Tag: Texas

3 Dallas Air-Show Collision Victims Identified, Investigation Underway

At least three people who died over the weekend when two World War II-era planes collided mid-air during an air show in Dallas, Texas, have been identified. Keller Mayor Armin Mizani said in a statement that Terry Barker, a former city councilman and U.S. Army Veteran, was one of the six people killed when a…


Boeing B-17 Crashes With Fighter Aircraft Mid-Air in Texas

Two planes crashed mid-air during a Dallas air show. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed around 1:32 p.m. local time at the Dallas Executive Airport, KXAS-TV reported. Dallas Fire-Rescue reported an Alert 3 incident that happened at 5300 Challenger Dr. in Dallas where the airport is located. A…


Texas Gov. Abbott Says 300th Bus of Immigrants Has Been Sent to Democrat-Run State

Texas has now sent around 300 buses of immigrants to predominantly Democrat-run areas of the country in an effort to deal with an influx of illegal aliens at the southern border. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the latest transportation of illegal immigrants to so-called “sanctuary” cities on Twitter on Nov. 11. “The 300th Texas bus of migrants just…


Texas Judge Strikes Down Biden’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that would cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt for Americans was struck down by a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, said in a 26-page ruling (pdf) that the plan is “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Against Identify Theft Conviction in Medicaid Fraud Case

The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 10 to hear the appeal of a Texas man convicted of health care fraud who argues that he was unjustly separately convicted under a federal aggravated identity theft law because a form he filed contained a patient’s name. The granting of the single petition on Nov. 10 was unexpected. The…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Against Identity Theft Conviction in Medicaid Fraud Case

The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 10 to hear the appeal of a Texas man convicted of health care fraud who argues that he was unjustly separately convicted under a federal aggravated identity theft law because a form he filed contained a patient’s name. The granting of the single petition on Nov. 10 was unexpected. The…


Texas Woman Gets Death for Killing Woman to Take Unborn Baby

NEW BOSTON, Texas—A Texas jury sentenced a woman to death Wednesday for killing a pregnant woman she knew to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with the sentence for Taylor Parker, 29, after deliberating for just over an hour, the Texarkana Gazette reported. The same Bowie County jury convicted Parker on Oct. 3 of capital…


Biden Administration Defends Racially Discriminatory Adoption Law at Supreme Court

A federal law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children is discriminatory and unconstitutional and should be struck down, parents told the Supreme Court on Nov. 9. The Biden administration supported the federal law at the court sitting, while a lawyer representing Texas argued the federal law filled with racial-preference standards is…


Texas to Execute Man for Killing Mother Nearly 20 Years Ago

HOUSTON—A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness is set to be executed Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was sentenced to…


Republican Greg Abbott Defeats Beto O’Rourke in Texas Governor’s Race

Republican Governor Greg Abbott has beaten Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in the race for Texas governor and is set to serve a third term in office. Decision Desk HQ called the election for Abbott at 9:23 p.m. Central time. The Associated Press also called the race for Abbott. Abbott wrote on Twitter late on Tuesday that Texans have…