Texas authorities and the FBI are investigating after the Manor Independent School District lost about $2.3 million in a phishing email scam, the school system said in a news release. There were three separate fraudulent transactions throughout the scam, that all took place in November, Manor Police Department Det. Anne Lopez told CNN affiliate KEYE.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott’s announcement could have major implications for refugees coming to the United States. Texas has large refugee populations in several of its cities
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EL PASO, Teasx — The number of people arrested or stopped entering the United States on the Mexico border fell for a seventh straight month in December, with Mexicans outpacing Central Americans among the detainees, authorities said Thursday. The tally helps explain why the U.S. has turned more attention to Mexican asylum-seekers as President Donald
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EL PASO, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety heard public testimony Thursday at UTEP from people directly impacted by the mass shooting that occurred in El Paso on Aug. 3 as they looked to try to prevent future incidents. At the hearing, doctors also spoke to
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DALLAS, Texas — Vaping-related lung injuries have caused 57 confirmed deaths in 27 states and the District of Columbia, including the youngest victim yet at 15 years old, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The numbers, current as of January 7, include a total of 2,602 people hospitalized for lung
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Yolanda Carr sobbed from her hospital bed after a Texas grand jury indicted a former Fort Worth police officer who shot her daughter, Atatiana Jefferson, in her home. “Thank you, Jesus. Even though I know we have a long way to go, at least we got the charge on him,” Carr
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A west Texas man accused of putting his girlfriend’s 10-month-old daughter in a backpack and leaving her in a car trunk for five hours was charged Wednesday with capital murder. Trevor Marquis Rowe of Lubbock was arrested Tuesday night for the death of Marion Jester-Montoya. He was jailed in Lubbock County
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HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — An off-duty Houston police officer shot a would-be robber who was robbing a customer service clerk at gunpoint in a suburban Walmart department store on Wednesday, officials said. The incident happened about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the store just outside Humble, 14 miles (23 kilometers) northeast of Houston. A Harris County
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FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy didn’t take long before mentioning that his Super Bowl title came at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The former Green Bay coach then quickly added that he was ready to win his next championship with the Cowboys, who are going on 25 years since their previous trip to football’s
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is warning Texans to be “particularly vigilant” over potential cyber-terrorism from Iran, suggesting that heightened tensions with the country have caused an increase in attempted attacks on state agencies. “This is something that everybody in the state of Texas needs to be concerned, prepared and be able to address,” Abbott said
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DALLAS, Texas — The 24th season of “The Bachelor” premiered on Monday night with a “blockbuster three-hour special” on ABC. And it truly was a blockbuster — last season’s Bachelorette Hannah Brown even made two appearances, sending the entire group reeling with a bit of a bombshell at the end of the premiere. But eight
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EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation is working on several projects this year to improve El Paso roads and freeways. One of the largest projects in the works is the I-10 Connect Project, a multi-year project that will continue throughout 2020. The project includes building ramps over I-10 where it intersects with
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Former Obama administration housing chief Julián Castro is endorsing Elizabeth Warren’s presidential bid, saying the Massachusetts senator is “the most qualified, best-equipped candidate to win the nomination” and defeat President Donald Trump. In a video posted Monday featuring the two former 2020 White House rivals, Castro tells Warren, “No one
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HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide. The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely. A memo published Monday
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DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys didn’t take long to settle on Mike McCarthy as their coach after waiting a week to announce they were moving on from Jason Garrett. McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl at the home of the Cowboys nine years ago as Green Bay’s coach, has agreed to become the ninth
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jason Garrett will not return as Dallas Cowboys head coach after missing the playoffs with an underachieving team in a make-or-break season. The Cowboys made it official Sunday. Garrett had the second-longest tenure with the franchise at 9½ seasons behind Tom Landry’s 29 years. Garrett took over when Wade Phillips was fired
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(Editor’s note: Above is a video released by Dallas police of the little boy who was killed.) DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Authorities believe a shooting early Sunday that killed a 1-year-old boy and wounded his uncle in a home in Dallas was a targeted attack. Detectives were trying to figure out who, or what, inside
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas man has been charged with the murder of a woman he’d proposed to just days earlier, her family says. Kendrick Marquette Akins, 39, made Dominic Jefferson his fiancée on New Year’s Eve after three months of dating, her family told ABC affiliate KTRK. Just days later, on Saturday, he allegedly
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VAN HORN, Texas — Four hundred pounds of marijuana being hauled into the U.S. for the New Year was seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Van Horn, officials said Friday. Agents acting on a tip about a half-dozen people who appeared to have entered illegally from Mexico discovered the drugs in the early morning
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EL PASO, Texas — Two of the 100 worst congested roads in Texas are located here in El Paso. According to the annual study released by the Texas A&M transportation institute, some of the heaviest El Paso commute congestion is on Mesa Street between Executive Center Blvd. and downtown. There’s an average five minute delay
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EL PASO, Texas — A new state law aims to hold faculty and staff on Texas college campuses accountable, if they don’t report certain forms of harassment or misconduct against students. Texas Senate Bill 212 took effect this week. SB212 includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. Things that some students say are
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EL PASO, Texas – Two of the largest and most notable office towers in downtown El Paso have been sold to an investment firm that is expanding its holdings in west Texas, officials said Friday. One San Jacinto Plaza, formerly the the Chase bank building, and the Wells Fargo Plaza were acquired by Franklin Mountain
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Jason Garrett’s time with the Dallas Cowboys is about to be over, ESPN reported Thursday night. ESPN quoted a source saying that after showing an “abundance of care and respect,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had decided that Garrett’s coaching tenure with the organization is done. Garrett’s contract expires Jan. 14 and his future with
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Julián Castro has ended his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, capping a nearly yearlong bid during which he distinguished himself as a progressive crusader but never found the polling or fundraising support to gain wide appeal. “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together,” Castro said in an almost
Continue Reading Ethan Couch, known for his “affluenza” defense in his deadly drunk driving case, was arrested Thursday in Texas, accused of violating his probation again, officials said. Couch, 22, is accused of testing positive for THC on a drug patch, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported, citing court records. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the primary psychoactive component
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pain and that her condition will never improve. Trinity Lewis had asked Judge Sandee Bryan Marion to
Continue Reading A 61-year-old Texas woman celebrating New Year’s Eve was apparently killed by celebratory gunfire in Houston, authorities said Wednesday. The woman’s family and friends were discharging fireworks when she “suddenly called out that she had been shot,” the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s
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TORNILLO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies responded to a single vehicle accident earlier this morning in the lower valley. The accident happened at approximately 5:00 am at the 23000 block of Alameda Avenue. Investigators found that a male driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree. The driver
Continue Reading Texas officials are hailing Texas’ gun laws, which allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons in places of worship, for saving hundreds of lives during a shooting at a Texas church Sunday. Officials say Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, shot and killed two people inside the West Freeway Church of Christ. Seconds later he was
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – At least one person was killed in a northeast El Paso crash on Saturday night, police confirmed. According to the department, the crash happened on U.S. 54 northbound near Stan Roberts Sr Ave, just south of the New Mexico-Texas border. Two vehicles were involved in the crash. Police say that driving
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