SpaceX is encroaching on South Texas communities — and locals are unsure if it's a good thing. The shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO unveiled the world of ghost guns. Otters have posed a threat to an invasive species. |
👋Happy Weekend! I'm Nicole Fallert, filling in for John Riley. The weekend is here again, and so is The Short List weekend edition✨ with all the must-reads from USA TODAY. Get your coffee and let's dive in. |
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How Elon Musk and SpaceX changed this corner of Texas. |
A portal into the future of human space travel or an irrevocable disruption to the shorebirds, ocelots and endangered sea turtles that nest in the Rio Grande delta? How people in South Texas view the sprawling, rocket-making complex that is SpaceX's Starbase near Brownsville depends on who you ask. |
The anonymous world of 3D-printed guns |
Luigi Mangione has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The high-profile case has thrust not only "ghost guns," which have no identifying serial number, into the national debate, but underscored the burgeoning 3D-printed variety. With those, DIY-gunmakers download a design file, and feed it into a machine that prints layers of plastic to make some components of a gun. Someone has to create and refine those design files to make the resulting guns function better and fit comfortably in a shooter's hand. 📰 USA TODAY spoke with "Charimanwon," who recognized the gun seized from the suspect. |
Cute and hungry — and fighting invasive species |
'Tis the season for some good reading |
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