Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ramped up security efforts at the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday evening, sending the Texas National Guard to help with the “invasion” and ordering officials to install more razor wire. Abbott deployed other local law enforcement agencies along with the Texas Department of Public Safety, arguing in a letter sent to the […]
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Texas drunk drivers must pay child support if parent killed
A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393. The law, which went into effect Friday, says those convicted of intoxication manslaughter must pay restitution. The offender will be expected to make those payments until the child is […]
How hot is ‘too hot’ for humans?
It’s 9.15 pm in San Antonio on 17 June. At this time, young children would usually be asleep and their parents enjoying a balmy summer’s evening. But not this year, when temperatures have reached triple figures in parts of Texas, and extreme humidity has made it feel hotter still, even after sunset. Millions of people […]
Texas mass shooting suspect captured
A man suspected of killing five of his neighbours in Texas has been arrested after police found him hiding in a cupboard underneath a pile of laundry. Francisco Oropesa was detained north of Houston. He was several miles from his own home in the small town of Cleveland where the shootings happened on Friday. Mr […]
Texas guman still at large after killing 5
The FBI is helping in the manhunt for a gunman accused of shooting and killing five people – including a child – at a Cleveland, Texas, home after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors, officials said. “We consider him armed and dangerous,” said FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge James Smith. “He’s […]
ExxonMobil launches biggest refinery in 10 years
Near the Gulf Coast just east of Texas’ oil-rich Permian Basin, nearly 2,000 ExxonMobil contractors are making sure the company’s latest project – which includes 26 miles of piping, 35 miles of electrical wiring and 875 tons of steel – is pumping oil at full capacity. After launching America’s largest oil refinery expansion in over […]
State of emergency declared over migrant swell
The mayor of a Texas border city declared a state of emergency Saturday over concerns about the community’s ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued the state of emergency declaration to allow the city on the U.S. border with Mexico to tap into additional […]
2,500 migrants cross the Texas border in 1 day
Hundreds of migrants were spotted Sunday night crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, through the U.S.-Mexico border. A massive line of migrants was waiting to be taken into custody by Border Patrol, and more migrants are on the way. In a 24-hour time span from Friday to Saturday, the El Paso sector had more than […]
Texas judge strikes down Biden loan-forgiveness plan
A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it. District Court Judge Mark […]
Life in New York is tough for Mexican migrants
white bus with Texas plates has just pulled up outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. The men and women on it have just finished a 30-hour nonstop bus ride from the Mexico border, and have arrived hungry, tired, and some in need of immediate medical care. It’s a hot Wednesday morning in early […]
‘Hispanics as unique as breakfast tacos’ says Jill Biden
First lady Jill Biden on Monday said the Hispanic community was as “unique” as the “breakfast tacos” during a speech in San Antonio, Texas, Biden was speaking at the 2022 UnidosUS Annual Conference titled “Siempre Adelante: Our Quest for Equity” when she made the remark. At the time, she was commenting on UnidosUS President Raul […]
Biden’s go to Uvalde, meet with victims’ families
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited the small Texas city of Uvalde on Sunday to meet and console the families of victims and survivors of last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The Justice Department, meanwhile, announced it would be conducting an independent review of the local law enforcement response to the […]