Texas Standard for June 15, 2015
San Antonio elects its first African-American mayor: What the outcome says about our political future today. Also: A new app both humanizes the condemned of Death Row, and raises the hackles of some defense attorneys. Also: Ever had trouble scoring those must-have tickets? You might have better luck if you were a bot. And: John Lennon’s guitar, lost in ’63, resurfaces in Texas at a Presidential Library. All those stories and much more, on the Standard.
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