I'm an Aussie who spends 2 months a year living in Texas. Here are 8 of the biggest culture shocks I've experienced.
Texas is different from my home Australia in many ways and the guns, portions, and local pride have given me culture shock.
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Pope Francis appoints Austin, Texas, Bishop Joe Vásquez as archbishop of Galveston-Houston
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who was made a cardinal in 2007 and who led the U.S. bishops’ conference as president from 2016–2019 ...
Forget Florida: Your favorite cruise lines are betting on Texas
The Port of Galveston is seeing a cruise boom as the industry increasingly expands in Texas' only cruise port.
'Postcards from the Border': What four Austinites really found where Texas meets Mexico
Preview for 'Postcards from the Border,' an Austin show that combines music, photography and stories about Texas-Mexico ...
Annual event to bring in barbecue world's best to West Palm Beach hot spot
Like NFL fans awaiting Super Bowl Sunday, lovers of world-class barbecue are likely on the edge of the seat with anticipation ...
From the Statesman archives: Newcomers did not control Indigenous Texas for centuries
While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled ...
Starship explosion raises questions about risk to public, environment
The most powerful rocket ever made had a partial disintegration, causing a spectacular display caught on cameras. But what is ...
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Texas Wild Rice Is the Coolest Plant You’ve Never Heard Of
The endangered plant grows only in a two-mile stretch of the upper San Marcos River and has a captivating, otherworldly ...
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The 25 Best Places To Go In The South In 2025
Mark your travel calendars. Our editors have scoured the South for what’s new, notable, and next in 2025. Here are the 25 ...
Texas officials warn of infectious, parasitic worms that ‘screw into flesh’
The New World Screwworm is a larva or maggot of the New World Screwworm fly, which lays eggs in a wound or live tissue like ...
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Texas officials warn of infectious, parasitic screwworms found in Mexico
AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s a new infectious worm that Texas officials are warning about ... but it is widespread in some Caribbean and South American countries. New World Screwworm photo ...
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Royal Caribbean passenger makes $1,300 mistake
very careful with their access to phones as one family learned. A passenger is upset with Royal Caribbean (RCL) as they got home from their cruise and received a $1,300 cell phone bill even ...