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Texas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations

Mar. 06, 2024 19:24 PM EST

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tentative land-swapping deal moved...

75th George Polk Awards honor coverage of Middle East and Ukraine wars, Supreme Court and Elon Musk

Feb. 20, 2024 04:46 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times was honored Monday with George Polk Awards for Foreign Reporting and Photojournalism for its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photographers Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud captured “gripping and unforgettable images” as they...

Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe's

Feb. 16, 2024 17:34 PM EST

Amazon is arguing in a legal filing that the 88-year-old National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional, echoing similar arguments made this year by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the grocery store chain Trader Joe’s in disputes about workers’ rights and organizing. The Amazon...

Musk pushes forward on transfer of legal home for SpaceX from Delaware, to Texas

Feb. 15, 2024 11:46 AM EST

Elon Musk is looking to move the legal home of SpaceX to Texas from Delaware after a judge in that state voided the billionaire's $55.8 billion Tesla pay package. A certificate of conversion for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was filed to reincorporate in Texas from Delaware,...

Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022

Feb. 12, 2024 17:04 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify for a third time as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler issued an order Saturday giving Musk,...

SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing employees who were critical of Elon Musk

Jan. 04, 2024 20:32 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. labor agency has accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities were under surveillance by the rocket ship company. A Los Angeles-based regional director for...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

Jan. 01, 2024 07:13 AM EST

The Daily Sentinel. December 29, 2023. Editorial: Don’t drink and drive on New Year’s Eve or ever The worst ways to ring in the new year are in a jail cell, a hospital bed or a funeral home because of misguided decisions to drink and drive. New...