-year-old without kids, makes a six-figure income, and has lots of student debt. This is according to data on 1,500 clients shared with Insider from Stash Wealth , a financial advisor for HENRYs . Five HENRYs told Insider they're saving upwards of 40% to 70% of their income each year. Given many HENRYs got an undergraduate degree, with some pursuing doctorates, student loans are particularly elevated, as the average HENRY student loan balance comes in at $80,000.

Persons: HENRY, HENRYs, —, HENRY —, Priya Malani, Savannah White, She's, White, Gen, Sherry, Zer, Malani, Sarah Baus, it's, Baus Organizations: Service, HENRYs, Shash, Federal Reserve's Survey, Consumer Finances, Bank of America Institute, Olive, SC Locations: New York City, Los Angeles, Savannah, Charleston

All 80 employees of their company, Premier Energy Services, are Hispanic, reflecting a shift that has slowly transformed Texas’ oil-rich western expanse. Where a roughneck — the grease-stained symbol of Texas’ economic identity — was once typically a white man hoping to strike black gold, the average oil field worker is now a Hispanic man who was born in Texas. “Growing up, my dad used to take me to work in the oil fields. It was a white man’s industry,” said a foreman, Alfredo Ramirez, 31, a third-generation Mexican American. “Today it is us Latinos.”Mark Matta, a city councilman in Odessa, chuckled as he described a television series about a Texas oil rig in which most of the workers were white.

Persons: —, ”, Alfredo Ramirez, ” Mark Matta Organizations: Premier Energy Services, “ Locations: West Texas, Odessa, Texas, chuckled

☆ Gaza doctors say hospitals are failing. US medical groups are scrambling to help
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A Palestinian child receives treatment at Nasser Medical Center after a strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on November 7. FAJR Scientific’s goal is to raise enough money to fill five 40-foot containers with medical supplies, surgical tools and sterile instruments, and ship them to Gaza, Nasser says. The group has led several surgical missions to Gaza and trained nearly 100 Palestinian medical workers on the ground, Nasser says. In August, they provided more than $4 million in medical supplies to hospitals across the territory. “The whole world turned their back on the people of Gaza,” Nasser said.

Persons: Mohammed Ghneim, who’ve, EMTs –, ” Ghneim, Khan, Ahmad Hasaballah, Munir Al, Bursh, “, Anas al, Mosab Nasser, Israel, Nasser, ” Nasser, ”, Abed Zagout, It’s, Dr, Mustafa Musleh, Musleh, Khader Al Zanoun, PRCS, Ahmad Muhanna, ” Muhanna, Mohammed Saber, Shutterstock Israel, Muhanna, Al Awda, Ghneim Organizations: CNN, Dar Al, Shifa, Nasser Medical, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Nonprofit, Palestinian Ministry of Health, FAJR Scientific, Nasser Hospital, Getty, FAJR, Palestinian American Medical Association, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Al Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Khan Younis, Israeli, Shifa, Israel, Shareef, Egypt, United States, Houston, Ramallah, Anadolu, Palestinian, Dayton , Ohio, Al, AFP, Rafah, Palestine, Al Awda, Jabalya

☆ China Resists Efforts to Free ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Congressional resolutions. Pressure from the White House. A United Nations agency plea. For more than a decade, China has resisted impassioned requests to release a Texan imprisoned under murky and unusual circumstances, Mark Swidan. His case speaks to how the U.S., like other Western powers, has limited leverage in its efforts on behalf of citizens it says are arbitrarily detained in China’s opaque justice system.

Persons: Mark Swidan Organizations: United Locations: United Nations, China, U.S

☆ How some HENRYs are aggressively saving their around 6-figure incomes while still splurging on what matters most to them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"When some people look at our lives, they say we are really thrifty, that we must feel limited or that we are missing out, but I don't feel held back," White said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhite is one of the so-called HENRYs — or high earners, not rich yet — who are often younger people with significant discretionary income but who still don't feel financially stable. For many HENRYs, living below their means is the key to relying less on their working income in the future. Coupled with saving for retirement and paying off student loans — averaging $80,000 among Malani's clients — many don't have much money to spend. "In a lot of ways, saving money gives us freedom."

