Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration in 17 counties across the state on Thursday as an ice storm led to power outages and hundreds of flight cancellations. In a statement, Abbott said the ice storm “poses an imminent threat of severe property damage, injury, or loss of life” …
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Zachary Taylor Blood, a Texas native, has pleaded guilty to one count of alien smuggling after his plan to transport two Mexican migrants to the city of San Antonio was thwarted by US Border Patrol (BP) officials at the internal checkpoint around 70 miles north of the US-Mexico border. The border …
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Police in northwestern England announced the arrest of “two teenagers” over a possible link to the Saturday incident in Colleyville, Texas, that saw a British man taking people hostage in a synagogue. Greater Manchester Police announced on Sunday evening that the two teenagers had been arrested in South Manchester “in …
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The FBI has identified the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday as Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen. In a Sunday statement, authorities said they are continuing to investigate but do not believe other individuals beyond Akram were involved. The FBI said its …
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All four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday were “alive” and “safe,” the authorities said as media reported gunfire and sounds resembling that of an explosion at the scene. Though one male hostage had been released unharmed earlier on Saturday, the three remaining …
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The suspected gunman who took a Texas synagogue hostage on Saturday has reportedly demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted of attempting to kill US personnel in Afghanistan. While the identity of the hostage taker is yet to be confirmed, ABC News and NBC News reported, citing US …
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An unidentified gunman has taken hostages at the Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday. SWAT officers have been deployed to the evacuated area. The Colleyville Police confirmed reports on Saturday that the area surrounding the synagogue was being evacuated, and SWAT officers were being deployed to deal with …
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s effort to secure his state’s border with Mexico amid record migrant flows has been thrown open to legal challenges after a judge found the Operation Lone Star program to be unconstitutional. The potentially pivotal ruling came on Thursday, when Travis County District Court Judge Jan Soifer …
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Governor Greg Abbott announced the start of construction on Saturday, saying crews are already putting up more than 100 yards of wall – made with the same 30-foot steel poles the Trump administration was using – each day. He noted that the state had made “unprecedented” progress in pushing forward …
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the lawsuit on Monday, alleging that Texas is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting measures that discriminate based on race. According to DOJ officials, recent redistricting in Texas has the effect of restricting ballot access to minority …
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