• Rapper Mo3 feared dead after graphic footage of fatal shooting emerges

    Rapper Mo3 feared dead after graphic footage of fatal shooting emerges

    Video emerged showing a man receiving CPR after a drive-by shooting on a Dallas freeway.
  • Can we really speak of the 'Latin vote' in the United States?

    Can we really speak of the 'Latin vote' in the United States?

    Despite Biden's victory, it is time for introspection for the Democrats, whose results with the Hispanic electorate have been far less clear-cut than expected in crucial American regions.
  • University of Texas band won’t play final football games over school song dispute

    University of Texas band won’t play final football games over school song dispute

    The University of Texas band won’t play at the football team’s final two games, as the dispute over “The Eyes of Texas” continues. Several members of the band have objected to
  • Blue Bell Creameries slapped with $17M fine for listeria outbreak

    Blue Bell Creameries slapped with $17M fine for listeria outbreak

    Ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries has been hit a $17.25 million fine for causing a massive listeria outbreak in 2015. The fine, issued by a federal court judge in Texas, is the largest criminal penalty ever for a food safety case, the Department of Justice said in announcing the unappetizing fine on Thursday. “The …
  • Texas Governor Proposes Legislation That Would Bar Cities That Defund Police from Hiking Property Taxes

    Texas Governor Proposes Legislation That Would Bar Cities That Defund Police from Hiking Property Taxes

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday proposed legislation that would deny the power to increase property taxes to cities that defund their police departments, following the Austin City Council’s decision to cut millions of dollars from its police budget. “Any city that defunds police departments will have its property tax revenue frozen at the current …
  • Texas Tech’s Marlene Stollings ‘toxic’ culture included confiscating player’s dog

    Texas Tech’s Marlene Stollings ‘toxic’ culture included confiscating player’s dog

    Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings has come under fire for creating what players described as a “toxic” environment that allegedly included sexual harassment, name-calling and a stolen dog. Former Texas Tech center Emma Merriweather alleged that Stollings confiscated her dog and gave it to a booster, according to a USA Today report. Merriweather …
  • Texas Rep. Gohmert Tests Positive for Coronavirus after Refusing to Wear Mask

    Texas Rep. Gohmert Tests Positive for Coronavirus after Refusing to Wear Mask

    Representative Louie Gohmert (R., Texas), who had refused to wear a mask while working on Capitol Hill, has tested positive for the coronavirus, one day after attending a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General William Barr and other top lawmakers. The 66-year-old eight-term congressman was scheduled to fly with President Trump to Texas on …
  • Greg Bird’s downfall continues as he fails to make Rangers roster

    Greg Bird’s downfall continues as he fails to make Rangers roster

    It’s another step in Greg Bird’s downfall. The former heralded Yankees prospect did not make the Texas Rangers’ Opening Day 30-man roster after hitting just .152 in 46 intrasquad at bats during spring training 2.0. Once expected to become the next franchise first baseman in the Bronx, Bird now finds himself with the practice squad …
  • Why ‘Outcry’s Gaebri Anderson stuck by Greg Kelley after sex crime accusations

    Why ‘Outcry’s Gaebri Anderson stuck by Greg Kelley after sex crime accusations

    Greg and Gaebri Kelley were like a “Friday Night Lights” storyline come to life. The pair started dating after they graduated middle school outside of Austin, Texas, where he was a budding football superstar and she was captain of the dance team. “Back then I was attracted to how passionate he was about sports,” 24-year-old …
  • Tesla wins $15 million in tax breaks for Texas Cybertruck factory

    Tesla wins $15 million in tax breaks for Texas Cybertruck factory

    Texas officials are ready to give Tesla millions of dollars in tax breaks to build its next factory in the Austin area. Commissioners in Travis County voted Tuesday to give Elon Musk’s electric-car maker at least $14.7 million in property tax rebates if it spends at least $1.1 billion on the proposed plant near the …