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A TikToker/activist has created a clever scheme to disrupt the anti-abortion movement. Earlier this week, Texas lawmakers enacted its novel and highly controversial “heartbeat law,” which prohibits abortions after six weeks from conception. The measure has been widely criticized as unconstitutional and overly restrictive, as many women aren’t aware of their pregnancies until after the six-week timeframe. And although […]
This week, the San Antonio Zoo will become one of the zoos in the country that will begin administering its animals a COVID-19 vaccine to protect them from the virus. According to Chron, the zoo will be working in conjunction with Zoetis, an animal health company that donated the vaccines to them. In a statement from Zoetis, […]
Multiple states are currently struggling to keep pace with COVID-19 cases, with five now reported to have less than 10 percent of their ICU beds left. The latest data from the Department of Health and Human Services, as spotted by Madeline Holcombe for CNN on Tuesday, shows that the following states are nearly out of […]
Mo3’s H$M Music and Empire have dropped the deluxe version of the rapper’s posthumous album Shottaz 4Eva, which adds eight new tracks and includes features from Morray and Derez De’Shon. As with the original, this one’s also got Boosie Badazz, YFN Lucci, Kevin Gates, OG Bobby Billions, Tre Dae, and Foogiano. In the new track “In My Blood,” which had a video drop […]
Houston police are on the search for a 19-year-old woman, Emma Presler, who’s been accused of lighting a man on fire. That man, 33-year-old Devin Graham, died shortly after that incident, which happened around 10 p.m. on August 6. Presler has subsequently been charged with murder. When Houston firefighters arrived to the scene earlier this month […]
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is in hot water after claiming that unvaccinated black people are the reason for the recent surge in COVID-19 infections across the country. During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Thursday night, Patrick addressed Democrats who are criticizing his state’s handling of increased COVID cases, claiming that the virus is spreading […]
A Texas man was awarded $5.5 million late last month as part of his lawsuit against a restaurant, claiming the establishment overserved him alcohol, which contributed to the injuries he sustained during an altercation with a fellow patron later that night, Houston Chronicle reports. Daniel Rawls filed a lawsuit in May, accusing La Fogata Mexican Grill, owner Lourdes […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19. The republican leader and noted anti-masker was fully vaccinated, according to a statement from Office of the Governor Communications Director Mark Miner. “The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result,” the statement read. “Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, […]
A Houston man requires surgery after being shot six times nearly two weeks ago, but the procedure hasn’t been done yet because the hospital’s intensive care unit is at full capacity with about one-third of its occupancy consisting of COVID-related cases, The Washington Post reports. Joel Valdez was shot outside of a Kroger in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, […]
A double-decker party boat with 53 people on board capsized in Texas on Saturday night during a severe thunderstorm, leaving one person dead, NBC News reports. The incident occurred 40 miles from Houston on Lake Conroe, in Conroe, Texas, when the boat was nearly halfway through a 90-minute cruise, KPRC of Houston reports. According to ABC 13, children as young […]
