New report outs Ted Cruz as member of Peter Thiel-led secret society

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was revealed in a leak to be a member of Dialog, a secret society led by Peter Thiel, the controversial founder of defense-tech firm Palantir, tech-industry magazine Wired reports. Dialog is a private, invitation-only organization the billionaire tech investor co-founded

Former San Antonio cop who fed homeless man shit-filled sandwich gets big promotion

The former San Antonio police officer accused of feeding a homeless man a sandwich stuffed with dog feces is now the chief of police of the small South Texas town of Benavides. One-time SAPD officer Matthew Luckhurst was appointed top cop in the town of about 1,100 people on June 1, Benavides City C

PETA demands release of SeaWorld San Antonio’s dolphins as part of national campaign

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will rally outside SeaWorld San Antonio and the theme park company’s two other U.S. properties to demand it release its captive dolphins into saltwater sanctuaries. The coordinated protests aim to pressure SeaWorld to end its dolphin breeding progra

Texas’ fight against the New World screwworm will be nasty and brutish

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. After spending four decades in exile south of the Rio Grande, the New World screwworm has finally wriggled