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Texas man gets 100 years in prison for shootings that killed 1, wounded others in Nevada, Arizona
Posted 2:29 PM 12/14/2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.
Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in (More)
Yesterday
Expanding college financial aid will help Texas meet workforce needs, new higher ed chief says
Posted 4:34 PM 12/13/2024 by SNEHA DEY | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for 2 Venezuelan men accused of killing Texas girl
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider
Attorney General Ken Paxton sues companies over “forever chemicals”
Houston police officer shoots teen after he allegedly shot at officer during chase
12/11/2024
A South Texas lawmaker's 15-year fight for a Rio Grande Valley law school
Posted 8:00 AM 12/12/2024 by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
"A South Texas lawmaker's 15-year fight for a Rio Grande Valley law school" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages (More)
12/10/2024
Propeller plane crashes onto a Texas highway, sending 4 people to hospitals
Posted 5:03 PM 12/11/2024
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway and split in two Wednesday afternoon, scattering debris across the road and sending four people to hospitals, authorities said.
The Piper PA-31 with just the pilot aboard crashed about 3 p.m. near a (More)
12/9/2024
Webb County’s top elected official switches to Republican Party
Posted 5:42 PM 12/10/2024 by ALEJANDRO SERRANO | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
12/8/2024
6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
Posted 4:12 PM 12/9/2024 by JIM VERTUNO Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans are charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants and were arrested in Guatemala and Texas on Monday, U.S. and Guatemalan authorities announced Monday.
The truck had been (More)
12/7/2024
Texas hasn't updated a 2006 study that found undocumented immigrants contribute more to the state than they cost
Posted 9:38 AM 12/8/2024 by ALEJANDRO SERRANO | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
12/6/2024
Traces of fentanyl and other drugs found in bottlenose dolphins in Gulf of Mexico
Posted 1:08 PM 12/7/2024 by Alexis Scott
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) -- Many of us know just how harmful fentanyl can be in (More)