The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday it arrested and charged a Texas man over allegedly sending death threats to election-related government officials in Georgia. Chad Christopher Stark, a 54-year-old man from Leander, was arrested by the FBI and has been charged with one count of communicating interstate threats, the federal agency said in…
DOJ Arrests Texas Man for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Georgia Election Officials
Google Asks Judge to Dismiss Most of Texas Antitrust Lawsuit
January 22, 2022
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WASHINGTON—Alphabet Inc.’s Google asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. Google said in its court filing that the states failed to show that it illegally worked with Facebook,…
Texas Hostages Escaped Synagogue as FBI SWAT Team Rushed In
COLLEYVILLE, Texas—In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simultaneous plans of action,” with the hostages escaping as an FBI tactical team moved in, an official said Friday. “I think we both kind of realized around…
Facts Matter (Jan. 21): New CDC Study Shows Natural Immunity Superior to Vaccination Against Delta Variant
The CDC just published a new study that found, despite the fact that it’s almost never talked about in public, the protection from natural immunity was better than the protection from the COVID-19 vaccines in shielding people against the Delta variant of the virus. Meanwhile, I had the opportunity to speak with Josh Hammer—who is…
Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Texas Abortion Law Case for 2nd Time
The U.S. Supreme Court has, for a second time, declined to intervene in a lawsuit challenging a Texas abortion ban. In a 6–3 ruling on Thursday (pdf), the court declined abortion providers’ request to intervene in the case challenging the state’s abortion ban, known as the Texas Heartbeat Act or Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8)….
Texas AG Ken Paxton Tests Positive for COVID-19: Office
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tested positive for COVID-19, according to his office on Wednesday. “He remains working diligently for the people of Texas from home,” Paxton’s communications office told the Texas Tribune. Paxton’s vaccination status is unclear, and his office did not address questions over the matter, reported the Tribune News service. It is…
Texas Power Plants Ready for Winter, Grid Says Ahead of Cold Snap
Nearly all of Texas’ electric generation units and transmission facilities have passed the state’s new winterization rules, the state grid reported just before the expected coldest day so far this winter hits the West Texas Permian oil and natural gas producing area on Thursday. Extreme cold in Texas, which caused power plants and gas pipes…
Border Sheriff: ‘Extremely Organized’ Large Groups of Illegal Aliens Sneaking Through Texas County
January 19, 2022
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KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Traveling at night with backpacks and dark clothing, large groups of up to 50 illegal aliens, mostly young men from Mexico, are clandestinely traversing this small Texas county doing everything possible to avoid getting caught. While small groups have been crossing the U.S.–Mexico border into Kinney County, Texas, for years, now it’s large,…
Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taker Raised No Red Flags: White House
January 19, 2022
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The man accused of taking hostages in a Texas synagogue over the weekend was screened before entering the United States but the screenings raised no red flags, according to the White House. “Our understanding—and, obviously, we’re still looking into this—is that he was checked against U.S. government databases multiple times prior to entering the country,…
Ex-boyfriend Arrested in Death of Houston Teen Shot 22 Times
HOUSTON—An ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 16-year-old girl who was shot 22 times as she walked her dog in southwest Houston, police said Tuesday. Diamond Alvarez was fatally shot Jan. 11 a couple of blocks from her home near a field that was used as a neighborhood…
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