Texas Standard For June 7, 2018
A new tactic by U.S. border agents to stop would be asylum seekers: physically getting in the way before they can make their claim. We’ll explore. Also: After the Santa Fe High School shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott came up with a list of plans to cut back on gun violence. One plan will give a million dollars to a gun safety group backed by the gun industry. We’ll hear about it. Also: Is smartphone addiction a thing? Apple seems to think so. Omar Gallaga of 512 Tech breaks down what the company plans to do about it. And a secret Pentagon plan revealed: using artificial intelligence to find hidden nuclear weapons. Those stories and a whole lot more, today on the Texas Standard:

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