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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
Dallas School Shooting
Suspect Arrested
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Apr 16, 2025 12:43 AM CDT

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...

Bull Rider Fatally Trampled in Front of Crowd

Dylan Grant, 24, of Wyoming remembered as a 'champion'

(Newser) - A young professional bull rider was fatally trampled in front of a crowd in Texas on Thursday. Dylan Grant, 24, a native of Laramie, Wyoming, was taking part in the second round of the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls event when he was thrown from a bull that stepped...

Track Meet Stabbing Suspect Told Cops He Was 'Protecting Himself'

Teen allegedly suggested stabbing was an act of self-defense

(Newser) - The 17-year-old suspected of fatally stabbing another 17-year-old at a Texas high school track meet allegedly confessed multiple times to police that he was responsible for the stabbing, ABC News reports. Karmelo Anthony allegedly told police, "He put his hands on me, I told him not to," and...

Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
Kennedy Goes to Texas
After 8-Year-Old's Death
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Apr 6, 2025 3:55 PM CDT

Kennedy Goes to Texas After 8-Year-Old's Death

Lubbock hospital, senator stress need for measles vaccination

(Newser) - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went to West Texas on Sunday after a second unvaccinated child died there of a measles-related illness. An 8-year-old girl had died Thursday at a Lubbock hospital of "measles pulmonary failure," records show, per the New York Times . Officials said she...

Scientists Await Blooming of a Newly Discovered Flower

Scientists are hoping for return of new flower species spotted in West Texas last year

(Newser) - Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny flower recently discovered in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area. Dubbed the wooly devil, the flower with furry leaves, purplish-striped petals, and pops of yellow is a...

As Measles Makes Inroads in Texas, Vaccine Clinics Close

Severe cuts to federal funding force dozens of free clinics to shut down in Lone Star State

(Newser) - As the Department of Health and Human Services undergoes mass layoffs , Texas is feeling its own health-related consequences as a result of billions of dollars in federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration. One of those consequences: the shuttering of free measles vaccine clinics in one major county, right...

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