Sarah Talaat
Intern for Texas Standard
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Ireland is getting ready to do something it hasn’t done that often in the past century: open some new consulate offices. Hong Kong, Bangkok and São Paulo…
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Recent world events seem so complicated – and perhaps intractable – that some citizens may reel from a sense of hopelessness. But maybe our collective…
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Officials in Dallas are taking steps to keep health workers at home who were in contact with Ebola patients or their bodily fluids. 75 employees of the…
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Many fans of the HBO series Girls are eagerly awaiting today's doorstep delivery of producer, creator, and lead actress Lena Dunham's first book. In Not…
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With the November elections just over two months away, Texans around the state are registering or renewing their voter status. That is, if they first have…
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Even after a weekend full of panels and discussion of Texas politics and policy at The Texas Tribune Festival, many political wonks are looking to the…
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A courtroom in Marshall, Texas – population 25,000 – is deciding patent cases with implications for some of entertainment's biggest names.Marshall was the…
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Last month, the Houston City Council voted to open the heavily regulated vehicle-for-hire market to Uber and Lyft.These start-ups develop and utilize…
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On September 18, Scottish voters will decide on the future of their country – whether Scotland should be an independent country, or remain part of the…
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Bibliotech, the first-ever entirely digital library in the United States, will celebrate its first anniversary this month. The Bexar County space, which…