Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.

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On Tuesday, we’ll all be jealous of North Texas as their high temperatures fall up to 10 degrees due to a passing cold front. The rest of the state will miss out as this boundary stalls out around Waco and fizzles. Due to a fetch of thicker moisture ahead of the front more clouds and humidity mix in by late Tuesday and rain chances enhance into Wednesday.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. San Antonio Zoo donates 20,000 complimentary tickets to those impacted by Texas floods

The San Antonio Zoo announced that 20,000 complimentary tickets, valued at over half a million dollars, were donated to those affected by the deadly floods that overtook Texas Fourth of July weekend.

2. For the 3rd time this year, LGBTQ+ advocates rally against a bathroom bill

Texas lawmakers are debating the latest iteration of a bill that would place bathroom restrictions based on sex assigned at birth, a proposal that Republicans have tried to pass since 2015.

3. Battery power storage sees sharp increase in Texas

Keeping the lights on in Texas has been the state’s focus since the deadly freeze in 2021. Since then, companies and Texas’ grid operator have found renewable routes to make sure Texans don’t stay in the dark.

Notes for Tomorrow

Tuesday, Aug. 26

  • Quarterly House Price Index/ Monthly House Price Index/ Consumer Confidence Index
  • Women’s Equality Day, on the anniversary of passing of 19th Amendment in 1920, enfranchising women with the right to vote
  • ‘Guinness World Records 2026’ published
  • National Dog Day, highlighting ‘the joy that dogs bring to our lives’ and encouraging adoption. 
  • 4th anniversary of U.S. servicemembers killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, explosion

In Case You Missed It 

In this courtroom sketch, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, center, is seated beside his defense attorney Frank Perez, left, in federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 13, 2024. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)

Long-elusive Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in U.S.

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping to flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances and for fueling deadly violence in Mexico.