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Leaders Sentenced in Holy Land Foundation Terror Financing Trial Lived Near Home of ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed

A north Texas mosque, near the home of “Clock Boy” Ahmed, was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in United States history. The judge found there was ample evidence that the mosque, the Islamic Association of North Texas, assisted the Holy Land Foundation in funding millions of dollars to a Palestinian military terrorist organization that has killed Israeli children.

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Zetas Smuggler: Horse Racing in Mexico, South Texas ‘Part of Narco Culture’

One of the biggest blows to the Los Zetas drug cartel was dealt when a money laundering empire involving horse racing in Texas was dismantled in 2012. A drug smuggler now testifying in that case in San Antonio told the jury that horse racing was part of the trafficking culture, and Los Zetas leaders had been heavily involved in the sport well before the laundering scheme’s ringleaders were arrested.

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Groups Collide Around Texas Mosque Protests as KKK Enters the Fray

The Ku Klux Klan has entered the fray of groups rallying at the Islamic Center in Irving, Texas. A white supremacist group, the Texas Rebel Knights, planned a rally at the mosque for December 12. A counter-rally to the KKK rally has been planned by religious groups, now 400 strong, reported WFAA8 in Dallas.

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Update: Mom, Boyfriend Charged in Death of Texas Toddler, Burned Alive in Oven

The mother of the toddler who was burned to death in an oven by a young sibling, has been charged with four counts of endangering a child. Nineteen-month-old J’Zyrah Thompson died after she was burned to death in an oven when the mother and her boyfriend left Thompson’s four children under the age of five unattended. A three-year-old sibling allegedly turned on the oven after the toddler climbed into the oven. Thompson’s live-in boyfriend has also been charged.

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Rick Perry Battles at Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Former Governor Rick Perry and his legal team were at the state’s highest criminal court on Wednesday morning arguing that the remaining count against him (abuse of official capacity) should be dismissed. A special prosecutor argued that a second count (coercion of a public servant) dismissed by an immediate court of appeals should be reinstated.