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1. Texas Bomber Suspect Was Homeschooled, Aspiring Missionary

The quiet, home-schooled son of a local couple that sold Amway products is suspected of staging a three-week deadly bombing campaign that gripped the Texas capital of Austin. An arrest warrant and federal ...

Created on 21 March 2018

2. Police Suspect Serial Bomber as 4th Explosion in Austin Injures 2

Two men on bicycles were wounded after a bomb exploded, possibly detonated by a trip wire, police said on Monday, as authorities continued to investigate three parcel bombs that killed two people earlier ...

Created on 19 March 2018

3. Second Deadly Texas Explosion Linked to Mysterious Package

A package bomb that killed a Texas teenager and injured a woman on Monday was believed to be linked to a deadly blast in the state's capital city earlier this month, according to police, who were also ...

Created on 12 March 2018

4. Ex-Priest Took Confession, Then Allegedly Murdered a Beauty Queen

 A former Roman Catholic priest took the confession of a Texas beauty queen, then lured her to a church rectory and killed her, prosecutors said on Thursday to start a trial for a 1960 murder that has ...

Created on 01 December 2017

5. Sutherland Springs Pastor Frank Pomeroy Wants to Destroy Church Building

 The pastor of a rural Texas church sprayed with gunfire in a shooting rampage that killed 26 people is considering demolishing the building and putting a memorial in its place, a Southern Baptist Convention ...

Created on 10 November 2017

6. 2 Explosions Rock Houston-Area Chemical Plant

Two explosions were reported on Thursday at the flood-hit Arkema SA plant in Crosby, Texas, and a sheriff's deputy was taken to hospital after inhaling chemicals, the company said. The company said further ...

Created on 31 August 2017

7. New Adoption Bill Means Kids Can Have Both a Mom and Dad

Adoption agencies in Texas would be able to reject foster parents on religious grounds under a bill approved by the state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives that critics say discriminates ...

Created on 11 May 2017

8. Knife-Wielding Attacker Kills One, Injures 3 at University of Texas

At least one person was killed and three people were transported to hospitals with potentially serious injuries after a stabbing incident near a gym at the University of Texas in Austin on Monday, emergency ...

Created on 01 May 2017

9. Texas Must Pay $600,000 to Gay Couples

A federal appeals court ordered Texas on Wednesday to pay about $600,000 to cover the legal fees for two same-sex couples who defeated the state's ban on same-sex marriage in a protracted court battle. ...

Created on 20 April 2017

10. Rick Perry Has Choice Words Over Gay Presidential Election

Texas A&M University said on Thursday it respectfully disagreed with comments U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry made a day earlier when he criticized an election at his alma matter that led to the school's ...

Created on 24 March 2017

11. Pastors Trade the Pulpit for Politics as They Stand Against Immorality

The Texas lieutenant governor said on Monday he has enlisted Christian pastors statewide to help him win approval for legislation heading to a state Senate committee this week that limits access to public ...

Created on 07 March 2017

12. Texas Government Accused of Targeting Transgenders With New Bill

Texas plans to introduce a measure next year aimed at protecting women in bathrooms and locker rooms, a move that has raised concerns of activists who say the legislation is really an attempt to discriminate ...

Created on 16 November 2016

13. Gunman Wounds at Least 7 in Houston Strip Mall

FOR THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS STORY, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Several people in the vicinity of a Houston strip mall were injured by a shooter who fired upon vehicles on Monday, and the suspect was shot by ...

Created on 26 September 2016

14. Police Officer Turns Herself in After Terence Crutcher Shooting

A white Tulsa, Oklahoma police officer, who fatally shot an unarmed black man whose vehicle had broken down and blocked a street last week, turned herself in to authorities on a manslaughter charge early ...

Created on 23 September 2016

15. 2 Nuns Stabbed to Death in Their Home

Two Catholic nuns were found stabbed to death on Thursday at their home in Durant, Mississippi, and officials told local media they are investigating the case as a robbery that escalated into murder. The ...

Created on 26 August 2016

16. 86,500 People Beg for Aid Following Flood

Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Governor John Bel Edwards told a news conference on Thursday. He ...

Created on 19 August 2016

17. Missionary Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Abusing Orphans

A Texas man who managed an orphanage in Malawi was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing children in his care, U.S. prosecutors said. Gerald Campbell, 66, of ...

Created on 10 August 2016

18. Zika Blamed for Texas Newborn's Death

The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area has been linked to the Zika virus, with the baby becoming infected in the womb while the mother traveled to Latin America, ...

Created on 09 August 2016

19. No, the Orlando Nightclub Shooting Was Not the Judgment of God

The office of Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican and evangelical Christian, on Sunday deleted a tweet many saw as offensive and insensitive that was sent out shortly after the deadly attack ...

Created on 13 June 2016

20. Shocking: Texas County Bows Down to Atheist Agenda

A rural Texas county has reached a deal to remove cross image decals from their police cars and ban "political, religious, commercial or personal" phrases or signs on county-owned property, a group that ...

Created on 07 June 2016