EL PASO, Texas — White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 42 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth-deadliest year for violence by all domestic extremists since 1970, according to a report issued Wednesday by a group that fights anti-semitism. The Anti-Defamation League counted a total of 42 domestic extremism-related slayings last
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DALLAS, Texas — A demolition company was hired to tear down a house last week in Dallas, but it mistakenly tore down a different home on the same street, according to CNN affiliate KTVT. Jeremy Wenninger inherited the 97-year-old house in a historic neighborhood when his friend, Mary Ann, died several years ago, according to
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DALLAS, Texas (WFAA) — Another day, another bit of progress made on taking down the ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas.’ But as day three of the demolition process continued Wednesday, the question remained: How long will it actually take crews to bring down the core shaft of an 11-story building that was supposed to have imploded more than
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EL PASO, Texas — A year after asylum-seekers and other migrants overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities at the southern border, the Border Patrol is opening a processing facility in northeast El Paso that officials say could help it better care for detainees following outcry last year over young children and adults held in squalid, crowded conditions.
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MESQUITE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday evening for an 8-month-old Texas girl whom police said was abducted. The girl, Nyla Crockett, was last seen in Mesquite on Feb. 21, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. She was described as black with brown hair and brown eyes. Police were searching for
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — The “Leaning Tower of Dallas,” a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured hundreds of blows from a wrecking ball Monday. Dozens of people gathered northeast of the Texas city’s downtown to watch as a crane was used to batter the former Affiliated Computer Services building.But
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Hemp Growers put together a class for farmers to learn how to grow and use hemp. The association is made up of farmers, processors, and retailers. The class went through the process of growing hemp and cultivating the plant that has many purposes including medicinal ones with Cannabidiol or CBD.
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EL PASO, Texas — Two former NFL players were walking free on bond Friday after federal agents said they caught them with over 150 pounds of marijuana at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint. A federal judge in El Paso granted bond Friday to former Cleveland Browns starting offensive tackle Greg Robinson and former Indianapolis Colts wide
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CONCORD, New Hampshire — Officials have released an updated digital facial reconstruction for an unidentified girl whose decomposed body was found in a barrel near a New Hampshire state park years ago. The girl was one of four victims found in two barrels near the park in Allenstown in 1985 and 2000. Three of them,
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EL PASO, Texas — Federal authorities are targeting methamphetamine “transportation hubs” around the country in an effort to block the distribution of the highly addictive drug, officials announced Thursday. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon announced the launch of Operation Crystal Shield. El Paso is one of eight cities the agency has identified
Continue Reading SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested and jailed in El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol agents found 157 pounds of marijuana in a car at a checkpoint, officials said Thursday. Robinson, 27, and Jaquan Bray, 26, were charged in a federal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
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AUSTIN, Texas — A narrow majority of Texas voters said the state should accept refugees from other countries who have gone through a security clearance process, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. At the same time, 38% of the state’s voters said the U.S. allows too many people to immigrate into the
Continue Reading Ten years before Ken Starr joined President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, he was named president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It was a new role for Starr, a hard-charging prosecutor known for his work that led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s. He didn’t have a lot of experience running a
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DALLAS< Texas — Everytown for Gun Safety announced Wednesday that it is pouring $8 million into Texas to elect “gun sense” candidates, the gun-control group’s largest election effort ever in the state. “We believe Texas can be the next emerging battleground with gun safety as a tipping point,” Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action,
