The school district’s police department in Uvalde has been suspended, and the acting police chief placed on administrative leave, according to an announcement by Anne Marie Espinoza, spokesperson for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD). “Recent developments have uncovered additional concerns with department operations,” Espinoza wrote in an Oct. 7 email. “As a result…
Texas AG Says Elon Musk ‘Wants Free Speech to Reign on the Internet,’ Welcomes Twitter Takeover
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is likely to push for free speech to reign on Twitter should his deal to purchase the social media platform prove successful, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has said. Paxton, a Republican, told Fox News that he would welcome a move to make Twitter a place where people are able to speak…
Texas Authorities Rescue 84 Illegal Aliens in Tractor Trailer in Hidalgo County
Approximately 84 illegal aliens were rescued from the back of a tractor-trailer by Texas authorities on Oct. 6 in what officials believe may have been a human smuggling incident. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra shared the results of the rescue operation on Twitter, stating that a concerned citizen had contacted police to report a tractor-trailer arriving at a…
Ted Cruz Says Midterms Will Be ‘Red Tsunami’, Democrats Can Only Focus on Abortion
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said the GOP would retake the U.S. Senate and House majority during the November midterm elections. “I think we are going to see a wave election,” Cruz told Fox News on Oct. 6. “I think it’s going to be a tsunami.” “Republicans are going to retake both the House and Senate,”…
Texas Executes Inmate John Ramirez Who Challenged Prayer, Touch Rules
Texas death row inmate John Ramirez, who won a legal bid to have a preacher by his side to perform religious rites, was executed on Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Ramirez was sentenced to death for the murder of 46-year-old Pablo Castro, who he robbed of $1.25 and stabbed 29 times at a…
Judge Rules Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Must Testify in Abortion Lawsuit
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must testify in a lawsuit bought by a string of nonprofit organizations seeking to block potential criminal charges against abortion providers offering Texan women access to abortions out of state. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman had previously quashed the subpoena before marking a U-turn on the…
Texas Executes Inmate Who Fought Prayer, Touch Rules
HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection. John Henry Ramirez, 38, was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was convicted of killing 46-year-old Pablo Castro in 2004,…
Texas Man Arrested for Alleged Northeastern University Bomb Hoax
A Texas man who told police last month that he was injured in a suspected bomb threat at Northeastern University was arrested and charged Tuesday with allegedly staging a hoax explosion and providing false and misleading information about it to authorities, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The alleged hoax occurred when Jason Duhaime, 45,…
Uvalde Parents Sue School District, Former School Police Chief, Gun Manufacturer
Three parents of children who survived the May 24 Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have sued the school district as well as law enforcement agencies, the former school police chief, and an AR-15 rifle manufacturer. Plaintiff Corina Camacho is the mother of a 10-year-old boy who survived, but was shot in the leg…
Austin: Not Just Weird, but Wonderful
There was only one problem on that warm, sunny, very pleasant evening: It wasn’t bat season. Not yet. It would be a few weeks yet before thousands (and thousands, upon thousands) of these creepy-cool creatures fly out from beneath the bridge. Another problem was the lake—it’s not really a lake. But we will get to…
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