内容摘要：Miguel Garcia, a 78-year-old former construction worker, stood in front of the country’s Supreme Court on Friday peering at a set of posters, voter guides with the faces and numbers of candidates.

Miguel Garcia, a 78-year-old former construction worker, stood in front of the country’s Supreme Court on Friday peering at a set of posters, voter guides with the faces and numbers of candidates.

banned social media accounts for anyone under 16.The legislative session ends Monday and early momentum behind the Texas measure slowed at the eleventh hour in the state Senate as lawmakers face a weekend deadline to send bills to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott has not said publicly whether he supported the proposed ban, which was opposed by tech trade groups and critics who called it it an unconstitutional limit on free speech.

“There was no bill filed this session that would have protected more kids in more ways than this one,” state Rep. Jared Patterson, a Republican carrying the measure, said Thursday.In a post on the social media platform X, Patterson blamed pushback from unnamed “billionaires” as part of the reason for the bill’s failure. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican who controls the state Senate, said Wednesday before the deadline he did not know if the bill had the support needed to pass the GOP-controlled chamber, and it was ultimately never brought up for a vote.Patterson said he’ll try again when the Texas Legislature meets in 2027.

Many tech companies have established a presence in Texas, including X, which is owned byEarlier this week, Abbott signed into law a separate measure requiring Apple and Google to verify the age of online app store users, as well as parental consent to download apps and make in-app purchases for users under 18.

a similar bill earlier this year.

The proposed Texas ban aimed at minors was the latest move in a growing bipartisan push nationwide to address the impacts of social media on the well-being of children. Critics accuse platforms of using addictive functions to lure children onto their site and keep them there, and of not doing enough to curb violent or age-inappropriate content, or online abuse.This undated image provided by All-America Selections shows Tomato Tonatico F1, an AAS-winning plant for 2025. (All-America Selections via AP)

Judges were impressed with the taste, texture, yield, disease resistance and reduced fruit cracking and splitting of this upgraded cherry tomato. Tonatico also was lauded for its strongly attached, uniform fruit clusters that detach easily at harvest time. (Bred by Bejo USA)Pink, the latest introduction in the Flamma Celosia series, is a semi-dwarf, easy-to-grow pink variety of celosia noted for exceptional blooming and vibrant, long-lasting upright flowers. Judges commended its vigorous performance even in hot and humid weather, and its longer-than-expected vase life as a cut flower. (Bred by Clover Seed Co., Distributed in North America by Sakata Seed Corp.)

Judges called this vigorously blooming vinca variety resilient and beautiful. With a naturally compact, rounded habit, the plant blooms throughout the summer, thriving in hot, dry conditions and boasting superior disease resistance and durability against heavy rain and storms. (Bred by Miyoshi & Co. Ltd.)Crestar Mix combines “the best” crested -- or Scabiosa-type -- zinnias in one seed pack. The distinctive semi-double, pink, orange, red, white, peach and yellow flower blend works well for mass plantings and succession sowing, providing a continuous supply of cut flowers during summer. The sun-loving plants also tolerated heat and humidity well in the trials. (Bred by Takii Europe)