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A 61-year-old woman drove her pickup truck into the sanctuary of a Texas Catholic church on the morning of July 21, and local police said they believe the crash wasn’t an accident. According to local CBS affiliate KFDM, the woman first drove around Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Lumberton and then headed to the front of the building. A KFDM reporter who viewed footage of the incident said the woman threw a large painting of a bird at the church. Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins added that the driver also had a picture of Jesus with her. KFDM reported that...

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has confirmed it’s shutting down a center it operated in Tyler, Texas. As LifeNews reported Tuesday, Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler, Texas, has reportedly permanently closed its doors, with a sign posted on July 17, 2025, marking the end of operations at 601 Turtle Creek Drive. Now the abortion giant has confirmed this, posting on its web site, “In-clinic services will end at this health center on 7/17/25, but Tyler area patients can still access services by making a telemed appointment.” Pro-life advocates hailed the closure as a victory in the ongoing effort to end...

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz appeared on Fox News Wednesday to address the immunity of former President Barack Obama in light of recent discussions about presidential accountability. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed documents showing that the Obama administration may have withheld a December 2016 Presidential Daily Briefing to prevent then-President-elect Donald Trump from seeing evidence that Russia did not interfere in the election. During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Cruz disagreed with the notion that Obama — or any president, for that matter — has absolute immunity from legal consequences. “It is challenging what the Supreme Court...

Not only will DEI gradually destroy a critical institution of public safety, but at some point it will also destroy the lives that the institution is charged to protect. Similar to the flood itself, the tragedy of the high waters sweeping through the Central Texas Hill Country has violently ebbed and flowed from the public consciousness. At the last count, the death toll has reached 135 souls, at least a dozen of them little girls at a Christian camp. True to the spirit of the times, the disaster soon degenerated into yet another game of partisan mudslinging. Of course, leftists...

DEL RIO, Texas (NewsNation) — Drug cartels are increasingly burglarizing American homes along the Texas border as immigration enforcement cuts into their human smuggling profits, law enforcement officials said. Several homes along the Rio Grande have been broken into in recent weeks, with the most recent victim losing more than $60,000 worth of valuables, including guns, jewelry and important documents. Frank Rivas discovered his waterfront home had been ransacked after Mexican nationals crossed the Rio Grande and stormed his property, according to officials. The burglars made off with a massive safe containing cash, weapons, collector’s items and his wife’s immigration...

The red-and-white souped-up Schwinn bicycle made famous in the 1985 film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” will soon have a new permanent home in what is arguably one of the most unusual movie tie-ins in the history of celluloid. The bike — which served as the MacGuffin in the Tim Burton-directed cult favorite — will be permanently displayed in the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum in San Antonio to mark the 40th anniversary of the movie’s theatrical release.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A man from Honduras is facing serious charges for allegedly kidnapping a woman and leaving her locked in a room for days, as part of what Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators are calling a larger human smuggling and sex trafficking ring. According to deputies, Jose Carcamo, of Honduras, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated kidnapping. Court records obtained by KPRC 2’s Bryce Newberry claim Carcamo locked a woman inside a room for five days at a home on Elderberry Lane past East Houston off Highway 90. There, the documents said Carcamo said he left her...

OK, here we go again. Senator Charles Perry [R] was behind the last debacle that Greg Abbott VETOED because then, as now, this is NOT what the Governor wants, ie. NO BANS. He wants regulation and reporting of testing and more security on retail outlets. So of course here come the purple republicans trying yet again to "git tough" on (no longer a) crime. Forget the 8 Billion in sales that roll over in the communities about 3 times, taxes on the sales, payroll for 53,000 employees which also rolls over in the communities about 3 times as well. Opening...

MARK GREEN has resigned from the House. He hasnt voted in a few weeks. . House is now: 219 - R 212- D 4 vacancies ... How/when do these vacancies get filled? By whom? ... They trigger special elections but often governors play games with when to schedule them depending on whose party the vacancy favors ... Special election for Tennessee - not an appointment. So usually several months from governor declaring the writ and the election ... Two Dem elections are in September. One in Virginia and the other in Arizona 7th. .... 3 of those are D vacancies...

