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Brandy Bottone is fighting another traffic ticket. The 34-year-old Texas resident made headlines this summer after she was cited for driving alone in an HOV lane reserved for vehicles with at least two occupants. Bottone told the officer she did not violate any laws, because her unborn child counted as a living person and was, therefore, entitled to […]
The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday it had confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in the state. As CBS News and others have since pointed out, this indeed marks the first official confirmation of a person with monkeypox having died amid an outbreak declared to be a public […]
Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation held a back-to-school event this weekend benefiting local teachers in the Houston area. Per a press release, the Cactus Jack Back-to-School Drive was held on Sunday at the Lakeshore Learning Store in Houston and resulted in 1,000 educators from the Houston Independent School District receiving a free tote bag filled […]
Three victims are dead after a man set fire to a rental property in Houston and then opened fire as they tried to escape, police said on Sunday. Per a report from regional outlet KHOU 11, the suspect was ultimately shot and killed by a responding police officer who has now been placed on administrative […]
Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was fired in a unanimous vote on Wednesday night. The school board came to the choice during a closed session meeting in which 50-year-old Arredondo did not take part due to his disagreement with the decision-making and having received death threats, CNN reports. His lawyer George Hyde shared a […]
A severe drought that dried up a Texas river exposed dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago. CNN reports experts recently discovered the fossilized tracks in Dinosaur Valley State Park near Fort Worth, Texas. Scientists believe the tracks belong to the Acrocanthosaurus, a 15-foot tall creature that weighed about seven tons as an adult. “Most tracks that have recently been […]
A Texas man was arrested this week for allegedly killing his father-in-law with multiple headbutts. According to the Star-Telegram, 38-year-old John Birdwell was taken into custody Thursday, just days after he physically attacked 66-year-old Robert Bearden. Authorities say the incident took place on Aug. 12 at Woody’s Tavern in Fort Worth, where Bearden confronted Birdwell about his refusal to […]
Dallas rapper Trapboy Freddy was arrested this week on a weapons charge, with police discovering a tiger cub locked up inside of his home. Fox 4 reports Dallas police arrested the rapper on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. While serving a warrant at Trapboy Freddy’s home, law enforcement found a tiger […]
A Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for brutally attacking an Asian family he had blamed for the COVID pandemic. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 21-year-old Jose Gomez III confronted the Burmese family at a Sam’s Club on March 14, 2020, just a day after then-President Donald Trump declared the coronavirus […]
The Uvalde City Council has claimed that “every single officer” from the city who was involved in the widely criticized response to the Robb Elementary School shooting will be investigated. This claim, as first spotted by CNN, was made by councilman Ernest “Chip” King III during a lengthy meeting held on Tuesday. Among the items […]
