A salmonella outbreak caused by onions is expanding and has infected 640 people from 43 states. At least 85 of them have been hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. “If you don’t know where your onions are from, don’t eat, serve, or sell them or any food prepared with them,” the CDC
Continue Reading The U.S. topped 5 million cases of coronavirus early Sunday — and as experts have highlighted before, the true number of infections could be many times higher. The number means the country holds about a quarter of global cases of the virus and also tops the list with the most reported deaths in the world.
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in his own apartment — saying she thought it was her own residence — has appealed her sentence. Guyger was convicted of murder last October and is serving a 10-year prison sentence. Her defense team says there was
Continue Reading Eric Prescott Kay, a former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angels’ pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas said on Friday. Skaggs, 27, died on July 1, 2019, in a hotel in
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HOUSTON, Texas — Investigators say a church leader has admitted to raping a 9-year-old boy and may have additional victims due to his position, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Friday. According to Houston police, Jose Abel Mena, 60, turned himself in last month after detectives confronted him about allegations by the boy and his family. Mena,
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KTVT) — A Texas A&M research team says it has found evidence that pets living in “high-risk” households with people who have Covid-19 in Brazos County and the surrounding areas may also become infected with this virus. Since beginning their sampling of cats and dogs whose owners consented to their participation, the
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Back-to-school may look different for students this year, but parents can still save money on school supplies and other items during this weekend’s tax-free holiday in both Texas and New Mexico. The annual sales tax holiday began Friday in the two states and ends at midnight on Sunday. Most clothing and footwear costing less than
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whataburger could be pulling up to you very soon. The company is celebrating their 70th birthday with the launch of the Whataburger Food Truck, a state-of-the-art masterpiece in orange and white, ABC affiliate KXXV reports. “We wanted a way to connect even more with our communities and to introduce Whataburger to
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HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS — A central Texas man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier whose body was found beside a road four miles from where his burned sport utility vehicle was found. Brandon Michael Olivares, 28, of Killeen, was already booked into the Bell County Jail in Belton on an
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FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood, which the Army touts as the “the premier installation to train and deploy heavy forces,” has the most reported sexual assaults, sexual harassment and killings of any base in the military branch, Army secretary Ryan McCarthy said Thursday. McCarthy spoke at the post after meeting with civilian and military leadership as
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DALLAS, Texas — In a visit to Dallas Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott urged Texans to “get a flu vaccine” as early as possible. Abbott said it’s critical to prepare for the upcoming flu season amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, ABC affiliate WFAA reported. Abbott met with medical experts Thursday at the University of Texas Southwestern
Continue Reading JEFFERSON, Texas — Stacey Nagy’s husband, David, died two weeks ago from coronavirus complications. She grieved the loss of her longtime love. And then she fumed. In an incendiary obituary for her late husband, Nagy condemned the politicians and Texans whose response to the coronavirus and refusal to wear masks, she said, were responsible for
Continue Reading PLANO, Texas — A 43-year-old scientist and mother of two was found dead near a creek in Plano last weekend after going out for her regular morning run, police said. Sarmistha Sen had gotten up early for a run and at some point in time came across her attacker, according to Plano Police Department public
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HOUSTON, Texas — If you ask Michelle Gutierrez, there’s nothing more powerful than love and prayer — that’s why when her husband, David, who’s battling coronavirus, was put on a ventilator, she knew exactly what to do. Every day for the past two weeks, Michelle has been visiting her husband at St. Luke’s hospital in
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AUSTIN, Texas — Three people have been arrested for the murder of a beloved ice-cream vendor in Austin, according to ABC affiliate KXXV. Austin Police said Tuesday that three capital murder warrants for the robbery-shooting death of 68-year-old Adelaido Bernabe Urias were obtained. Charged in the death are Marquis Davis, Jermaine Jones and Devlon Wardy. Urias
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BELTON, Texas — U.S. Army officials said Tuesday that a Fort Hood soldier drowned at the same lake near the Texas base where another soldier’s body was found last month. The body of Spc. Francisco Gilberto Hernandezvargas, 24, was recovered Sunday after he went underwater while being pulled on an inner tube behind a motorboat on Stillhouse
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas man accused of threatening a mass shooting at Fort Hood in retaliation for the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier has been released on bond, jail records show. Mario Eloy Peña has been charged with a count of making terroristic threats, according to Bexar County jail records. An affidavit
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday visited a Texas Division of Emergency Management warehouse in San Antonio to receive an update on the state’s supply of personal protective equipment. He was joined by Nim Kidd, the chief of the state’s emergency management division, and Abbott gave brief remarks. Abbott said that the opening of
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Whataburger is celebrating its 70th anniversary and sharing the love with us all, ABC affiliate KSAT reports. The burger chain is offering a buy one, get one free burger deal from now through Sunday, according to its website. The offer is only redeemable by presenting the offer when ordering by opening the barcode
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EL PASO, Texas — With games against Texas Tech and Texas, UTEP’s football schedule for weeks has been hinging on the Big-12’s decision on whether or not they would allow non-conference games. UTEP didn’t get a definite answer, but step closer to one, when the Big-12 announced Monday night that they would be switching to
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will skip the scaled-down Republican National Convention later this month in North Carolina as his state continues to fight a surge in Covid-19 cases. Abbott detailed his decision to GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a letter obtained by ABC News. “It was an honor being selected to serve
Continue Reading KINGSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Navy’s first Black female tactical aircraft pilot, Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle, received her “wings of gold” on Friday, marking a historic milestone for naval aviation. Swegle was named a naval aviator and awarded her gold naval aviator wings with 25 classmates during a small ceremony at Naval Air Station Kingsville
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a meeting between Vanessa Guillen’s family members and President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, the president told them that they have his support and that he will personally help with funeral expenses. “If you need help with the funeral financially, I will help,” the president told the family
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Army on Thursday named the five members of the independent panel that will soon review the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, Texas, in the wake of Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s murder and her family’s claims that she was too intimidated to report allegations of sexual harassment by a fellow
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Coronavirus cases in Texas have risen to more than 418,00, putting the state at a higher case count than New York. Once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, New York now ranks fourth in total case count behind California, Florida and Texas, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Medical teams on
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MIDLAND, Texas — President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at “crazy left radical Democrats” on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West Texas, launching unsubstantiated claims that a Democratic administration would destroy everything from the country’s suburbs to the U.S. energy industry. Trump, speaking in front of stacked oil barrels, also played down
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas passed a grim milestone of more than 6,000 deaths caused by the coronavirus, with 313 newly-reported fatalities Wednesday. It came as El Paso recorded its second-deadliest reported day of the pandemic with 13 additional fatalities to raise the county’s death toll to 252. The stark figures pushed Texas’ death total to
Continue Reading Rolando and Yolanda Garcia were doing everything they could to protect themselves from the coronavirus. They rarely ventured out of their home in the Rio Grande Valley. One of their children described them as “retired home bodies.” After the Memorial Day weekend, more businesses started reopening and more people started venturing out in larger numbers.
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AUSTIN, Texas — In an advisory opinion issued Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said only local school districts – and not the local health authorities – can order school closings due to the potential for coronavirus outbreaks. “While playing an important role in protecting the health of school children and employees, local health authorities
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A witness to the deadly shooting at an Austin Black Lives Matter protest said the shooter was not defending against violence — but was initiating it. The driver accused of shooting Garrett Foster “intentionally and aggressively accelerated their vehicle into a crowd of people” before shots rang out, James Sasinowski said. “I want to be
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