Latest Stories

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  Discworld Is Real! Dive into Flat Earth Culture at their Global, Sorry, International Conference

  Danny Gallagher | December 10 at 4 a.m.

  "Be nice." That's the text message my mom always sends when I'm heading into a situation that's controversial or ridiculous. A Twilight film marathon, a Logan Paul concert, even Fyre Festival II — it doesn't matter. She'll still send the text...

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  Red Tape, Government Mistakes and an Endless Wait: One Man’s Struggle to Gain U.S. Asylum

  Meredith Lawrence | December 2 at 4 a.m.

  One Texas man's long trip through the U.S. immigration system.

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  Willie, Waylon and Them: North Texas Songwriters Put the Story Back in Country

  Meredith Lawrence | October 9 at 4 a.m.

  Across the nation, country music with a more classic sound, often labeled “Americana,” is making a comeback. Americana has come to describe a rising class of country musicians with an unornamented western sound and a penchant for storytelling and...

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  Can Raising Cattle Be Environmentally Friendly? These Texas Ranchers Say Yes.

  Meredith Lawrence | September 17 at 4 a.m.

  Thigh-high grasses and plant stalks thwack the sides of the all-terrain buggy as Meredith Ellis maneuvers it down a faint double track through a dense pasture. Grasshoppers launch out of the way, whirring past bright purple, thistle-like...

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  The Dallas Steakhouse Needs to Join the 21st Century. But Does It Want To?

  Brian Reinhart | September 10 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas has a growing bounty of diverse, interesting places to eat, but the iconic Dallas restaurant is an institution that hasn’t changed much in the last 30 years: the steakhouse. In almost every affluent neighborhood in town, steakhouses serve...

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  Rubber Gloves Bounces Back: Iconic Denton Music Venue Is Reborn; Not Everyone Is Happy

  Diamond Rodrigue | August 7 at 4 a.m.

  Just a few feet from the train tracks that run through Denton’s industrial district is a club that recalls the college town’s rough-and-tumble early days of DIY music venues. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios was a place that welcomed the...