Persons: Gen Zers, —, hasn't, she's, White, Priya Malani, HENRYs, Malani, Sarah Baus, Baus, it's, splurging Organizations: Service, Hyundai Locations: Charleston, SC, Thailand, New York, California

☆ MTG clashes with conservative Republican over Tlaib censure vote, calling him 'Colonel Sanders,' and drags Lauren Boebert into it by bringing up her 'vaping groping' incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Greene is angry that Rep. Chip Roy of Texas opposed her effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 1, 2023Twenty-three Republicans, including Roy, voted against the resolution moving forward. Her conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress and certainly worthy of condemnation - if not censure," Roy said in a statement after his vote. "However, tonight's feckless resolution to censure Tlaib was deeply flawed and made legally and factually unverified claims, including the claim of leading an 'insurrection'." Talib said Greene's resolution was "deeply Islamophobic" and made clear she would not change her approach.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, Chip Roy, Texas, Rashida Tlaib, Roy, Colonel Sanders, —, Republican Sen, Ted Cruz's, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Republican, Unity Party, Service, Democratic, Republicans, Congress, — Locations: Georgia, Texas, California

New drilling technologies during the so-called Bakken Boom turned North Dakota into the nation's second-largest crude oil-producing state from 2012 to 2020. "This sale is a big deal in North Dakota," said Ron Ness, head of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, an industry trade group. "There's a sentimentality to this sale," said Kathy Neset, who runs a prominent North Dakota oil industry consulting firm and counts Hess as one of her largest clients. Chevron could take Bakken production higher than the output targeted by Hess in the future, said Matthew Bernstein, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy. Bakken oil production could drop to 1.15 million bpd from 2026 and be flat through 2030, before entering gradual decline as inventory exhaustion sets in, said Nathan Nemeth, a principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Hess, Boom, Mike Wirth, Wirth, Ron Ness, Kathy Neset, Matthew Bernstein, Bernstein, Jessie Jones, Jones, Nathan Nemeth, Wood Mackenzie, Stephanie Kelly, Ernest Scheyder, Marguerita Choy, Simon Webb Organizations: Chevron, Hess, REUTERS, Gulf Coast, Reuters Graphics Chevron, North Dakota Petroleum Council, Rystad Energy, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Energy, Thomson Locations: North Dakota, New Mexico, Gulf, Gulf Coast ., Midland, Texas

☆ Two strangers moved into an apartment in Prague. Then they fell in love
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Marcus was studying in his bedroom in the Prague apartment when Mandy’s message popped up on his laptop. “It was a super-nice apartment in one of the coolest neighborhoods in Prague,” Marcus tells CNN Travel. Arriving in PragueMandy moved into Marcus' apartment in Prague's vibrant Vinohrady area. Here's one of Marcus and Mandy's first photos together, taken in their Prague apartment in 2020. “The night before he left, I’m crying and I’m like, ‘Oh, gosh, you’re leaving and I’m so sad,’” recalls Mandy.

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☆ Wembanyama is a talent beyond compare, says Yao
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) - France's Victor Wembanyama possesses a talent that defies comparison, retired great Yao Ming told Reuters, as the seven-foot four-inch (2.24-metre) rookie makes his highly anticipated National Basketball Association (NBA) regular-season debut on Wednesday. "I never see a big guy like, you know, (who) can do such a thing like he does," said Yao, an eight-times NBA All-Star who stands two inches (five cms) taller than Wembanyama. Yao spent his entire NBA career with the Houston Rockets and remains an iconic figure of Chinese sport after fuelling the popularity of the NBA in his home country. The Hall of Famer was reluctant to offer advice to Frenchman Wembanyama, who enters the NBA at a time of unprecedented international participation in the league. "He has his own expedition to go (on)," said Yao, who was travelling to New York as part of a some 30-person Chinese delegation this week.

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☆ A leading backer of Tim Scott's White House campaign says the senator's team 'fundamentally miscalculated what it means to run for president' amid sagging polls and Nikki Haley's gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Tim Scott's presidential campaign, once seen as emerging force, has faltered in recent weeks. Scott has sought to offer an optimistic message to voters, but Trump remains on top in the GOP race. The rise of fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley has also complicated Scott's path to the nomination. Over the course of Scott's campaign, his campaign has so far focused heavily on winning the Iowa caucuses, and during the summer he was seemingly clipping at Florida Gov. A leading Scott backer, who spoke to Politico anonymously, remarked that the senator's campaign team "fundamentally miscalculated what it means to run for president and generate news coverage."

