A Vatican Radio message on the fourth day of Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico, acknowledges the “escalating number of ‘desparacidos’” in the country but does not mention their manner of death, and the network of ovens operated in the state of Coahuila.
Pope Francis will be in Morelia, the capital of the state of Michoacan today speaking to citizens and young people who have lived in a country hit hard by drugs, drug smuggling, and trafficking by violent drug cartels. He begins his fourth day of his Apostolic Journey to Mexico.
Early voting in the Texas primary election begins on Tuesday, February 16. Presidential, Congressional, Texas statewide, and local races are on the ballot along with some propositions.
The first day of early voting in the primary election begins in Texas on Tuesday, February 16, and Texans always have questions on how and where to participate. Participating in this primary and general election has never been more important.
Two hours prior to hearing about the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday, the Republican leadership in Texas passed a resolution calling for the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of anyone nominated by President Obama. The only exception would be for positions crucial to national security.
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia will have an immediate impact on a Texas case scheduled for oral argument March 2nd at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is set to hear a lawsuit claiming that a Texas law unconstitutionally limits access to abortions in the state.
An attorney for the man accused of killing a Texas deputy has filed a motion to stop his expedited transfer to a state mental hospital.
A Johnson Space Center (JSC) Christian club has had it’s e-mail announcement of a club meeting censored by lawyers for NASA because it included the word “Jesus” in it. The Liberty Institute sent NASA a demand letter this week threatening to file a federal lawsuit.
President Obama’s proposed budget for 2017 halts reimbursement to state and county jails for housing, feeding, and providing the medical and mental health needs of criminal illegal aliens.
Five different areas on the University of Texas at Austin (UT) campus were hit with graffiti bearing Blacks Lives Matter markings. The graffiti appeared after a Black Lives Matter activist shot himself on the steps of the Ohio statehouse, and after a 17-year-old black man was shot and killed during a confrontation with Austin Police officers on Monday.
HOUSTON, Texas — Shannon Miles, the man accused of executing Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth by unloading fifteen rounds into his head and back when at a gas station, will not stand trial until he is found competent to do
A federal judge in Dallas, Texas, has again rejected a call by the state of Texas to halt Syrian refugees from settling in the Lone Star State. Essentially, because the state has not been able to point their finger to a terrorist posing as a Syrian refugee in the state, Texas has not been able to obtain protection.
The pro-life operatives who took undercover videos in Planned Parenthood facilities and were indicted by a Harris County, Texas, grand jury, have been offered pretrial diversion in the criminal cases against them say attorneys for the pair.
The Texas Senate Republican Caucus says that a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine about women’s health services in Texas is “misleading” and “excludes major facts” about services in the Lone Star state.
Brazilian health officials are warning pregnant women to seriously consider who they kiss and to use condoms if they have been in countries were the Zika virus is present. “The flurry of recommendations began in Brazil, where a top health
Health professionals from just one clinic in Houston are saying they are screening about 300 pregnant women per day for the Zika virus. About half of these women are from countries where the Zika virus has been prevalent.
Cuban illegal immigrants are surging in large number across the Texas-Mexico border — more than 40,000 have made the long trip to the United States.
The National Border Patrol Council reported on its weekly podcast that Border Patrol agents testified before Congress about being ordered to not only release illegal immigrants who have crossed the border, but to also release illegal aliens who have committed previous crimes in this country.
President Barack Obama called for a $10 tax on every barrel of crude oil. The response from Texans and their friends, not unsurprisingly, has been swift and impassioned. The President has proposed an oil tax he says, to help fund new
The responsibility for protecting our communities in Texas from the Zika virus is local and municipal, say mosquito experts. The problem is that poorer areas do not have the expertise or the manpower because of their low tax base. Texas counties without formal mosquito districts or like services are ill-equipped to address Zika virus concerns.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken action and appointed an infectious disease task force to prepare for the Zika virus in the Lone Star state. On Thursday, the Texas Governor appointed 31 members to the Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response. Dr. John Hellerstedt will serve as director.
Two major U.S. airlines are letting staff skip flights to areas hit by the Zika virus.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston are trying to find out how to control the spread of the Zika virus, and they hope to later develop a vaccine. Their work is a coordinated effort with researchers in other countries, like Brazil, to help further control of the virus.
McClennan County, Texas, officials are asking the state to give it about $270,000 to cover some of the costs incurred as a result of the Twin Peaks bikers shootout in Waco on May 17, 2015. County officials say they may ask for more in the future.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has released his first “Report to the People of Texas.” It highlights what the Governor calls the “shared” accomplishments and successes of Texas during his first year of office.
Before Kate Steinle, there was Spencer Golvach, and after both of them, there have been too many more. One year ago this week, Spencer Golvach was randomly shot in the head while he was sitting in his truck waiting for the traffic light to change. He was randomly executed by an illegal alien who had previously been deported multiple times for committing crimes but was back in Texas engaging in a killing spree.
County health officials in Texas are taking precautions and using diligence in protecting Texans from the Zika virus. State officials have already confirmed six travel-related cases of the virus and are using caution to both protect and warn Texans about
A washing machine exploded in a Houston home causing a loud noise that could be heard outside of the house. The woman who had been working on her housecleaning, said she heard a sound like a gun shot, a huge “BOOM.”
Seven investigators in a Missouri Crimes Against Children police unit are suspended pending an investigation into whether they failed to investigate cases where children were sexually assaulted in a timely manner.
Health officials in Bexar County (San Antonio, Texas) have confirmed they are investigating six cases for the Zika virus in this single Texas county.
The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today ruling in favor of the Kountze Cheerleaders who had Bible verses on their school football banners. The case has received national media attention.
Houston Cop and Wife Pleaded Guilty to Transporting Illegal Aliens
Briscoe Cain, the Texas legal counsel for Operation Rescue says Planned Parenthood invoices show that fetal tissue was being purchased for medical research. Cain, and David Daleidon, the indicted president for Center for Medical Progress, claim they have financial documents which show wrongdoing on the part of Houston’s Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
Brazilian judge Jesseir Coelho de Alcantara has declared he will approve abortions for women who have contracted Zika and can prove their unborn child has microcephaly or ancenephaly. In Brazil, abortions are only legal with judicial approval.
The New York Times published an editorial today saying that the Harris County, Texas, indictments of the two individuals who took videos of executives at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston “should cause politicians to back away from an anti-abortion group that will stop at nothing to attack Planned Parenthood.”
The Canton Ohio Police Department cop who lost his K9 partner was in Texas on Monday and he selected a new K9 that was donated from a Houston-based nonprofit, K9s4COPS.
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has declined to take any action against Houston-based Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast but has indicted the two people who took undercover videos. Texas leaders responded to the indictments of the pro-life activists by vowing to continue their investigation into the practices at Texas abortion facilities.
HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas appellate court has affirmed a “revenge porn” case and awarded $345,000 in damages. Matthew Kita, a Dallas lawyer who represented the woman in the case, told Texas Lawyer magazine that the decision is the first of its
Thirty-seven people and one juvenile were arrested for possessing illegal drugs, firearms, cash, stolen property, and 50 cockfighting roosters in west Texas. Of those arrested, some are suspected of being illegal aliens.
Television sitcom producer and writer, and political activist Norman Lear said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump represents the “middle finger of the American right hand.”
