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Three police officers were shot Sunday while responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a Cedar Park, Texas home, CNN reports. A law enforcement official told ABC News that at least three people were held hostage inside the residence. The department’s Twitter account shared that the suspect was barricaded inside the house. Cedar Park Police […]
This week a jump in reported COVID-19 related deaths, thanks to new data, revealed the severity of Texas’ crisis as one of the nation’s coronavirus hotspots. That data also illustrated the wide discrepancy in deaths by race, with Hispanic residents disproportionately representing 47 percent of the state’s fatalities. Hispanic Texans make up only 40 percent of the overall […]
Nearly 28,000 people have signed a petition demanding justice for Gloria Bambo, a 20-year-old Black woman whose body was reportedly discovered hanging in a garage. The Change.org petition states Bambo—a McKinney, Texas resident—was reported missing July 9 and was found three days later by her 19-year-old male roommate. The McKinney Police Department has since ruled the woman’s death a […]
A Texas strip club thinking outside the box to ensure that their workers could at least continue to get some money amidst the pandemic succeeded in that endeavor after setting up a drive-thru event to allow for social distancing-friendly dancing this past weekend. That establishment, the San Antonio Men’s Club, put together a makeshift event in their […]
One Texas county is becoming overwhelmed with coronavirus cases as more than 80 infants under the age of 1 have tested positive for the illness, CNN reports. The number of coronavirus cases in Nueces County—which is home to Corpus Christi—has spiked in July after flattening. The virus seems to be impacting children, according to the director of public […]
A 30-year-old man in San Antonio, Texas died on Saturday night after reportedly attending a “COVID party,” which is apparently an event where people who think the pandemic is a hoax attend with someone who had tested positive to compete to see who can “catch the virus first.” Clearly, we have reached an all-time low. ABC […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday that requires all residents to wear face masks in counties with 20 or more confirmed coronavirus cases. The mandate comes as the Lone Star state experiences an alarming surge in COVID-19 infections as well as virus-related hospitalizations. Texas officials announced Wednesday they had tallied more than 8,000 new cases in […]
People are going to risk their lives and the lives of those around them by seeing Vanilla Ice perform on Friday in Austin, Texas. Ice, thanks to a legal loophole spotted by the Austin Chronicle on Wednesday, is set to do the usual ’90s throwback thing at Emerald Point Bar & Grill on July 3. […]
During an investigation into the disappearance of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, one suspect has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Human remains that are possibly linked to Guillen’s case have also been discovered. The 20-year-old was last seen April 22 on the central Texas military base, according to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. […]
Slavery is the backbone of many things in this country. Realtors in Houston have taken it upon themselves to remove at least one remnant of that moment in history. On Saturday, TMZ reported that the Houston Association of Realtors will no longer use the term “master” when describing the biggest bedroom and bathroom in a home. From […]
