Tag: Texas

US Probe Finds No Evidence of Tesla Autopilot Use in 2021 Texas Crash

WASHINGTON—A U.S. safety board said Wednesday found no evidence a Tesla Model S was operating on Autopilot during an April 2021 fatal crash, saying the probable cause was the driver’s speeding, alcohol impairment, and failure to control the vehicle. Shortly after the accident in Spring, Texas, local police said they believed the crash occurred with…


Not All Texas GOP Lawmakers Are Pushing to Stop ‘Woke’ Ideology on Campus

News Analysis Race-based discrimination targeting whites and anti-American political theories embedded in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices and classes are common at major Texas universities. Now, some conservative lawmakers in one of the reddest states in the nation say they want to stop it. But Republicans seem to have varying levels of resolve on…


Texas Executes Inmate for Fatally Shooting 3 Teens in 1998

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago was executed on Wednesday, the sixth inmate to be put to death in the U.S. this year and the second in as many days. John Balentine, 54, received a lethal injection at the state…


LIVE NOW: Illegal Immigrant Trespassing Court Hearings in Texas

Watch Texas’s Operation Lone Star trespassing court hearings in Kinney County, Texas, with 18 illegal immigrant defendants on the docket at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 9. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


‘Equity Is Not Equality,’ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Office Says

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s office warned state agencies and public university leaders that hiring for any reason other than merit is against the law. “Federal and state law forbid discrimination against a current or prospective employer because of that person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or military service,” Abbott’s Chief of…


North Texas Couple Charged With Distributing Fentanyl That Led to 3 Teen Deaths, Multiple Poisonings

A North Texas couple is accused of running a fentanyl ring linked to three student deaths and at least six hospitalizations. On Friday, Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, were arrested at a Carrollton home where they allegedly sold fentanyl-laced pills to eight R.L. Turner High School students between 14 and 16…


LIVE 12 PM ET: NTD News Today (Feb. 8): Texas Fights Guidance on Abortion Pills; Musk Names ‘Worst Offender’ in Government Censorship

Texas is suing the Biden administration. The Lone Star state says federal guidance forces pharmacies to dispense abortion-inducing drugs. Twitter owner Elon Musk on Feb. 6 named an agency called the GEC as the worst offender in alleged government censorship. The agency says it aims to combat disinformation. In his State of the Union address, President Biden…


Texas Man Jailed in Dallas Monkey Case Says He’d Do It Again

DALLAS—A 24-year-old man now linked to an unusual string of crimes that kept the Dallas Zoo on the lookout for missing animals told police that after he swiped two monkeys from their enclosure, he took them onto the city’s light rail system to make his getaway, court records show. Davion Irvin also said he loves…


Texas Sues Biden Admin Over ‘Pharmacy Mandate’ to Dispense Abortion Drugs

Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Tuesday to block federal health guidance that allegedly forces pharmacies to dispense abortion-inducing drugs. The Biden administration in July 2022 released guidance requiring pharmacies to supply women with abortion-inducing drugs or risk losing Medicaid and Medicare funds, even if certain state laws prohibit the procedure. Texas argues…


Texas Power Cuts Could Last Till Sunday, Nearly 12,000 Affected

Thousands of Texas citizens are waiting for their power to return after last week’s winter weather disruptions, with a major energy company warning that the wait could last until the end of this weekend. On Friday, over 350,000 Texans were without power as the sleet and freezing rain from an ice storm weighed down on…