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July 8, 2023

Spurs' Gregg Popovich inks richest contract ever given to NBA coach: reports

Gregg Popovich is 74 years old with five NBA titles. Victor Wembanyama likely factored into Popovich inking a five-year extension with the Spurs.

July 8, 2023

Abbott moves ahead with floating border barriers on Rio Grande despite liberal outrage

Texas is installing a marine barrier border in the Rio Grande as part of its efforts to deter illegal immigration along its southern border with Mexico.

July 8, 2023

El Paso shooting: At least 6 injured after gunfire erupts at underage house party in Texas

Gunfire erupted at an underage house party in El Paso, Texas, Friday night, according to local outlet KFOX14. Police said at least six people were injured.

July 7, 2023

Fort Worth police arrest 2 suspects in Texas festival shooting that killed 3, injured 8

Two arrests have been made in a shooting in Texas that killed three people and injured eight others, police said.

July 7, 2023

Remains of Texas woman, 20, missing for 17 years identified: police

The remains of a woman missing in Texas since 2006 have been positively identified as Taalibah Fatin Bint Islam, four months after they were discovered in a Fort Worth neighborhood.

July 7, 2023

Texas sex offender charged with sex trafficking, allegedly enticed child victims through Snapchat

San Antonio resident Diego Cortez was charged with harboring a runaway child and child trafficking after police believe that he had sexual intercourse with a 10-year-old.

July 7, 2023

Dallas boy, 7, dies days after being shot while sleeping in bed from bullet outside home

A Texas boy died Thursday, days after he was struck by a stray bullet while sleeping in his Dallas apartment, police said.

July 7, 2023

El Paso Walmart shooter gets 90 life sentences for attack that killed 23

24-year-old Patrick Crusius, the White Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart four years ago, was sentenced to life in prison.

July 7, 2023

Texas hospital offers blessing ceremony for father who can’t make daughter’s wedding: ‘Very emotional’

Bride-to-be Tatiana Palza was facing a wedding without her father due to his rehab after back surgery. But the rehab hospital in Katy, Texas, was able to bring the wedding to Jorge Palza.

July 7, 2023

Partnership between US Forest Service, HBCUs creates path for Black students who aspire to become firefighters

A partnership between HBCUs and the United States Forest Service has created a path for Black students who aspire to become firefighters.