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Texas Executes Man Who Set Elderly Store Clerk on Fire

Matthew Lee Johnson was executed 13 years to the day of robbery in Dallas suburb

(Newser) - A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb. Matthew Lee Johnson , 49, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:...

9 Dead After 'Mass Casualty Event' in Kentucky

Tornadoes wreak havoc there, plus at least 7 more die in Missouri from severe storms

(Newser) - Storm systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel County late Friday. "The search is continuing in...

Police: Boy's Mother Gave Him Ammunition for School Attack

Both face terrorism charges after grandmother finds weapons stash

(Newser) - A San Antonio woman faces terrorism charges after police said an investigation found she supplied her son with ammunition and tactical gear for an attack he was planning on his middle school. Ashley Pardo, 33, was arrested Monday, ABC News reports. Her son made an appearance Tuesday in juvenile court,...

Teen Fighting for Life After Playing Senior Assassin

Texas' Isaac Leal, 17, suffered serious head injury in fall from moving vehicle during water gun game

(Newser) - Weeks from graduation, a Texas teenager is fighting for his life after a lighthearted game of Senior Assassin took a tragic turn. High school seniors commonly take part in a game of chase, where the last one standing wins. In this case, 17-year-old Isaac Leal, a baseball star at South...

Argument About Cats Allegedly Led to Student's Murder

Elizabeth 'Tami' Odunsi, a UK citizen, killed before she could graduate from Texas nursing school

(Newser) - Texas police say an argument over pet cats led a man to fatally stab his roommate of two months. Chester Grant, 40, is held on suspicion of murdering 23-year-old Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, a British citizen who was attending nursing school in Houston. She was also a content creator who went...

New Wrinkle in American Inheritances: Guns

Michael Ward writes about the issue after his father makes him trustee of his collection

(Newser) - Last year, Michael Ward's 74-year-old father drew up a trust and named him as the trustee. Not so unusual. However, in this case, it was a gun trust, and Ward is not too thrilled about it, he writes in the Texas Observer . In short, his father loves guns, and...

Passenger's Phone Ignites, Delaying Southwest Flight

Plane returned to gate, passengers ended up on a different aircraft

(Newser) - As a Southwest Airlines plane was taxiing at El Paso International Airport Wednesday morning, preparing to depart for Houston, a passenger's cellphone apparently went up in flames. The plane returned to the gate, where everyone "disembarked normally" and eventually boarded a different plane and headed to Houston, an...

Truck Spills 8M Dimes on Texas Highway

Most were recovered, but they might not smell so good

(Newser) - A predawn crash Tuesday near Alvord, Texas, left a sea of dimes scattered across US Route 287 after an 18-wheeler hauling a load for the US Mint overturned about 50 miles north of Fort Worth. The truck, carrying $800,000 worth of freshly minted coins—8 million dimes—rolled...

Texas Hospitals Spent $122M on Migrant Care in November

Gov. Greg Abbott's order triggers new reporting on health care costs for those not lawfully in the US

(Newser) - Texas hospitals tallied nearly $122 million in health care costs incurred by undocumented migrants in one month in the state's first measure of those costs. The data was collected and released in the wake of an executive order signed in August by Gov. Greg Abbott that requires hospitals...

Carnival Bans 2 Dozen After Massive Brawl

Some disembarking in Galveston, Texas, won't be sailing on the cruise line again after altercation

(Newser) - Things got hairy over the weekend in Texas after a Caribbean cruise, with two dozen people now banned from vacationing on Carnival ships ever again. People reports that a "massive brawl" broke out at the port in Galveston after the cruise line's Jubilee ship docked Saturday morning following...

Bad Idea: Bringing Jell-O Shots to a 5th-Graders' Party

Teresa Isabel Bernal of Texas charged with felony injury to a child

(Newser) - A mother in Texas has been arrested after allegedly taking alcoholic Jell-O shots to her fifth-grader's school Christmas party. Fifteen students consumed the holiday-themed shots, which were laid out on a table with other treats at Jones Elementary School in Tyler on Dec. 20, and nearly all reported "...

Texas Lottery Boss Resigns Amid Investigation

This follows 2 controversial jackpot wins

(Newser) - The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission abruptly resigned Monday amid doubts that the state-funded body can survive a scandal around two controversial lottery jackpots. In the first case , professional bettors were allowed to essentially rig the lottery in April 2023. A London-based trader representing professional bettors in Europe...

Victims' Relatives Turn to Walmart Shooter—With Hugs

The message for El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius: 'Love is better than hate'

(Newser) - As Yolanda Tinajero sat opposite the man who opened fire on an El Paso Walmart in 2019, the main thing on her mind was forgiveness. In a victim impact statement on Tuesday, 71-year-old Tinajero, whose brother was among 23 people killed in the shooting, told 26-year-old Patrick Crusius that she...

El Paso Gunman Avoids Death Penalty in Massacre

Patrick Crusius pleads guilty in shooting that killed 23 people at a Walmart

(Newser) - The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso —one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history—pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court on Monday, per the AP . Patrick Crusius, 26, who appeared in court wearing...

Virginia's Flag Too Vulgar for Texas School District

It's been hidden from students for 'frontal nudity'

(Newser) - Little more than a dot and a line representing a breast on Virginia's state flag has proved too vulgar for one Texas school district. The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District near Houston removed educational information about Virginia late last year from an online learning platform used by third- through...

They Figured Out How to Scam the Texas Lottery—Legally

Zeljko Ranogajec, others figured out that if you buy up every number combination you can still make bank

(Newser) - If you forked over your hard-earned cash to play the lottery in Texas in the spring of 2023, you may be a little torqued at what you're about to read. The story out in the Wall Street Journal is about "the Joker"—aka John Wilson, formerly known...

4 Injured in Dallas School Shooting
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Dallas School Shooting Suspect Arrested

Shooting comes almost a year to the day after previous shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School

(Newser) - The alleged shooter accused of injuring four teens at a Dallas high school Tuesday was arrested hours after the shooting. Tracy Haynes, 17, faces a charge of aggravated assault mass shooting, the Dallas News reports. Haynes' aunt says her nephew turned himself in.

NFL Draft Prospect Dead in Apparent Suicide

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy found dead following a police chase

(Newser) - Former Louisiana State University wide receiver Kyren Lacy has died in an apparent suicide in Texas after he was chased by police late Saturday night. Harris County authorities said they were pursuing Lacy when he crashed his vehicle in Houston. Officers approached the vehicle and found Lacy had died in...

Dying Man's Mission: Serve Others in All 50 States

Doug Ruch, 55, of Texas is using his final months to perform community service across US

(Newser) - Doug Ruch's story falls into the "uplifting yet bittersweet" category—meant to inspire, but with a looming ending. The 55-year-old Texan was told by doctors he likely has between a year and 18 months to live, after finding out earlier this year that his prostate cancer had metastasized....

Measles Outbreak Hits Texas Day Care

Outbreak spreads to 10 counties in the state as vaccination efforts intensify

(Newser) - A measles outbreak is expanding in West Texas, affecting a day care facility with multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. As of Tuesday, 505 cases had been reported in the outbreak area, which now covers 10 counties, the AP reports. It began in late January...

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