Category: Texas

Texas DPS Discovers 2 Abandoned Minors From Guatemala Along Rio Grande River

Two abandoned unaccompanied minors from Guatemala were discovered by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials near the Texas border on July 3. The two minors, aged 8 and 11, told troopers they were abandoned by a female adult along the edge of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez…


Police Release Video of Officer Killing Gunman and Ending Mass Shooting at Texas Mall

ALLEN, Texas—Police have released video footage of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video details the final moments of Mauricio Garcia, 33, after he unleashed a rain of bullets from a rifle at…


Mosquitoes Test Positive for Malaria After Locally-Acquired Cases in Florida and Texas

Mosquitoes have tested positive for malaria after the first local spread of the disease in the United States in 20 years. Three mosquitoes in Florida tested positive for the parasite that causes malaria, Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services told news outlets. The mosquitoes were sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for…


Suspected Gunman in Texas Shooting That Killed 5 Neighbors Indicted on Capital Murder Charge

CLEVELAND, Texas—A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire was keeping a baby awake was indicted Friday for capital murder of multiple persons, which allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Prosecutors said they do not yet know whether they will seek the death penalty against Francisco…


Texas Pastor Pleads Guilty to Enhanced Charge of Having Child Pornography

A Texas pastor recently pleaded guilty to an enhanced charge of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Texas announced on Thursday. David Lloyd Walther, 57, a Georgetown resident, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Austin on June 27 to “knowingly” having “searched for, downloaded, distributed and possessed child…


Rapper Travis Scott Will Not Face Criminal Charges in Deadly Crowd Surge at Texas Festival

HOUSTON—A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms or even breathe, his attorney and prosecutors said Thursday. Lawyer Kent Schaffer confirmed that the Harris County…


Judge Orders Texas Department of Public Safety to Release Uvalde School Shooting Documents

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) must soon begin releasing public records related to law enforcement’s response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a district court judge in Austin ruled on June 29. Judge Daniella Deseta Lyttle agreed with a request made by a string of media outlets, including CNN, CBS,…


Florida Issues Statewide Emergency Malaria Alert

The Florida Department of Health issued a statewide alert after four people in Sarasota contracted malaria in locally transmitted cases, coming a day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a similar notice for Florida and Texas. “All individuals have been treated and have recovered. Malaria is transmitted through infected mosquitoes,” said Florida’s Department…


Governor Abbott Calls Second Special Session Over Property Tax Reductions

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered lawmakers back to work for a second special session after they failed to pass legislation to reduce property taxes. “I called another special session to deliver on our promise to provide the largest property tax cut in Texas history. Hardworking Texans deserve lasting property tax cuts. When the House [and]…


71 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Sent to Republican Congressional Districts by NGOs: Study | facts Matter

According to a deep dive investigation, there is a massive network of different organizations, NGOs, and religious centers that take illegal immigrants from the U.S. southern border and transport them to the interior of the United States—with the vast majority of these illegal immigrants winding up in Republican congressional districts. And according to the most recent…