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September 12, 2022

Texas border town requests refrigerators to store migrant bodies after drownings overwhelm mortuaries

The massive influx of migrants illegally crossing the Rio Grande has caused drownings and emergency calls to overwhelm the small town of Eagle Pass, Texas.

September 12, 2022

Border Patrol seizes record-breaking $12M in meth at Del Rio Port of Entry

1,337 pounds of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of nearly $12 million, was sized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas.

September 11, 2022

Texas man accused of chasing girlfriend with knife, setting bedroom on fire

A Texas is behind bars after allegedly chasing his girlfriend with a knife during an argument and setting fire to their bedroom before police arrived.

September 11, 2022

Texas jail vendor employee arrested for allegedly providing drugs to inmates

An outside vendor employee at the Tarrant County Jail in Texas has been arrested for allegedly providing drugs to inmates.

September 11, 2022

Texas man gets 60 years for filming himself raping child

A Dallas-area man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to filming himself raping a 7-year-old girl, authorities said Friday.

September 10, 2022

Illinois mayor blasts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 'hypocrisy' after migrants shipped to 'Republican suburb'

The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town is calling out Lori Lightfoot for her "hypocrisy" after 64 migrants were bused to a Hampton Inn in his town.

September 10, 2022

As Texas sends thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities, liberal mayors scramble to respond

The decision by Texas to bus thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities has infuriated those cities' mayors and is a strategy immigration hawks say is working.

September 10, 2022

Democratic candidate Vicente Gonzalez claims Mayra Flores, supporters 'stole' Texas special election

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, who's seeking re-election to Congress, claimed this week that Rep. Mayra Flores, his GOP challenger, "stole" a special election in the state earlier this year.

September 10, 2022

Texas teen shoots, kills two suspects breaking into Harris County home

A Texas sheriff's department said two suspects were shot and killed by a teenager Friday night after they attempted to break into a home in Harris County.

September 10, 2022

South Carolina tipster reports sighting of missing Melissa Highsmith, who disappeared from Texas 51 years ago

Melissa Highsmith went missing from Fort Worth, Texas, in 1971. This week, a tipster reported a potential South Carolina sighting of the woman, now 51.