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Austin, Texas · AustinThe National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, issued a complaint against Starbucks on March 7. The complaint arose after Workers United, an Service Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate union, told the NLRB that organizers had been interrogated, surveilled and threatened by Starbucks managers. A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers, reopen a shuttered location and stop infringing on workers' rights.
National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Starbucks for retaliation against union organizers
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Austin, Texas · AustinThe Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named Luis A. Caffarelli winner of the 2023 Abel Prize. The prize is considered the Nobel Prize equivalent in mathematics. He is the first Latin American mathematician to receive the award. The Abel Prize comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner or approximately $710,000.
UT professor 1st Latin American to receive ‘Nobel Prize of mathematics’
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Luling, Texas · LulingAn 18-wheeler was struck by a train at a crossing in Luling on Thursday. The driver was able to escape the truck before the collision happened. Luling police did not say why the crash happened. It happened at a crossings on Elm Avenue, according to a police post.
18-wheeler struck by train in Luling Thursday
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Marijuana · AustinThe cannabis sativa plant has over 140 potentially medicinal compounds that are still being explored. The most well-known are CBD and THC, the psychotropic compound found in cannabis. Texas House Committee on Public Health this week unanimously approved a bill to increase the THC limits in medical cannabis and expand who is eligible to use it.
Texas House moves toward medical cannabis expansion
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Azle · AzleAubree Trainer, 13, was last seen around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday in Azle, Texas. Law enforcement believes she was taken by someone in a white panel van. Aubree is described as a white female, standing at 54 and weighing approximately 103 pounds.
FOUND: Amber Alert discontinued for 13-year-old last seen near Fort Worth
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EntertainmentThe 89-year-old country music icon is the namesake of the new Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural Communities at the University of Texas. The endowment will fund research and student fellowships benefiting rural and farm communities. The singer has raised more than $70 million for family farm owners through Farm Aid, according to the school.
Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment
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Abortion · CheyenneAbortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new abortion pill ban from taking effect.
Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming
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Alzheimer · AustinAlzheimer's disease and other dementias are expected to increase from 6.7 million today to nearly 13 million by 2050. Howard University is part of the 75 academic centers across the nation asking people between 55 to 80 years old without memory loss to take part in the AHEAD study. The trial is testing a newly FDA approved investigational drug called Lecanemab.
Volunteers needed in Alzheimer’s research that could spot disease decades before
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