Tag Archives: Texas
Police: 1 dead after woman opens fire at Texas warehouse
MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) — A female employee opened fire at a Houston-area food distribution center early Monday, killing a company manager and wounding another worker, police said.
Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death
DALLAS (AP) — A Houston man accused of killing his two children told authorities his 8-year-old son said "daddy, I'm sorry" before having his throat cut, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.
Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death
DALLAS (AP) — A Houston man accused of killing his two children told authorities his 8-year-old son said "daddy, I'm sorry" before having his throat cut, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.
Texas College Senior Poses With Giant Alligator Known as 'Big Tex' in Jaw-Dropping Photos
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tweets Fake Winston Churchill Quote On 'Anti-Fascists'
The Latest: Texas executes man condemned for 1979 killing
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who confessed to numerous killings and rapes (all times local):
Texas executes 'ice pick killer' for 1979 rape and murder
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed a man dubbed the “ice pick killer” for the weapon he used to murder a woman in 1979, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal from his lawyers, who argued his veins were too compromised for a lethal injection. Danny Bible, 66, was put to death at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Bible made no last statement, a prisons official said.
One Killed, a Dozen Others Injured in a Texas Construction Site Explosion
Democrat's viral campaign video could be trouble for tea party Republican in deep-red Texas
U.S. top court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic voters. In a 5-4 ruling, the conservative-majority court largely accepted the state’s argument that the Republican-led Texas legislature acted in good faith when it adopted new electoral maps in 2013 for state legislative and U.S. congressional seats. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration had backed Texas in the case.
