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Austin, Fredericksburg museums among top 10 best history museums in US
AUSTIN (KXAN) — USA Today recently released its list of the top 10 history museums in the nation, and two of the spots were given to Texas museums. Taking the No. 10 spot was the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. The Bullock museum, which opened in 2001, is the official history museum of…
Read MoreBlack Identity Across Continents: An Interview With Artists Nolan Oswald Dennis and Deborah-Joyce Holman
Nolan Oswald Dennis’ “overturns” at the Swiss Institute explores decolonization, Black liberation and Indigenous resistance. Photo by Daniel Perez. Courtesy the Swiss Institute “It feels like it came out of a shared community,” the Johannesburg-based South African artist Nolan Oswald Dennis tells Observer about making his U.S. institutional debut alongside London-based Swiss artist Deborah-Joyce Holman…
Read MoreGene Hackman’s Daughter Leslie Says He Was in “Good Health” Before His Death – E! Online
Gene Hackman’s Daughter Elizabeth Jean Hackman Speaks Out After Death of Actor, Wife and Dog Gene Hackman’s daughter Leslie Anne Hackman knew her father to be in prime health. In fact, according to Leslie, the Oscar-winning actor, 95, was active before he was found dead in his Santa Fe home, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa,…
Read MoreWATCH: Trump shouts at Zelenskyy as he and Vance berate Ukrainian leader as 'disrespectful'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shouted at Ukraine’s leader on Friday during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “gambling with millions of lives” and suggesting his actions could trigger World War III. Zelenskyy then abruptly left the White House without signing a critical minerals deal with the U.S.…
Read MorePrince Harry Details Rare Personal Update on Family Life in California – E! Online
Prince Harry Shares “Challenging” Conversation He’s Started Having With Kids Archie and Lilibet Life in California has been royally blissful for Prince Harry. Former professional rugby player Richie McCaw caught up with the Duke of Sussex during the 2025 Invictus Games earlier this month, where they briefly chatted about Harry’s life in Montecito with Meghan Markle and…
Read MoreOpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Is Making Waves in the A.I. Startup World
Andrej Karpathy speaks at the Train AI conference in San Francisco in 2018 while serving as Tesla’s head of A.I. Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder and research scientist who has quit the A.I. powerhouse twice, has been making waves in the startup world since his last exit…
Read MoreHoda Kotb Makes Surprise Return to Today Less Than 2 Months After Leaving Show – E! Online
Savannah Guthrie Opens Up About Hoda Kotb’s Departure from Today Show (Exclusive) Hoda Kotb is letting the good times roll. The former Today cohost made a surprise return to the NBC morning news show less than two months after she bid farewell to her longtime workplace after nearly 17 years. Hoda appeared during the third…
Read MoreHistoric lunar landing by Austin-area based Firefly Aerospace is this weekend
This image captured by Blue Ghost One shows the lunar surface in greater detail. (Credit: Firefly Aerospace) Cedar Park, TX (KXAN) — In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 2, a lunar lander built just north of Austin, Texas will touchdown on the lunar surface. It will be the first lunar lander built in…
Read MoreThe Essentials With Dan Pelosi: Carrot Cake, Ina Garten and Comfort Cooking
Dan “Grossy” Pelosi is hardly your typical culinary star. He doesn’t run a Michelin-starred dining room, and he isn’t trying to. Instead, the affable, design-minded tastemaker has carved out a space all his own—one that starts (and ends) around his upstate New York kitchen table. Best known to his legion of fans simply as “Grossy”—a…
Read MoreHow the Bizarre Cult of Mother God Ended With Amy Carlson Being Mummified – E! Online
What happened to the followers of Mother God? Though both expressed horror at rejoining the 3D world in videos, Aurora moved back to her native South Florida. Hope, who’s seen talking on the phone to her mom, Debbie, for the first time in 10 years, lives nearby and they continue to post to YouTube, having rebranded as 5D Full Disclosure. “I used…
Read MoreInvestigation underway after 911 caller says they killed their roommate, WCSO says
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide Friday just outside of the Georgetown city limits. Deputies responded early Friday morning after a person reported to 911 that they “killed their roommate,” WCSO said in the release. The incident happened in a cul-de-sac in the 100 block of Jennifer…
Read MoreTexas Measles Cases Rise to 146 in Concerning Outbreak
DALLAS — The number of people with measles in Texas increased to 146 in an outbreak that led this week to the death of an unvaccinated school-aged child, health officials said Friday. The number of cases — Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years — increased by 22 since Tuesday. The Texas Department of State Health…
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