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Farewell to USAID: Reflections on the agency that President Trump dismantled
July 1 is the official end date for the agency that President Trump dismantled. We talk to four former top officials about this milestone event.
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Watch out for the trinquetera
Órale, the feature this week is the word trinquetear. It’s a verb that means to cheat or steal by tricking or scamming somebody. In modern Spanish, a trinquete is the cross beam on the main mast of a sailing ship. But if used as an analogy, it refers to the constriction that occurs if you wind the cross beam like a tourniquet. In Caló, there’s triqueteada, not trinquete, and it means the scam the victim is woven into. The person doing it is the trinquetero(a), always a skilled and creative person. If you know a trinquetero(a), you can’t help but appreciate their art.
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Archeologists unearth unexpected wonders in a cave near Marfa
Five years ago, archeologists began excavating the San Esteban cave south of Marfa, searching for evidence of the Big Bend's earliest inhabitants.
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In West Texas, Summer Brings the Tarantula “Swarm”
Henry Thoreau is a touchstone in environmental thinking, and he pioneered a form of political resistance still employed today. But for the last decade of…
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Underfoot in West Texas, A Mysterious World of Desert Ants and Their Uninvited “Guests”
Their social dynamics are intricate, and their legacy on the planet dates back some 150 million years. Ants can go unnoticed – underfoot as they are – but…
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Dow Jones plunges over 2,200 points as tariff carnage roils global markets
Investors, businesses and consumers all seem terrified of how President Trump's tariffs could upend the global economy.
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Move over James Bond: A new service lets anyone share secrets with Britain
Afraid to sneak into a British embassy? MI6's new dark web portal Silent Courier lets you share secrets online.
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Washington National Opera leaves Kennedy Center, joining slew of artist exits
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
How To Help Victims Of The Sutherland Springs Massacre
Blood donations, as well as financial donations, are the options at this point. Texans are helping the victims of the Sutherland Springs massacre through…
Bush, Olmert Declare Support for Palestinian Leader
The president and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert express a "shared vision" to see peace in the Palestinian territories.
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