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Dozens of students at an El Paso high school might have to re-take the SAT after their exam results flew out of a UPS truck. NBC affiliate KTSM-TV reports the El Paso Independent School District said the test sheets were lost in transit after they were “securely submitted to UPS.” The district has recovered all but 55 […]
A 10-year-old boy who was playing with a shotgun fatally shot his younger brother in Houston on Monday, police said. Per a report from regional outlet from KPRC, the shooting took place at an apartment in the area around 3 p.m. on Monday. In an initial statement, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a child had […]
A Texas man has been charged with murder after fatally shooting a friend following a pick-up basketball game. NBC News reports Cameron Hogg, 31, was arrested and charged Thursday for the murder of 21-year-old Asia Womack, who was killed Oct. 3 after she’d beaten Hogg in a basketball game at a Dallas park. According to […]
A Texas woman says she caught an STD after a janitor where she worked inserted his penis into her water bottle. Lucio Catarino Diaz, per a report from regional outlet KPRC, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the alleged incident, which is said to have taken place at […]
A Texas woman has been charged with capital murder after allegedly stabbing and strangling her five-year-old daughter. Per a regional report from KPRC-TV, the woman in question—Melissa Towne, 37—had her bond set at $15 million on Monday. In an initial statement provided during a press conference, Sgt. Ben Beall of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office alleged Towne […]
A Texas cop who was previously reported to have been fired after shooting a teen in a McDonald’s parking lot has now been charged. Per a report from the Associated Press, 25-year-old James Brennand was still in custody as of Wednesday morning after turning himself in the prior evening. Brennand, who was fired last week, […]
Texas Pete Hot Sauce is facing a lawsuit over alleged false advertising, Fox affiliate WGHP reports. Los Angeles resident Phillip White has filed a class-action lawsuit against Texas Pete’s producers, North Carolina-based T.W. Garner Food Co., alleging that the condiment is actually made in North Carolina. According to the complaint, White bought a bottle of Texas Pete […]
A Dallas woman is dead after her friend opened fire following a pick-up basketball game. Fox 4 reports Asia Womack was killed Monday evening after playing basketball at T.G. Terry Park. According to her family, Womack won the game, at which point the shooter, who they say knew her, shot her five times as she walked home. Womack suffered […]
A shooting occurred in Uvalde, Texas on Thursday in Memorial Park, located in the city’s downtown, around 5:30 p.m. San Antonio-based KSAT reports that “authorities confirmed after 8:30 p.m. four suspects are now in custody.” The Uvalde Police Department issued a statement this evening confirming “two juveniles are being treated at San Antonio hospitals due to injuries sustained; their condition […]
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday that private insurance companies should not be required under Obamacare to cover HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, better known as PrEP. In his ruling, outlined by The Advocate, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor determined that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a law introduced in 1993 by current Senate Majority Leader […]
