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Authorities have confirmed at least five people were killed and at least 21 others injured in a mass shooting Saturday in West Texas. The Midland Police Department said officers initially believed there were two shooters in separate vehicles—a small “gold/white” Toyota truck and a USPS postal van—in the Odessa and Midland area. Authorities have since announced a suspect was shot and […]
On August 5, police in Southlake, Texas received a call from a resident who claimed to see a group of men taking pictures with what they thought were real guns. Officers arrived to the scene with guns drawn and detained the four men. Soon after arriving, the cops realized it was all a false alarm. The men were actually shooting […]
Following the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso that left innocent people 20 dead, Mexico is considering legal action for what they are directly calling a terrorist attack. “The fact that Mexicans have lost their lives, forces us to take the corresponding legal actions with respect to arms,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said of […]
The seemingly endless flood of bad news can make a few short years feel like an eternity ago and it doesn’t help when top politicians start trotting out ’90s talking points in response to this weekend’s tragedies. But that’s just what House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is doing. The highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives […]
On Saturday, a gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas Walmart, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. Among those killed in the shooting, which was the first of two deadly mass shootings in less than 24 hours, was 25-year-old mother of three, Jordan Anchondo. As the Associated Press reports, her 19-year-old sister Leta […]
A teen whose hairstyle prevented him from working at his local Six Flags now has a promising career ahead of him. In March, 17-year-old Kerion Washington was turned away from working at the Six Flags Over Texas because he wears his hair in locs. “They told me I could cut my hair and come back, that it’s […]
At least 10 people are dead after a small passenger plane crashed into an empty airplane hangar in Addison, Texas on the morning of June 30. CBS reports that a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air lost an engine soon after take-off. The plane veered hard to its left and crashed into the hangar, bursting into […]
Whataburger is looking to expand. The family-owned Texas restaurant chain sold its majority ownership to BDT Capital Partners, a Chicago investment firm and are hoping the move will allow them to successfully expand. “Together, BDT and the Whataburger team will begin exploring expansion plans – while staying true to the brand it has been over the past 69 years,” […]
Johnny Manziel continues his rocky road to redemption as it appears that the quarterback is looking to play for Houston’s XFL franchise. ESPN reported that Johnny Football has “expressed interest” in being apart of the XFL’s Houston roster. While stopping by the annual TriStar collectors show on Saturday, Manziel spoke to several outlets about the […]
Fort Worth, Texas high school English teacher Georgia Clark has been fired from her job after sending out tweets asking for Donald Trump to aid in “investigating and removing the illegals,” BuzzFeed News reports. She was fired on Tuesday after the board of the Fort Worth Independent School District unanimously voted to terminate Clark’s contract. A Texas high school teacher who thought […]