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☆ The House Republican Conference has been built for chaos since the 1990s. It only took one slim majority for that to blow up on them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ideological battles among House Republicans are not a new phenomenon on Capitol Hill. But in recent years, conservative frustrations have boiled over, leading to the actual ouster of a GOP speaker. President Bill Clinton, right, shakes hands with House Speaker Newt Gingrich at the US Capitol on January 24, 1995. And the next Republican speaker, even a lawmaker as conservative as Jordan, will also have to navigate those choppy waters. House Republicans over the past 30 years could largely spare a few defections during the times when it held the majority, but with the current majority being so close, it no longer has that luxury.

Persons: Newt Gingrich's, —, Kevin McCarthy of, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan of, who's, Jordan, Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Doug Mills, Gingrich, Clinton, Bob Livingston of, Dennis Hastert of, George W, John Boehner of Ohio, Evan Vucci, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Boehner, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Donald Trump —, Trump, Ryan, wouldn't, McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Scott Applewhite, Joe Biden, afflicting Organizations: Republicans, Service, House Republican Conference, House Republicans, America, Capitol, AP, GOP, House, Republican, Rep, Tea, Firebrand Republicans, Blue Dog Locations: Kevin McCarthy of California, Louisiana, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Georgia, Bob Livingston of Louisiana, Dennis Hastert of Illinois, Washington

Now the Rangers get another chance at the Astros when they meet for the first time in the playoffs in a Texas-sized showdown with a trip to the World Series on the line starting Sunday night in Houston. The Astros completed the regular season matchup against the Rangers with a three-game sweep at the beginning of September. But despite the lopsided results this season, both teams say they’ll start with a clean slate for the American League Championship Series. As manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2002, he lost the World Series to the Anaheim Angels. “In California we were in the World Series, two teams, us and the Angels, battling for bragging rights in California,” he said.

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☆ How Texas Monthly is cashing in on Hollywood's true crime obsession
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Streamers increasingly are leaning into true crime and stories about the heartland, and Texas Monthly can check those boxes. Of the publication's 50 film and TV projects, half fall into the true crime genre. "They're trying to reach the middle of the country, and we've got things that do that," Scott Brown, Texas Monthly's president, told Insider. Texas Monthly also has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at Max (and an Austin native), told Insider Texas Monthly has an "uncanny ability" to identify not only gripping true crime but also cultural stories with unforgettable characters.

Persons: Richard Linklater, Oscar, we've, Scott Brown, Brown, Taylor Sheridan, Deborah Esquenazi, Sarah Aubrey, It's, Elizabeth Olsen, Max's, Jake Giles Netter, HBO Max, —, greenlit, James Reyos Organizations: Texas, Netflix, Hollywood, Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max Texas, Entertainment, CAA Locations: Venice, Toronto, Houston, Scott Brown , Texas, Texas, Austin, Hollywood

☆ I moved from California to Texas and had to take a train to visit for the first time because I couldn't afford a flight. Now I own a home.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Single mom Janelle Crossan moved from California to Texas in November 2020. In Texas, Crossan can afford to own a home — something she said she never dreamed of in California. Janelle Crossan told Insider that she's fallen in love with Texas and would never move back to California. Janelle Crossan was able to purchase a home in Texas after living in an apartment in California. Janelle Crossan said she feels like she can be her authentic self in Texas.

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☆ House Democrat was the victim of a carjacking just blocks from the Capitol
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked Monday evening blocks from the US Capitol. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked Monday evening as armed assailants attacked him as he was parking his car blocks from the Capitol. US Capitol Police said it has investigators working with DC Metropolitan Police given that the victim was a member of Congress. The Post previously reported how carjackings are on the rise throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Persons: Henry Cuellar, Cuellar, —, Jacob Hochberg, Angie Craig, Lawmakers, Craig, Joe Biden, Jessica Cisneros Organizations: Democratic, Capitol, Service, Metro PD, Capitol Police, Washington Post, Navy Yard, Capitol . US Capitol Police, DC Metropolitan Police, DC, Minnesota Democrat, Democrats, Senate, Washington Locations: Henry Cuellar of Texas, Minnesota

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