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Watch Massive Rocket Cruising Down Texas Highway
You Won't Believe Your Eyes: Massive Starbase Rocket Spotted Cruising Down Texas Highway. The video below shows a massive rocket from SpaceX Starbase being transported down a Texas highway. Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets, located near Brownsville, Texas, United States. Awe-Inspiring Scale. The rocket, part of SpaceX's...
Texas AG wins $1.4 billion from tech company settlement
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas obtained a major settlement from a lawsuit against the major tech company Meta over their unauthorized handling of their users' biometric data, according to a news release from Tuesday. The settlement comes a little over two years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally filed a lawsuit against the major technology conglomerate Meta, formerly known as Facebook, back in February 2022. Paxton’s decision to sue Meta came to light due to their violating privacy data rights of...
H-E-B, Walmart use microgrids to power Texas-area stores during outages
TEXAS — Grocery store giants H-E-B and Walmart have installed microgrids in numerous Texas locations to remain open to Texans dealing with outages. Microgrid company Enchanted Rock provides the grids to help the stores stay open to the public during power outages, according to the Houston Chronicle. By staying...
Texas Prisoners Are Being 'Cooked Alive' by High Temperatures, Investigation Says
Inmates in Texas state prisons are being "cooked alive" by scorching temperatures in facilities without air conditioning, a new investigation claims. Documents obtained by The Texas Newsroom, a public radio collaboration of multiple Texas stations, showed that even as inmates died with body temperatures nearing 107 degrees, officials have continued to blame their deaths on causes other than extreme heat.
A Third Texas Pastor In Two Months Has Resigned Over 'Inappropriate' Actions
Josiah Anthony, the now-former lead pastor of Cross Timbers Church, resigned from his position. Per WFAA, Anthony left due to "inappropriate and hurtful" actions. In a statement to WFAA, Cross Timbers officials stated that Anthony's alleged actions "[do] not include any children, physical or sexual interactions or any illegal activity to our knowledge."
UPDATE: Clarendon issues boil water notice
(UPDATE at 5:30 p.m., July 31 – City officials say the water line has now been repaired and water storage tanks are filling. Water service should be restored fully soon. However, the Boil Water order remains in effect until further notice, most likely sometime tomorrow morning.) Due to line...
Amarillo Shooting At Supposed Underage Drinking Party Leaves 3 Injured
Recently in Amarillo, authorities responded to a call that wound up leading them to a suspected underage drinking party that resulted in an investigation into a shooting that left three injured. Police need help gathering more information and identifying suspects, and a reward is being offered. Shooting In Amarillo On...
Amarillo’s Mugshots: 53 People Charged With Murder Remain in Randall & Potter County Detention Centers
In Randall and Potter Counties, there are currently 53 people who are charged with murder of some degree and are still in custody. They range from stabbings to shootings that shook the entire Texas panhandle in the news. There are a few things that stand out when you look through...
Amarillo Just Upped Their Breakfast Game With New Place
So the good news is that Amarillo is not just full of doom and gloom when it comes to restaurants. Yes, I know it seems like a whole lot of them have closed down this year but we have good news too. We have seen our fair share of restaurants...
Ex-Dallas Builders Association President Harold Peek to Join Texas Housing Hall of Honor
Locally-renowned Dallas home builder Harold Peek will be recognized by the state this fall at the Texas Housing Hall of Honor’s annual induction ceremony. Peek became the youngest president of the Dallas Builders Association in 1971 when he was just 31 years old. Several members of the Dallas BA...
Remains found in 2020 ruled out as New Mexico woman Melissa Montoya, who vanished in March 2001
Darlene Gomez has been an attorney for more than two decades. She’s also been a longtime champion for missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP). “I’ve always combined my practice. My first case was in 2000,” she told Dateline. It was the case of an Indigenous woman named Betty Lee, found murdered that year near Farmington, New Mexico. “I was actually interning at the district attorney’s office in Farmington,” Darlene said. It was that case that started Darlene on her advocacy journey.
Walmart shoppers rage over issue with new carts as staff caught ‘hiding them’ – customer had to ask to use one 3 times
WALMART recently announced the roll-out of new shopping carts for disabled customers and parents of children with special needs. The chain says it plans on offering 8,000 Caroline's Carts spanned across its roughly 4,600 stores in the country by January next year. They look like typical shopping carts in the...
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