I'm Miss San Antonio USA. Beauty pageants are way harder and more expensive than you'd think.

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a pageant headshot of Lillian Perez
Lillian Perez won Miss San Antonio USA in May.

Derrick LeBlanc

In 1916, the US began forcing Mexicans crossing the southern border to take kerosene baths. That tactic was later studied by the Nazis.

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A masked worker fumigates a bracero at the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas.
A masked worker fumigates a bracero at the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas.

Leonard Nadel Photographs and Scrapbooks, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

We moved to Mexico from Texas and have never been happier. We're saving $2,000 a month and can even afford to go to the dentist.

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Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) in Mérida, Mexico.
Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) moved to Mérida, Mexico in 2022.

Courtesy of the Stones.

Photos show the Northern Lights appeared as far south as Texas on Sunday from a double eruption on the sun. Auroras could become more common as solar activity nears its peak.

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A picture from Riverton's national weather service in Wyoming shows purple and green northern lights shining behind a spherical structure in the foreground.
A picture of the northern lights spotted in Riverton, Wyoming.

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Austin is abolishing parking requirements to bring down runaway home prices and rents

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In an aerial view, apartments are seen undergoing construction on February 28, 2023 in Austin, Texas.
In an aerial view, apartments are seen undergoing construction on February 28, 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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We moved to Texas from Europe. We're paying much more for our house, but the neighbors are friendly and the weather is great.

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John Brunner and his wife Manon at the Texas capital.
John Brunner and his wife Manon moved from France to Texas, about an hour south of Austin (whose Texas State Capitol building is pictured here).

Courtesy of John Brunner.

Texas businesses feel terrible about the economy

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Many Texas manufacturing businesses are feeling gloomy about the economy.

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The allure of Tennessee: Why Floridians are trading their sandy beaches for a quieter life

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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

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Best Banks and Credit Unions in Texas for November 2023

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Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city's tech boom is over

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A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its final approach in London.

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