John-Carlos Estrada 🎙️

Husband • Native Texan🤠 • Journalist • Author • Filmmaker • Dog Dad🐾 • EDU: @ColumbiaJourn & @GWAlumni • #MoreLatinosInNews

[John-Carlos Estrada 🎙️ @Mr_JCE]

🇲🇽 REMINDER! Cinco De Mayo isn’t Mexico Independence Day (that’s in September). The date commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla when Mexicans defeated the French. #CincodeMayo

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Now we can say it definitively.

Elon Musk donated $158M to SLF.

SLF donated $158M to Texas PAC.

SLF is Texas PAC's only donor.

Elon Musk is singlehandedly funding Texas PAC, which is boosting Ken Paxton.

[Austin-Bergstrom International Airport @AustinAirport]

Three new dates from this week and last week have officially cracked our Top 10 Busiest Days at AUS! ✈️📊

Check out the full chart below to see where Oct. 8, Oct. 9 & Oct. 12 landed.

Now, we’re looking ahead to see what our usual record-breaking Monday after F1 will hold! 🏎️💨

[Aarón Torres @AaronTorres_]

NEW: A $3 million renovation is being sought at the @txcomptroller's exec suite

It comes as @DonHuffines campaigns on ending wasteful spending

Docs show the state's Trust Co. would pay for the renos

Comptroller & Trust didn't answer Qs

Gift link: https://t.co/BRtRHMBN8q

[Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports]

CBS News: Multiple law enforcement sources tell us 5 people are dead in the Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting including the alleged shooter. 

Among the dead are four victims: 3 children and one adult, according to preliminary information.

@CBSNews

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

BREAKING: Multiple people were injured, including children, and the suspect is dead after an active shooter situation at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to police.
https://t.co/9eQJMJQy84

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs https://t.co/CeCNYfhKSb

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: President Trump says the Pentagon won't livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter after bipartisan backlash. https://t.co/tp6H4vlKQP

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

New - Texas poll - Senate and Governor

🔵 James Talarico 50%
🔴 Ken Paxton 47%

🔵 Gina Hinojosa 49%
🔴 Greg Abbott (Inc) 48%

UT/Texas Politics Project (A+) - LV - 10/5

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

The horse carriage industry is coming to an end in New York City.

Our administration will make sure workers and owners are protected and the horses are safe.

[Austin-Bergstrom International Airport @AustinAirport]

#AUSALERT: Power restoration is underway and many airport systems such as airline ticket counters are starting to come back online.

TSA is open and operational, as is baggage claim.

Airlines have had to adjust flight schedules for both arriving and departing flights in response to the outage so please keep an eye on any updates from your airline this evening.

Crews continue to work to fully restore power and we will share an update once power has been restored.

[Austin-Bergstrom International Airport @AustinAirport]

#AUSALERT

There is a partial power outage at AUS that has impacted some parts of the terminal. Airport and Austin Energy teams are responding.

More information to follow.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

ROME (AP) — Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and that the lower lobe of his right lung was removed.

[Texas State University @txst]

This morning, TXST’s first-ever satellite launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of NASA’s CRS-35 mission to the ISS.

Once Maia deploys into orbit, students will command it from TXST’s San Marcos ground station.
Read more about this historic launch: https://t.co/ipNiT6dpwW

[HBO Max @hbomax]

Guess who’s back, back again…

#GIRLS, created by and starring Lena Dunham, will return to HBO Max for five new episodes.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

Trump's new press secretary just announced that Kim Guilfoyle has been asked to resign as U.S. Ambassador to Greece.

[Elizabeth Findell @efindell]

In Dubai, Paxton and his girlfriend watched fireworks at a party with two fugitives who had failed to return to the U.S. to face federal healthcare fraud charges. One of them, Anosh Ahmed, had donated $190,000 to Paxton.
https://t.co/gbzR3D2POm w/ @MarkMaremont @jdawsey1

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: Mike Ditka, the NFL Hall of Famer who coached the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl victory, has died, his family said. He was 86.

"It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka," a family statement said. "While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the he art of our family."

Read more: https://t.co/03Tl2droa6

[NBC News @NBCNews]

A surprising new study finds that people who sleep near their dogs don’t experience disrupted sleep. If anything, the University of Toronto researchers discovered, we humans are the ones disturbing our dogs’ sleep. https://t.co/fCVVc4vwE8

[Priscilla Alvarez @priscialva]

NEW: ICE leadership told agents nationwide this week to increase arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests. They were also instructed to try to reach 19,000 arrests per week. https://t.co/OaTfkCwySo

[Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports]

CBS News: DHS confirms an ICE agent shot a Dominican man in the Bronx today.

DHS says the man shot is in the U.S. illegally and has a criminal record and alleged gang ties.

The exact circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear.