“Multiple” people were injured in an incident in Austin, Texas, early on Sunday, police said, adding that a suspect had been pronounced dead after an officer-involved shooting. The Austin Police Department released a statement urging people to avoid the area near the 600 block of Rio Grande Street. “The incident originated as a shoot/stab hotshot…
Losing a cell phone isn’t the sort of fright most people seek on Halloween, but that’s what happened to dozens of people in a bustling area of Austin. Over 100 phones suspected to have been stolen in downtown Austin over Halloween weekend have been recovered, the Austin Police Department announced Friday. The department is asking…
After a spate of vandalism reports involving graffiti at a few mosques in Texas and California, Muslim leaders there have stepped up existing efforts to keep their sacred spaces and community members safe. The incidents and subsequent hypervigilance add to what many American Muslims say has already been a charged climate amid the fallout in…