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who served time for his involvement in the 1997 killing of a New Hampshire police officer and disappeared after being paroled has been found in Texas, the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday. Kevin Paul, 41, was paroled in September and last had contact with his parole officer on Feb.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KOAT) — Attention Selena fans, a tribute concert is officially in the works celebrating the late Tejano icon. Selena XXV-Veinticinco Años has been announced by Q Productions. The one day concert will be held May 9 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. There will be performances by Pitbull, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, A.B. Quintanilla
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AUSTIN, Texas — A driver has been arrested after police said he fatally struck a pedestrian in Austin, kept driving for about half a mile with the “mangled corpse” in the car and then went to a beer garden. Paul Joseph Garcia Jr., 24, remained in jail on charges of intoxication manslaughter and accident involving
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AUSTIN, Texas — Grasshoppers of the green and brown varieties are extremely common in Texas. But did you know grasshoppers can also be pink? On Sunday, Allison Barger sent ABC affiliate KVUE photos of an extremely rare pink grasshopper that her 3-year-old son, Brooks, found in their garden in southwest Austin. According to National Geographic,
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Fire and rescue officials converged on the scene of a ruptured gas line in Texas that shot 150-foot flames into the air Monday morning, Corpus Christi Deputy Fire Chief Richie Quintero said. After about 30 minutes, the fire was extinguished and the shelter in place advisory lifted, according to Assistant Fire
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DALLAS, Texas — Texans have dubbed a high-rise office building the “Leaning Tower of Dallas” after it failed to come down during an implosion on Sunday. The strategically placed explosives went off without a hitch. Each side of the 11-story building on the corner of North Central Expressway and Haskell Avenue came crashing down. But
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas — Dozens of west Texas first responders honored a fallen brother Saturday – the chief of the Fort Hancock Fire Department in Hudspeth County. “Sometimes we respond to calls and we don’t know if we’re going to make it home,” said David Huitron with the San Elizario Fire Department. On Wednesday night,
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EL PASO, Texas — Two candidates are vying for the Texas House District 76 seat: Former city representative Claudia Ordaz-Perez and Elisa Tamayo. House district 76 covers east-central and south-central El Paso, including the Lower Valley and Cielo Vista. No one from the Republican party is running for that seat, meaning the winner of the
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AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has doubled his support among Democratic voters in Texas and now leads the race for that party’s presidential nomination in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Sanders had the support of 24% of the self-identified Democratic primary voters in the poll, up from 12%
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KATY, Texas — Some junior high students in Texas were hurt after a cell phone battery exploded on Friday. A Katy Independent School District spokesperson said it happened at Mayde Creek Junior High. A dozen students were taken to hospitals for treatment, with most suffering smoke inhalation. Officials said their injuries were not serious. It was
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MONTE ALTO, Texas — A Texas man accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a video on Facebook told deputies that he was acting “out of boredom,” a sheriff said. Claudio Gomez, 21, of Monte Alto, Texas, was being held Friday in the Hidalgo County Jail, charged with
Continue Reading Some people just want to watch the world burn. But only a mad few decide to light the blaze themselves. Enter Anna Calcaterra, the 16-year-old daughter of NBC Sports reporter Craig Calcaterra and, apparently, an aspiring cartographer. We know that because Calcaterra found a map his daughter made on her desk on Wednesday afternoon and
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NEEDVILLE, Texas — An 18-year-old from Needville has quite the fish tale! Jack Pytel shared photos of his big catch – a 190-pound, 7’5″ alligator gar. He said he was in a creek near the Brazos River on Feb. 1 when he hooked the giant fish. Thirty minutes later, he hauled it in. Pytel said
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BARSTOW, Texas — An El Paso man has been killed in a car crash near Barstow. The Texas Department of Public Safety says 37-year-old Horacio Acosta-Ramirez died in the head-on crash earlier this week. DPS says he was traveling westbound on business Interstate 20 in Ward County when the driver of another vehicle fell asleep,
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. officials on Thursday announced the country’s 15th confirmed case of the new coronavirus — an evacuee from China who had been under quarantine in Texas. The patient, who had been flown to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio last week, is now in isolation at a hospital and was
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas — The fire chief in the Hudspeth County community of Fort Hancock was killed Wednesday night in a rollover crash involving a firetruck along Highway 20, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Officials said 71-year-old Manuel Galindo Jr. was driving the firetruck on the eastbound highway when it veered off
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