Despite a drop in shootings nationwide, Texas saw more incidents than any other state last year.
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Luke visits with Bill Carey (www.striperexpress.com) at Lake Texoma and discusses the striper fishing there post flood. Luke also relates a comical hog hunting tale! Listen to Luke's weekly podcast "Catfish Radio with Luke Clayton and Friends" just about everywhere podcasts are found.
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The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education at The University of Texas at Tyler is scheduled to lose federal funding at the beginning of the next fiscal year.
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The proposed legislation cleared the Texas Senate, but did not make it through the Texas House of Representatives.
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The bill dedicates almost $2 billion to revamp special education and expand access to full-day pre-K and early-learning programs.
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A bill authorizing fundamental changes in the Texas Lottery, authored by Sen. Bob Hall, is awaiting signature into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.
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A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.
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An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.
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June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
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Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.