ARLAND, Texas - A man arrested for public nudity in Garland on Thursday has died at a hospital. Garland police say Dallas County officials are leading the investigation into his death. Man dies after public nudity arrest What we know: The incident began after multiple Garland residents called 911 to report seeing a nude man in public on Thursday. Officers responded to the 1300 block of Marketplace Drive around 3 p.m. to find the man completely unclothed in a public area. Officers attempted to talk to the man outside a restaurant, but they say he was uncooperative. After trying to...

first segment - the legality of autopen pardons; second (beginning at the seven minute mark) - one family's harrowing story of the flood; third segment (beginning at the twenty minute mark) - Cruz not being tired of winning when it comes to Stephen Colbert getting canceled

...Beto O’Rourke called for Democrats to be "ruthless" in their pursuit of power and endorsed partisan gerrymandering. "We have to get serious. We have to be absolutely ruthless about getting back in power...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who represents a slice of the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, won his last congressional election by just over 5,000 votes.That makes him a tempting target for Republicans, who are poised to redraw the state’s congressional maps this coming week and devise five new winnable seats for the GOP that would help the party avoid losing House control in the 2026 elections. Adjusting the lines of Gonzalez’s district to bring in a few thousand more Republican voters, while shifting some Democratic ones out, could flip his...

Officials reduced the number of unaccounted people from a massive July 4 flood in Kerr County, Texas, from 160 to three late Saturday, as most have been found "safe." The total death toll from the flood stands at 107 people within Kerr County. Including deaths in nearby counties, the statewide death toll from the July 4 flood is 133. “We are profoundly grateful to the more than 1,000 local, state, and federal authorities who have worked tirelessly in the wake of the devastating flood that struck our community,” Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said in a statement. “Thanks to their...

In many ways deep red Texas could not be further from the liberal movie sets of Hollywood. But now a gaggle of A-listers and lawmakers believe the it is the perfect place to set up a film industry which could not only rival Tinseltown's, but topple it altogether... They have recently helped secure a bill that will inject $300 million into the Texas film industry over the next two years and provide tax incentives for the next decade. However the new law, which comes into effect on September 1, does contain some distinctly Texan stipulations when it comes to who...

More than 100 died, and still more are missing. The economic loss is in the tens of billions of dollars. The total personal loss in unknowable.

In 2021, California’s population declined for the first time since earning statehood in 1850. In 2022, it declined again. And then again in 2023. For a state historically defined by limitless opportunity and an ever-growing population, three straight years of decline delivered a cold dose of reality: things weren't working. The Golden State, of course, is not alone. Since Covid, the biggest blue states have dramatically lagged behind the biggest Republican states in population growth. Between 2020 and 2024, California, New York, and Illinois each lost more than 100,000 thousand residents. Florida and Texas, meanwhile, both gained around 2 million...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for promoting products used by the teen gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing....

The City of Keller will consider a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the 287(g) program, making Keller the first city in Tarrant County and the largest in Texas to take this step, according to the city's mayor Armin Mizani. "In Keller, public safety is non-negotiable," Mizani wrote in a letter. "Our job is simple: Protect our families and enforce the laws to keep our community safe." According to Mizani's letter, if approved and implemented, when people are arrested and booked into their local jail, part of the process would include being screened by ICE to "determine if...

A Texas man has been arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom. Officers in Kingsville have said they were called to the store just before 10.30pm on Monday, after receiving a call that a maintenance worker discovered a newborn child in a bathroom trash can while taking out the garbage, KRIS 6 reports. Walmart employees tried to perform life saving measures on the infant and authorities rushed the child to the hospital right next door, where doctors pronounced her dead. In the aftermath, officers reviewed the store's security camera footage and discovered that a 17-year-old girl...