/news News en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 08 May 2025 16:09:30 GMT /news/2025-05-08/cardinal-robert-prevost-becomes-the-first-american-pope-choosing-the-name-leo-xiv Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV. Thu, 08 May 2025 16:09:30 GMT /news/2025-05-08/cardinal-robert-prevost-becomes-the-first-american-pope-choosing-the-name-leo-xiv Sarah Ventre, Daniel Burke /news/2025-04-21/pope-francis-who-reached-out-to-the-margins-of-society-has-died-at-88 The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:41:29 GMT /news/2025-04-21/pope-francis-who-reached-out-to-the-margins-of-society-has-died-at-88 Sylvia Poggioli /news/2025-01-15/israel-and-hamas-reach-a-gaza-ceasefire-agreement Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, President Biden and Qatar's prime minister announced separately on Wednesday. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:07:58 GMT /news/2025-01-15/israel-and-hamas-reach-a-gaza-ceasefire-agreement Willem Marx, Jerome Socolovsky, Kat Lonsdorf, Michele Kelemen, Greg Myre, James Hider /education/2025-01-13/elon-musk-ad-astra-school-education-bastrop-austin-texas Ad Astra School has opened around the corner from Elon Musk’s corporate compound in rural Central Texas. Nonprofit filings show secondary schools and a university are also planned. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /education/2025-01-13/elon-musk-ad-astra-school-education-bastrop-austin-texas Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-12-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-ethics-rules-transparency The state ethics commission passed new transparency rules after The Texas Newsroom reported that Attorney General Ken Paxton had not disclosed information about several properties he or his blind trust owns. Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-12-05/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-ethics-rules-transparency Lauren McGaughy /politics/2024-09-19/spam-texas-transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-policy-lgbtq LGBTQ rights advocates targeted the Department of Public Safety with dozens of messages after the agency announced a new policy that blocks transgender Texans from changing the sex listed on their driver's licenses. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:44:42 GMT /politics/2024-09-19/spam-texas-transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-policy-lgbtq Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-09-03/texas-transgender-trans-birth-certificate-change-update-policy Texans who have secured a court order to update the sex listed on their birth certificates can no longer do so at this time, according to a new state policy that blocks transgender Texans from making these changes. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:33:21 GMT /news/2024-09-03/texas-transgender-trans-birth-certificate-change-update-policy Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing The state of Texas is being sued over the lack of air conditioning in its prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 100 degrees in the summer. In federal court, inmates detailed the extreme measures they’ve taken to get out of the heat, like starting fires or inflicting self-harm. Sat, 03 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-07-09/hurricane-beryl-aid-biden-texas-governor-lie Greg Abbott rejected reports that President Biden delayed distributing emergency supplies to Texas because he could not reach state leaders. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 01:34:02 GMT /news/2024-07-09/hurricane-beryl-aid-biden-texas-governor-lie Lauren McGaughy /life-arts/2024-05-15/kyle-texas-festival-guinness-world-record If your name is Kyle, a festival in Kyle, Texas, has your name all over it. The city needs 2,326 people named Kyle to break the world record for the largest same-name gathering. Wed, 15 May 2024 12:31:00 GMT /life-arts/2024-05-15/kyle-texas-festival-guinness-world-record Maya Fawaz