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Tiger Woods commends progress of Bluejack Ranch outside Fort Worth as he prepares to design golf course

Pro golf legend Tiger Woods recently visited the neighborhood outside Fort Worth where he's designing an 18-hole golf course for the first time, a trip he described as "mighty fine." Learn more about the project and how the golf legend got involved in this story.

 

How Orlando theme parks like Universal, Disney are tackling long wait times

Could facial recognition and responsive gates revolutionize theme park visits? Universal Orlando thinks so.

 

Canadian baked goods co. could put $410M food factory in Lancaster

A French-Canadian baked goods company could put its first Texas manufacturing facility in a small city near Dallas. Learn more about the project in this story, including the incentives that just got the green light.

 

The Kroger-Albertsons merger is officially kaput — what's next?

Kroger and Albertsons had long been planning their union, a $24.6 billion deal first rolled out in 2022. Now that the marriage is officially off – terminated by both as part of the fallout following a decision in the FTC case – one big question remains. Where does the nation's largest traditional supermarket chain go from here?

 

$10M Sugar Land manor was top Houston home sale week of Dec. 8 (PHOTOS)

The home was listed at $10.8 million and sold for at least $10 million, which is a bit of a rarity for the middle of the month. Take a look inside.

 

Bank of Texas expands Houston footprint

The Dallas-based subsidiary of Oklahoma-headquartered BOK Financial recently took another floor inside a downtown Houston high-rise and opened a new location in a wealthy suburb of the Bayou City. Read more about Bank of Texas' expansion plans in this story.

 

Terry Savage: Tax benefits can amplify your charitable giving

Giving to charity is all about money — and if a tax benefit comes along, the gift is much sweeter. But since the tax reforms of 2017 increased the standard deduction, 9 out of 10 Americans don’t itemize their tax returns — and thus don’t get a deduction for their contributions.

 

Restaurateurs turn La Grange expansion into YouTube reality series

Part restaurant expansion.
Part reality show.
Almost all drama.
When a restaurant opens, patrons see a brand spanking new sparkling facility and usually everyone is happy and having fun.
But the buildup to that opening day is a different story completely, and Jonathan and Brianna Cowan remember some hard times when preparing to launch the Wooden Paddle restaurant in Lemont in 2017.

 

Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots

Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.

 

Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024

When we introduced last year's annual list of the best games in this space, we focused on how COVID delays led to a 2023 packed with excellent big-name blockbusters and intriguing indies that seemed to come out of nowhere. The resulting flood of great titles made it difficult to winnow the year's best down to our traditional list of 20 titles.

 

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