Tag: Texas

US Permian Oil Production Forecast to Hit Record in November: EIA

NEW YORK—Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is forecast to rise by about 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.453 million bpd in November, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its productivity report on Monday. U.S. crude oil output in major…


Texas Officials Seize Over 336 Million ‘Lethal Doses’ of Fentanyl Since March, Enough to Kill Everyone in US

Law enforcement officers in Texas have seized over 342 million lethal doses of fentanyl since March 2021 as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star,” according to his office. Abbott, a Republican, said in a press release on Monday that the millions of lethal doses are enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States….


Texas Officials Seize Over 342 Million ‘Lethal Doses’ of Fentanyl Since March, Enough to Kill Everyone in US

Law enforcement officers in Texas have seized over 342 million lethal doses of fentanyl since March 2021 as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star,” according to his office. Abbott, a Republican, said in a press release on Monday that the millions of lethal doses are enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States….


LIVE NOW: US Congressional Debate in Texas Lamar County

The Lamar County Republican Party will host a U.S. Congressional debate at the Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas, on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Incumbent Pat Fallon will be debating Democrat Challenger Iro Omere. The Epoch Times will livestream the debate, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also…


US Congressional Debate in Texas Lamar County

The Lamar County Republican Party will host a U.S. Congressional debate at the Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas, on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Incumbent Pat Fallon will be debating Democrat Challenger Iro Omere. The Epoch Times will livestream the debate, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also…


LIVE at 8 PM ET: US Congressional Debate in Texas Lamar County

The Lamar County Republican Party will host a U.S. Congressional debate at the Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas, on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Incumbent Pat Fallon will be debating Democrat Challenger Iro Omere. The Epoch Times will livestream the debate, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Access the livestream on this page, and also…


America’s Fourth Largest City Is Named After Him. Who Was Sam Houston?

Gen. Sam Houston rested under an oak tree on the coastal plains of Texas near Buffalo Bayou, his left ankle shattered by a copper ball. He and his Texian army of 783 men had just defeated a Mexican army detachment of about 1,500 soldiers under the command of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, president…


Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Moves to Distance Pensions From Chinese Stocks

The largest public retirement system in Texas is moving to remove Chinese companies from the list of stocks it invests in as part of its pension fund for teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) gained approval last month to move forward with a new benchmark that proportionally mixes two emerging markets indexes, including…


Death Penalty Sought for Killer of Pregnant Texas Woman

NEW BOSTON, Texas—Prosecutors asked a Texas jury Wednesday to sentence a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman and stealing her unborn daughter from her womb. The appeal came as the penalty phase of Taylor Parker’s capital murder trial began for the October 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and theft of her unborn baby….


5 Members of Texas Family, Including Disabled Son, Sentenced for Attending Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

Five members of a Texas family were sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Parents, Dawn Marie Munn, 57, and Thomas Vincent Munn, 55, from Borger, Texas, brought four of their children, Kristi Marie Munn, 30, Joshua Munn, 25, Kayli Munn, 20 and another minor with them to the U.S. Capitol on Jan….