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February 8, 2024

Police: Stabbing of Palestinian American near Texas university can be classified as hate crime

The stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American near the University of Texas campus has been classified as a hate crime by Austin police, officials say.

February 8, 2024

Houston attorney gets 180 days for spiking wife's drinks with abortion-inducing drugs

Mason Herring, 39, of Houston, has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation after pleading guilty to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person.

February 8, 2024

Migrant wanted for homicide, convicted child predator arrested at Texas border

An illegal immigrant wanted for homicide and a migrant with a conviction for the molestation of a minor have been apprehended in Texas near the southern border.

February 8, 2024

Texas illegal immigrant indicted on capital murder charge in cheerleader's beating, stabbing death

A Texas grand jury indicted Rafael Govea Romero, the illegal immigrant suspect in Edna teenager Lizbeth Medina's Dec. 5 killing, on a capital murder charge.

February 7, 2024

Child sex assault suspect killed by police on Houston outskirts

Law enforcement officers in Harris County, Texas, fatally shot a man wanted on five child sexual assault charges Friday morning after he pulled a gun on them.

February 7, 2024

US journalists awarded American Mosaic Journalism Prize for work impacting underrepresented communities

Two freelance journalists have been awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize for their projects focused on Black nationalism and the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting.

February 6, 2024

Texas vigilante tricked sex offender into meeting him at park – then murdered him: police

Texas murder suspect James Lewis Spencer III is accused of luring convicted sex offender Sean Connery Showers to his death in May 2023 by posing as a minor online.

February 6, 2024

Texas mother saves 2 of her children from house fire, but dies inside with infant son

Giovanna Cabrera got her six-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son out of her burning home and went back in to rescue her one-year-old son. She and the baby did not make it out.

February 6, 2024

Texas firefighter in critical condition after fire engine rolls over in crash

Four Texas firefighters were hurt Tuesday morning when their fire engine flipped over while responding to a call. The cause is under investigation.

February 6, 2024

New Hampshire AG traces robocalls with 'AI-generated clone' of Biden's voice back to Texas-based companies

New Hampshire's attorney general vowed further action against Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom regarding robocalls with an AI-generated clone of President Biden's voice.