Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1689, Alonso De León named the Guadalupe River near the site of present-day Victoria during an expedition to find and destroy the French settlement at Fort St. Louis.

Storms dumped several inches of rain across a large swath of Texas Sunday night, producing flash floods in some areas. Were you affected? Hit reply to let us know.

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FBI Raids Spring Home Connected to Altman Attack

FBI agents raided a Spring home yesterday for evidence related to 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, the suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home on Friday.

No one was injured in Moreno-Gama's attack, and he was arrested hours later when he tried to break into OpenAI's office with the intent to burn it down, according to investigators. He allegedly drove from Spring to San Francisco to kill Altman and other tech executives, motivated by anti-AI views outlined in a manifesto he was carrying.

California prosecutors have charged Moreno-Gama with attempted murder, and the Justice Department levied federal charges yesterday for attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm.

Moreno-Gama was the author of a Substack blog featuring several essays expressing concerns about artificial intelligence, and he was a member of an anti-AI activist group on Discord, which banned him from using its products on Monday.

Austin Gun Store Employee Charged with Murder

An employee of an Austin gun store has reportedly been charged with murder in a fatal shooting at a local bar on Friday night. Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, claims the unidentified employee acted in self-defense.

Several people injured in the melee sought care at local hospitals, according to police. Authorities have not provided information about the victim or suspect.

During a Saturday press conference, Cargill claims two of his employees visiting the Cabana Club were mistaken for members of another group and got involved in a fight that left one of them unconscious. The other employee "made the decision to pull out his firearm and stop the threat."

"My employee did exactly what I would have done and exactly what he's been trained to do," Cargill said. "They defended themselves. They were being attacked. Someone tried to kill them."

El Paso Artist Hal Marcus Dies

Celebrated El Paso artist and musician Hal Marcus passed away Sunday at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Marcus is known for his pop-surrealist paintings of scenes in and around El Paso. For the past 30 years, he operated a local gallery where he sold his works along with those of other artists, many of whom he mentored. He was also a children's book illustrator and a drummer for two bands.

"He changed me in so many ways, always more and more true to who I was created to be," said Luke Lowenfield, the author of several children's books. Last year, Lowenfield bought the artist's 9-by-11-foot painting El Paso Gracias a Dios after federal officials ordered its removal from Chamizal National Memorial.

San Antonio photographer Billy Calzada, who grew up in El Paso and used to rent from Marcus, called him "a treasure beyond measure." Ysella Fulton Slavin, whose mother cultivated the artist's talents when he was a freshman in high school, said Marcus "was always like a big brother to me."

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➤ Republican Tony Gonzales is resigning his seat in Congress after acknowledging an affair with a deceased staffer. He previously dropped out of the race for reelection. (More)

➤ Euless: Ted Ginn Jr., a former NFL wide receiver and the head coach of the United Football League's Columbus Aviators, was arrested on a DWI charge early Saturday. On Sunday, the Aviators lost to the Dallas Renegades 28-23. Ginn apologized for his "serious mistake." (More)

➤ College Station: Susan Ballabina, Executive Vice Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, has been selected by the Board of Regents as the sole finalist to be the next president of the system's flagship campus. (More)

➤ College Station: Meanwhile, Martin Peterson, the Texas A&M philosophy professor who generated headlines in January by claiming administrators were censoring readings from Plato to avoid promoting "gender ideology," has resigned from his position and will join the faculty at Southern Methodist University this summer. (More)

➤ Spring: Josue Chirino, 19, was arrested for allegedly murdering 47-year-old carpenter Juan Salinas, whose body was found Sunday in a home the two men had been renovating. Chirino was driving the victim's vehicle when he was apprehended, according to police. (More)

➤ Austin: A water main break created a sinkhole in a major downtown intersection yesterday morning. Dispatchers described the intersection as "completely gone." (See Photos)

➤ Humble: Nearly two dozen local pitmasters debuted new creations at the 13th annual Houston Barbecue Festival on Sunday. "The bar is so high now on the quality of barbecue," said Michael Fulmer, the event’s co-founder. (More)

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➤ Former Astros manager Phil Garner died Saturday at 76 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He led Houston to its first World Series appearance in 2005. (More)

➤ The San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets both made the NBA playoffs as the Western Conference's No. 2 and 5 seeds, respectively. Houston will play the LA Lakers in round one, and San Antonio will play the winner of tonight's play-in game between the Suns and Trail Blazers. (More)

➤ Meanwhile, Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg sprained his ankle in the second quarter of Sunday's regular-season finale. He finishes the season leading Dallas in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. (More)

➤ TCU forward David Punch transferred to Texas after averaging 14.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore with the Horned Frogs. (More)

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➤ The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Oklahoma are vying with Miriam Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. to bring casinos to North Texas, pressuring state lawmakers to approve gambling through millions in campaign contributions. (More)

➤ Eight Subway franchises in Odessa have been closed since the March 3 death of operator David Turner, the city's former mayor. "There's a whole legal process that has to play out between corporate and the family," said Nathan Notley, owner of the city's three remaining Subway franchises. (More)

➤ Houston-based oilfield services provider Baker Hughes is selling Waygate Technologies, a German manufacturer of testing equipment, to Sweden-based Hexagon for about $1.45 billion in an effort to "focus on our core strengths," according to a company statement. (More)

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➤ A pair of cotton-top tamarin twins was born at the San Antonio Zoo in late March. Only 6,000 or so of the critically endangered monkeys survive in the wild. (See Photos)

➤ Houston and Austin are Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, in Food & Wine’s annual list of the U.S. cities with the best dining. (More)

➤ East Texas natives Miranda Lambert and Cody Johnson have been nominated for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. The awards ceremony will stream on Amazon Prime Video from Las Vegas next month. (See Details)

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