(This story has been refiled to remove an incorrect image) (Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers in Texas said on Sunday they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, a move sought to protect the Republicans’ narrow U.S. House majority in next year’s midterm elections. President Donald Trump…
This story previously aired on Aug. 27, 2022. More than three decades ago, four teenage girls were brutally murdered in an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas. The horrific crime has haunted their families, the city, and the investigators who chased every lead in the case to a dead end. Could new…
AMARILLO, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) – Governor Greg Abbott today ceremonially signed Senate Bill 2420 and House Bill 1481 into law to create phone-free learning environments in classrooms and protect the safety and online privacy of Texas children. “Educators and researchers have raised concerns about the impact that smartphones have on student learning and student engagement,”…
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Kerr County’s emergency manager testified at a hearing Thursday that he was sick and asleep when the deadly flash floods hit Central Texas on July 4, killing at least 135 people. William B. Thomas IV, who has been serving as Kerr County emergency management coordinator since 2015, said at the start of a hearing held…
A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as mating season begins. The secretive spiders are rarely seen – except during mating season. The hairy arachnids that are the size of a baseball will be spotted in the following states: California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and…
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…
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Lambs born after rescue from Texas disease threat Bighorn lambs spotted after rescue from disease threat that decimated Texas herds 02:00 Bighorn sheep have become a rarity in Texas, but a group of wildlife biologists are on a mission to rescue the species. About 50% of the state’s bighorn sheep population was decimated in the…
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, plunged into chaos on July 24, 2025, as a global network outage left users in Canada’s North, the US, UK, India, and beyond without connectivity. Photo : iStock Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, plunged into chaos on July 24, 2025, as a global network outage left users in Canada’s North,…