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'Heroic and Loyal' Dog Helps Solve Owner's Murder

Labradoodle refused to leave site where owner's body was 'burned beyond recognition'

(Newser) - Texas woman Mandy Rose Reynolds was murdered by a very bad man, prosecutors say—but her very good dog helped them catch the killer. The dog, a labradoodle named Titan, was found at the site in Robinson, Texas, where Reynolds' body was found "burned beyond recognition" in April last...

In Texas Border Counties, a Shift Doomed Democrats

Hispanics turned to Trump, a reversal of long voting patterns

(Newser) - Jorge Bazan's family has lived on the US-Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. He broke the family tradition this year and voted for Donald Trump because he doesn't trust the Democratic Party's economic policies. "I think they forgot...

Judge's Antisemitism Gives Death Row Inmate New Trial

Texas panel calls former Judge Vickers Cunningham biased against Jewish inmate

(Newser) - A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge who presided over his case, per the AP . By a vote of 6-3, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered that Randy Halprin's conviction be overturned...

7 Wild Facts About How America Voted

Latino voters move toward Trump as abortion appears to take a back seat

(Newser) - The dust is settling, and though in some ways the 2024 presidential election was typical , there are several ways in which it wasn't.
  • Improving all over: Despite facing numerous legal battles and controversies since leaving the White House, former President Trump improved on his 2020 margin in 92% of
...

Senate Race Has a Whole Bunch of Nail-Biters
Dems on Defense in Senate
Race, With Possible Upsets
THE RUNDOWN
Nov 5, 2024 7:31 AM CST

Dems on Defense in Senate Race, With Possible Upsets

Among them: Ted Cruz vs. Colin Allred in Texas, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell vs. Rick Scott in Florida

(Newser) - Democrats currently claim the slimmest majority in the US Senate, 51-49, but they're playing defense heading into Election Day, almost certainly losing Joe Manchin's seat in West Virginia to a Republican and defending seven seats in conservative or swing states, reports NPR . There are 34 seats in total...

Court Suspends Panel That Decided History Book Is Fiction

Recent decisions by Montgomery County's citizens review board have been stayed

(Newser) - The Texas review board that mandated public libraries move a book about the mistreatment of Native Americans to the "fiction" section has been suspended, as have all of its recent decisions, in response to widespread pushback. That means historian Linda Coombs' Colonization and the Wampanoag Story will be returned...

Man in Shaken Baby Case Can't Testify in Person

Attorney general's office says Robert Roberson can only testify to lawmakers virtually

(Newser) - A Texas man whose execution was abruptly halted last week after lawmakers ordered Robert Roberson to appear at the state Capitol in Austin did not show up as scheduled Monday, following objections to transporting an inmate from death row for the extraordinary purpose of testifying before a public committee. Democratic...

Last-Minute Twists Delay Execution in Shaken Baby Case

Robert Roberson's execution was originally scheduled for Thursday night

(Newser) - The controversial execution of a Texas man convicted in a so-called " shaken baby syndrome " murder case was delayed with 90 minutes to spare before his scheduled lethal injection early Thursday night, though the eventual twists and turns into the case extended late into the evening. Robert Roberson has...

Texas Board Denies Clemency in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case

Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening

(Newser) - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the US executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The parole board voted Wednesday against recommending that Robert Roberson'...

John Grisham: Texas May Kill an Innocent Man
John Grisham:
Texas May Kill
an Innocent Man
OPINION
Oct 15, 2024 4:31 PM CDT

John Grisham: Texas May Kill an Innocent Man

Writer makes his case for Robert Roberson, scheduled to be executed on Thursday

(Newser) - Texas plans to execute an inmate named Robert Roberson on Thursday, and crime novelist John Grisham begins an op-ed in the Washington Post by asking everyone to say a prayer for him. The reason? "Roberson has spent the past 22 years on death row for a crime that perhaps...

Texas Board Reclassifies Indigenous Book as 'Fiction'

Move comes after Montgomery County removed librarians from the process

(Newser) - A review board in Texas has made the controversial decision to reclassify a book about a Native American tribe from nonfiction to fiction in a public library. The move regarding Colonization and the Wampanoag Story came after Montgomery County stripped the review board of librarians, reports LoneStarLive.com . The rationale...

In Galveston, the Sea Keeps Coming. So Do the Condos
Island City
of Galveston
Faces Big
Questions
longform
Oct 13, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Island City of Galveston Faces Big Questions

Washington Post explores the Texas city's existential fight with the ocean

(Newser) - Given its location on a Gulf Coast barrier island, Galveston, Texas, is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and the rising intensity of storms. But as the Washington Post reports in an in-depth look at the city's existential fight with nature, that isn't keeping new arrivals away. Consider...

Cops: Body Parts in Freezer From Teen Who Vanished in '05

Missing-persons report was never filed for Texas' Amanda Overstreet, 16, found in Colorado home

(Newser) - When the new owners of a home in Grand Junction, Colorado, held a January garage sale to dump items from the previous owners, there was a grisly discovery made inside a deep freezer they were trying to get rid of: a human head, kept in a plastic bag, and human...

Texas City Ordered to Shelter in Place After Fatal Chemical Leak

Shelter-in-place order has since been lifted in Deer Park

(Newser) - An entire Texas city was under shelter-in-place orders after a chemical leak at an oil refinery killed two people and injured several more. Hydrogen sulfide, a colorless gas, was released into the air at the PEMEX oil refinery in Deer Park, near Houston, starting around 4:20pm Thursday, CNN reports....

SCOTUS Declines to Overturn Texas Emergency Abortion Ban

Keeps in place a lower court ruling that hospitals can't be forced to provide abortions

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans. Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy...

Judge Balks at Black Teen's Ask in Fight Over Dreadlocks

Darryl George wanted restraining order to stop Texas school from punishing him if he returns

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student's lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume. Darryl George had...

Guy on Smashing Taylor Swift Guitar: It Was Just a Joke

But it wasn't a guitar signed by Swift

(Newser) - The Texas man who spent $4,000 on a guitar at a charity auction only to immediately smash it says the whole thing was "just a joke" and not at all "malicious," though he also confirmed to NBC News that he's a Donald Trump supporter, and...

Texas Executes Man Who Fatally Stabbed Teen Twins

Garcia Glenn White also killed mother of twin 16-year-olds in 1989

(Newser) - A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening. Garcia Glenn White was pronounced dead at 6:56pm CDT following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, the AP reports. He was condemned for the December 1989...

CBP Probably Didn't Expect to Find This Much Bologna

Officers in Texas say woman coming from Mexico had 750 pounds' worth of meat in car, plus drugs

(Newser) - When officials inspected the bags of a woman crossing over from Mexico into Texas earlier this week, they noticed her suitcases seemed to be heavier than they should. They soon found out why: Customs and Border Protection says that when they opened up the bags in the GMC Yukon at...

Texas Executes Man Who Killed 3-Month-Old Son

Travis Mullis waived his right to appeal death sentence

(Newser) - A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence received a lethal injection Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago, one of five executions scheduled within a week's time in the US. Travis Mullis, 38, was pronounced dead at 7:...

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