Tag: Texas

Texas Top Cop Refuses to Resign Despite Call By Uvalde School Massacre Families

Families of slain children in Uvalde called for the resignation of Texas’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steve McCraw during a public meeting in Austin on Oct. 27. Citing the abject failure of the department’s response to the school massacre on May 24 and the ensuing confusion caused by McCraw’s “misinformation after misinformation” during…


Texas Lawmaker, Parents Battle School District Over Sexual Content in Libraries

A Texas state representative and local parents say they’ve battled mostly “woke” school board trustees for almost a year to remove sexually explicit books from their city’s school libraries. “It’s been a very long story and a very big fight,” State Rep. Jared Patterson, a Republican from Frisco, told The Epoch Times. Patterson said he…


Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Texas Deputy

HOUSTON—A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for the fatal 2019 shooting of a law enforcement officer in Texas. A Harris County jury deliberated for about 35 minutes before returning the death sentence for Robert Solis, 50, after convicting him of capital murder on Oct. 17 in Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal’s killing. According to trial evidence,…


Illegal Border Crossings Spike in El Paso; Mayor Says White House Asked Him Not to Declare Disaster

Border Patrol agents in the El Paso area have apprehended more than 38,500 illegal immigrants in the 21 days since Oct. 1—averaging almost 13,000 per week, according to provisional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by The Epoch Times. In January, agents in El Paso arrested an average of 4,500 per week. As with…


Texas Jobs Surge: September Breaks Record for Total Jobs Added in 11 Consecutive Months

Texas once again led the U.S. in job creation over the past 12 months, breaking the state’s all-time record for total jobs for the 11th month in a row, according to new data reported by the Texas Workforce Commission. Texas employers added 40,000 new nonfarm jobs in September, more than double the number they added…


Texas Rejects New CDC Recommendation to Mandate the COVID Shot to School Children

The entity that determines the vaccination schedule for children in Texas was quick to adjust its website on Oct. 20, hours after advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the children’s immunization schedule. After a state representative expressed his concern, the Texas Department…


Police: Boyfriend at Texas Hospital for Baby’s Birth Kills 2

DALLAS—A man fatally shot two Dallas hospital employees over the weekend, opening fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity, authorities said. Jacqueline Pokuaa, a 45-year-old social worker, and Katie Annette Flowers, a 63-year-old nurse, were killed in Saturday’s shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, according to police and hospital officials….


UK’s Next Prime Minister Selected; Group Protests at ‘Kid-Friendly’ Pride Events | NTD News Today

The British Conservative Party announced today its next leader will be Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the Exchequer. He is on track to become Britain’s third leader in seven weeks. The state of Texas has become a hotbed for heated conflicts relating to the LGBTQ community and children; diverging political ideologies; and other cultural differences. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi may be…


Verstappen Wins US Grand Prix as Red Bull Take Constructors’ Crown

Max Verstappen fought back from a slow pitstop to win the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday as his Red Bull team clinched the Formula One constructors’ title a day after the death of billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz. The title, clinched with three races to spare, ended an eight-year streak by Mercedes who have…


Official: Dallas Shooter Was Attending Birth at Hospital

DALLAS — The 30-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of two Dallas hospital employees was on parole and had been given permission to be at the medical facility for the birth of a child, a Texas prison official said Sunday. Nestor Hernandez was granted leave to be with his “significant other”…