Category: Texas

Texas Border Patrol Officers Seize $587K Worth of Cocaine In Three Separate Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine worth an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at Texas’ Brownsville Port of Entry. The first seizure took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to make entry into the…


Texas Border Patrol Officers Seize $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Separate Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine worth an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at Texas’ Brownsville Port of Entry. The first seizure took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to make entry into the…


Border Patrol Officers Confiscate $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Texas Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine valued at an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas. The first incident took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge, where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to enter…


Texas Senators Line up Against Democratic Nominee for the Supreme Court

Texas senators on March 22, turned an otherwise normal confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court of the United States into an aggressive grilling of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for her record on crime and terrorism. Senator John Cornyn, at the opening of confirmation hearings on March 21, said he was “troubled” by Jackson’s zealous defense…


Driver Crashes Into Gas Pipeline, Causing Huge Fire in Texas

MANSFIELD, Texas—One person was critically injured when their vehicle struck a natural gas pipeline in a Dallas suburb, sparking a huge fire and triggering evacuations of a nearby neighborhood, authorities said. The fire in Mansfield was extinguished after a few hours and residents were allowed to return home early Wednesday, the city’s fire department said….


Powerful Storm System Wallops Texas; Tornado Watch Issued

ELGIN, Texas—One person was killed and more than a dozen were injured when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, damaging a school, homes, and businesses, officials said. The same storm system was poised to move into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, carrying the risk of dangerous tornadoes and powerful winds. In Texas, several…


Texas Walloped by Tornadoes, At Least 1 Dead

Officials say multiple tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage. The storm system is headed toward Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, and forecasters say more tornadoes are expected. Several tornadoes were reported Monday in Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor, particularly in the Austin…


Democrat Governor Nominee Beto O’Rourke Denies Defamation Allegations

The Democratic nominee for Texas governor Beto O’Rourke on March 21 rebuffed legal accusations of defamation from comments he made about Dallas oil executive Kelcy Warren, chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer. O’Rourke asked for a jury trial and a change of venue to settle the issue. Kelcy brought the lawsuit on February 22 in…


Texas Tornadoes Injure At Least 4, Destroy Homes, Businesses

At least four people have been injured after severe tornadoes ripped through north and central Texas on Monday, damaging homes and businesses, and leaving thousands without power, officials said. In Round Rock, Texas, a city of around 120,000 people located about 20 miles from Austin, multiple homes were destroyed after a tornado tore through the…


Texas Appeals Court Blocks State From Investigating Families With Transgender Children for Child Abuse

A Texas appeals court reinstated an order that will block the state from investigating parents for child abuse if they facilitate gender-affirming procedures for their transgender children. The Texas Third Court of Appeals on March 21 granted an emergency motion to reinstate the temporary injunction, which it said is “necessary to maintain the status quo and…