Andi Babineau, CNN The man who sold a semi-automatic weapon that was later used to take hostages in a Texas synagogue in January has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams, 32, admitted Thursday to being
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Joe Sutton and Rebekah Riess, CNN At least six migrants were killed and 10 others have been found in three separate human smuggling incidents in Texas in the past 24 hours, authorities said. Four migrants were killed and three people critically injured Thursday during a highway chase and crash in Encinal, Texas,
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN A Supreme Court ruling Thursday could shape what we see going forward along the US-Mexico border. In a 5-4 ruling, justices found that immigration law gives the Biden administration discretion to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced some migrants to wait in Mexico while their immigration cases were
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Sound Dollar investigated the average auto loan balances of people in Texas using data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a briefing to address updates on border security Wednesday. Abbott stressed in the briefing that Texas would be stepping up the state’s efforts on border security, which he says the Biden Administration is not doing enough to address. The Governor said that Texas would be adding
Continue Reading By Virginia Langmaid, Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN During the 2020-2021 school year, there were 93 school shootings in the United States — a high not seen in 20 years, according to federal data cited in a report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Of those 93 shootings, 43 resulted in fatalities while
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a 19 year-old-man was repeatedly stabbed during a home invasion that happened last Sunday night. It happened around 10:00 P.M. on the 3500 block of Oxcart Run, in east El Paso. According to El Paso Crimes Against Persons Detectives, three masked individuals entered the house and stabbed
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The owner of a trucking company in south Texas says their United States Department of Transportation identifying number was cloned on the truck carrying a trailer of 50 dead migrants in San Antonio. Felipe Betancourt, the owner of Betancourt Trucking and Harvesting, told San Antonio Express-News that although the truck involved
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson, Brad Parks and Holly Yan, CNN A grandmother who was shot by her grandson before he killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school has been released from a hospital. University Health in San Antonio said a 66-year-old patient injured the day of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in
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By PAUL J. WEBER, JUAN LOZANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the
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SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 46 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, local officials in San Antonio said on Monday evening. “This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said
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HealthMatch compiled data on breast and cervical cancer screening rates in Texas using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Stacker investigated the number of LGBT people who have children in Texas using data from the Williams Institute.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Fire Department Water Rescue team members responded to a report of a body found in the water at Paisano and Executive. One male body, between 20-30 years old, was recovered and the scene was turned over to law enforcement for investigation purposes.
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EL PASO, Texas – A United States district judge has set the date for the jury selection for the Patrick Crusius trial. The trial will follow immediately after the jury selection. Judge Guaderrama announced the selection and the trial will take place on January 8, 2024 at the El Paso Federal Courthouse. Crusius and his
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In the same decision that overruled Roe, the U.S. Supreme Court was clear that the constitutional right to access contraceptives remains untouched — though one justice said he would welcome challenges to that right. What protects the right to contraceptives? The 1965 Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut established that married couples have a right
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding the driver that fled on foot from a fatal motor vehicle crash earlier this month. One of the drivers involved in the incident sustained life threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The
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EL PASO, Texas — Sentencing for the man found guilty of murdering an El Paso mother resumed at the El Paso County Courthouse Friday morning. The decision of Ricardo Marquez’s sentencing is expected from Judge Sam Medrano Monday. The defense asked for the jury to sentence in the first trial, which ended in a mistrial.
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Texas Republican leaders celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday as Democrats vowed to fight back at the ballot box. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision returned the issue of abortion access to the states, and due to a “trigger law” in Texas, the state will ban all abortions from the moment of
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that abortion will no longer be legal in the state. This comes after the decision of the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe V. Wade, which was a landmark case in 1973 that decided abortions were protected by the constitution. AG Paxton stated that
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With her voice shaking as she delivered testimony to lawmakers, Jazmin Cazares, the sister of Jackie Cazares, who was slain during a mass shooting last month at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, called for tighter background checks, red flag laws and for lawmakers to “do something” to prevent future mass shootings. “This morning around 5:30 a.m.
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EL PASO, Texas – A former El Paso Police Department officer was sentenced to 24 months in prison Thursday after she plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved house. 24-year-old Monica Garcia reportedly conspired with her stepfather, Fred Saenz, to sell cocaine out of his house. Garcia is accused of using
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EL PASO, Texas – YISD has voted to give district staff a raise after approving a $501.8 million dollar budget for the 2022-2023 school year. Ysleta ISD is the second district in the county to allot raises for its teachers and staff after Socorro ISD voted for similar raises Wednesday. The new budget has allowed
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Stacker ranked the counties with the most pre-war homes in Texas using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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EL PASO, Texas – The jury has been sequestrated in the trail of Ricardo Marquez, the man accused of killing Erika Gaytan. Deliberation will resume tomorrow. Sequestration of the jury is the isolation of jurors in order to keep them from being “tainted” by possible outside information and/or influence. The biggest concern is jurors being
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EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety say that the man arrested as the result of Wednesday morning’s pursuit has been identified as 19-year-old Milton Gonzalez Aguilar of Mexico. Aguilar is being charged with fleeing a motor vehicle. He is being accused of driving the red Chevrolet Equinox that a Texas State
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UVALDE, Texas – The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo has been placed on administrative leave. Superintendent Dr. Hall Harrell announced on Wednesday that the decision had been made after receiving a “lack of clarity” from the investigations into the Robb Elementary shooting, as well as “unknown timing” from when the release
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EL PASO, Texas – The SISD board voted Tuesday to give pay raises all across the district. Teachers will get the pay highest raise with a 6% raise in salary, while administrators, such as principals, will receive a 5% raise. Cabinet members will get the lowest raise in salary, with 4%. Additionally, the minimum wage
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EL PASO, Texas – Conversations about a program that’s dedicated to keeping schools safe are buzzing in Texas. However, this program is not commonly known to the public – nor is it widely used. The Texas School Marshal Program, which has been around since 2013, allows certain school employees to carry a firearm on school
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIVESTREAM AUSTIN, Texas — The “To Protect All Texans, Special” committee will hear public testimony on mental health and firearm safety.
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