Texas secretly gives its citizens’ incomes to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Documents show this has led to at least one person being monitored by the feds without a warrant through the federal gun background check system. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) told The Epoch Times that it has written contracts with ATF for “sharing…
EXCLUSIVE: Texas Coordinates With ATF to Share Income of Residents for Warrantless Monitoring
Texas Freight Train Collision Injures 2, No Hazmat Onboard
April 17, 2023
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CHICO, Texas—A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on a siding around 7 p.m. Sunday in Chico, Texas, Union Pacific spokesperson Kristen South said in an email to The Associated Press. A…
FAA Gives OK for SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight From Texas
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the long-awaited license on Friday. SpaceX announced that Starship—the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket—could soar as soon as Monday. No people or satellites…
Texas Bill Seeks to Ban Critical Race Theory Propagation in Universities
April 15, 2023
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The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 16 (SB 16) that will ban the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) ideologies in higher education institutes—with penalties for faculty members who push the ideology. SB16, authored by Republican Senator Bryan Hughes, was passed 19–12 along party lines. “A faculty member of an institution of higher education…
Texas Residents Fearful as Massive Sinkhole Swallows Structures in Small Town
Researchers are monitoring a large sinkhole that appeared earlier this month in the small town of Daisetta, Texas. On April 2, the ground on the northwestern flank of the Hull salt dome began cracking and disappearing into a sinkhole. It is not the first time this town of about a thousand residents has experienced a…
Supreme Court Puts on Hold Ruling That Restricts Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court’s order that suspends the federal approval of mifepristone, the nation’s most widely used abortion drug. In a brief order (pdf) issued Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the high court halted the enforcement of a decision issued earlier this month by U.S. District Court Judge…
Texas County Votes Not to Close Libraries After Banned Books Return to Shelves
Officials in Llano County, Texas, have voted not to close the county’s library system after a federal judge last month ruled that dozens of books containing sexual and racial content be returned to shelves after they were banned. The Llano County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to remove an item from their agenda during an April 13 meeting considering…
US Criticizes China’s Death Sentence of ‘Wrongfully Detained’ American Citizen
The United States on Thursday expressed its “disappointment” over China’s decision to uphold a death sentence of an American man who had been “wrongfully detained” for over a decade on drug-related charges. Mark Swidan, a Houston resident, was detained on Nov. 13, 2012, while on a business trip to China. He was accused of being…
Possible Explosion Leaves Estimated 18,000 Cows Dead in Texas: Officials
As many as 18,000 dairy cows were killed and one person was critically injured during a possible explosion and fire in Texas, officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred at the Southfork Dairy Farms located in Dimmit, Texas, the Castro County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Officials say the cause of the fire is still under…
Woman Critically Injured in Massive Explosion at Dairy Farm in Texas Panhandle
One woman is critically injured and numerous cattle are dead from an explosion at a dairy farm in Castro County, Texas. The Castro County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls about a massive explosion at about 7:20 p.m. on the evening of April 10 at the South Fork Dairy Farm, located approximately 11 miles from the…
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