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A dramatic warm-up spreads across Texas this week with high temperatures almost 20 degrees above average by mid week. There are two storm systems headed our way. The first is Wednesday that could bring hail and damaging winds to North Texas and a high fire threat to most of the state. We’ll see another high wind event possible Friday into Saturday that could interrupt spring break travel with delays possible at many airports. 

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1. Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down

Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.”

“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources," Musk claimed in a post. "Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing …”

Complaints about outages spiked Monday at 6 a.m. Eastern and again at 10 a.m, with more than 40,000 users reporting no access to the platform, according to the tracking website Downdetector.com.

2. Austin and Manchester are officially Friends(hip Cities)

The City of Austin and Manchester, England, are officially long distance friends. Representatives of the two cities signed a Friendship Cities Agreement on Friday with the goal of collaborating in various areas.

Under the agreement, the cities — which are nearly 5,000 miles apart — will aim to connect culturally and strengthen their business ties, including through tourism, the arts, urban and economic development, science, technology and education.

The English flag of St. George flies at half mast above Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

3. S&P 500 tumbles most since 2022 as Wall Street questions how much pain for economy Trump will accept

The U.S. stock market's sell-off is worsening Monday, and it's heading toward its worst day since 2022 as Wall Street questions how much pain President Donald Trump is willing for the economy to endure in order to get what he wants.

The S&P 500 was down as much as 3% in afternoon trading, coming off its worst week since September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 929 points, or 2.2%, as of 2:43 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.2% lower.

4. Doctors declare Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger due to pneumonia, but remains hospitalized

Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment.Notes for Tomorrow 

Tuesday, March 11

  • Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
  • Business Roundtable publishes quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey, providing a forward-looking view of the U.S. economy by asking Business Roundtable member CEOs to report their plans for their company's sales, capex, and employment in the next six months
  • 5th anniversary of COVID-19 outbreak declared a pandemic
  • 4th anniversary of President Joe Biden signing the American Rescue Act
  • French President Emmanuel Macron hosts European defense chiefs meeting in Paris to discuss Ukraine. Talks are expected to focus on the possible deployment of European forces in Ukraine to ensure peace is respected in case of a cease-fire

In Case You Missed It 
Keith Lee (right) speaks with Jennifer Quigley-Jones (left) at South by Southwest on Friday, March 7, 2025. (South by Southwest)

Keith Lee stops by SXSW, tries some of the 'best barbecue' he's ever had

Content creator Keith Lee is known all over for his viral food reviews, and last week, he brought his positive attitude and business acumen to South by Southwest. 

Lee was a featured speaker on the first day of SXSW, and he talked about how he made a food critic business on TikTok. 

Lee was interviewed by Jennifer Quigley-Jones, the founder and CEO of Digital Voices–an influencer marketing agency, for a session titled “Mastering the Art of Influencer Entrepreneurship.”