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Megachurch Founder Indicted on Child Sex Crimes Charges

Ex-Gateway pastor Robert Morris could see up to 20 years in prison on each of 5 counts

(Newser) - Less than a year ago, the founding pastor of a Texas megachurch resigned after admitting he'd sexually abused a young girl for years. Now, an official indictment for Gateway Church's Robert Morris, who has also served as a spiritual adviser to President Trump. Morris, 63, was hit with...

Cops: Embalmer Mutilated Sex Offender's Corpse

'No matter what one thinks of his life, the law requires that he be treated with dignity in death'

(Newser) - A funeral home worker in Houston has been charged with mutilating the corpse of a registered sex offender. Amber Paige Laudermilk, 34, allegedly used a scalpel to cut off the penis of 58-year-old Charles Roy Rodriguez when she was working as an embalmer at the Memorial Mortuary & Crematory last...

Dad Sentenced After Girl Fatally Forced to Jump on Trampoline

Girl's mother was previously sentenced to life behind bars

(Newser) - The Texas man who forced his 8-year-old daughter to jump on a trampoline in 110-degree heat has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars, prosecutors announced. Daniel Schwarz, 48, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the death of the girl, whom he and his wife had adopted, USA Today reports. The...

Texas Plans to Rename New York Strip Steak
Texas Plans to Rename
New York Strip Steak
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Mar 8, 2025 7:30 AM CST

Texas Plans to Rename New York Strip Steak

'Liberal New York shouldn't get the credit for our hard-working ranchers'

(Newser) - The lieutenant governor of Texas has a beef with the name of one of the country's most popular steak cuts. In a post on X , Lt. Gov Dan Patrick called for renaming the New York strip steak the Texas strip, arguing: "Liberal New York shouldn't get the...

Another Death Reported in Measles Outbreak

Unvaccinated adult tested positive for measles after death

(Newser) - An unvaccinated New Mexico adult tested positive for measles after their death, state officials announced Thursday. However, the cause of death is still under investigation and the death has not yet been formally linked to the ongoing measles outbreak in the area, the Guardian reports. The person, who did not...

Rep. Sylvester Turner Dies 2 Months Into His Term

Texas Democrat had replaced Sheila Jackson-Lee

(Newser) - Hours after attending President Trump's speech to Congress, Texas Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died at the age of 70, reports NBC News . The former Houston mayor was two months into his first term serving Texas' 18th District , a seat previously held by Sheila Jackson-Lee, who died in July. Turner...

He Heard Barking Under His Floor. Then, an 'Amazing' Find

Apparent stray was rescued from beneath Texas home, then found a family

(Newser) - After hearing a dog's distant barks and whimpering for several days, a renter of a duplex in Longview, Texas, placed a call to animal control that ended up saving the animal's life. The unidentified renter had started to sense the sounds weren't coming from a neighbor's...

Men Gun Down Rapper, His 5-Year-Old Daughter

Daughter of G$ Lil Ronnie had celebrated her birthday only the day before, says a relative

(Newser) - Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his young daughter were shot dead in a targeted shooting at a car wash in Texas on Monday. A witness in the Forth Worth suburb of Forest Hill reported hearing 20 to 30 gunshots just before 11am local time, per USA Today . Police said...

Powerful Storms Threaten Mardi Gras

New Orleans warns celebrations could be canceled at the last minute

(Newser) - Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as costumed revelers celebrate Mardi Gras in the streets of New Orleans and other cities in the region. New Orleans moved up its two biggest Mardi Gras Day...

Nuns Find Common Ground With Women on Death Row


Nuns Find
Common Ground
With Women
on Death Row
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Mar 2, 2025 9:30 AM CST

Nuns Find Common Ground With Women on Death Row

New Yorker explores an unexpected bond in Texas

(Newser) - The New Yorker has a remarkable, deeply reported story about an unexpected bond between women on death row in Texas and a small order of nuns outside Waco. The story by Lawrence Wright explains that a Catholic deacon ministering to six inmates awaiting death at a prison in Gatesville, Texas,...

First Person Dies in US Measles Outbreak

More than 120 people have been infected

(Newser) - The measles outbreak in West Texas has claimed its first victim, the first US fatality since 2015 of a disease that was considered eradicated 25 years ago. A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center rep confirmed the death, and the AP reports, citing Texas Department of State Health Services, that...

Another State Joins Texas in Battling Measles

New Mexico is now fighting off the once-eradicated disease, with 100 or so cases between the 2 states

(Newser) - More than 20 years ago, measles was deemed eradicated in the US. Now, the illness is making a comeback, with nearly 100 cases logged across two states. Per a Friday release from the Texas Department of State Health Services, 90 measles cases have been identified in the state's South...

Cops: Girls Planned 'Mass Casualty Attack' on Texas High School

FBI informed local law enforcement of credible threat from girls, ages 15 and 16

(Newser) - Two girls, ages 15 and 16, are accused of plotting a "mass casualty attack" on a high school in Texas, authorities say. The girls allegedly planned to use guns and pipe bombs in an attack on Memorial High School in the Houston suburb of Hedwig Village, KPRC 2 reports....

KFC Is Leaving Kentucky
There Is No More
'Kentucky' in KFC
Feb 19, 2025 8:58 AM CST

There Is No More 'Kentucky' in KFC

Company is moving headquarters out of Louisville. Hello, Texas Fried Chicken?

(Newser) - Kentucky Fried Chicken is about to become Texas-based Kentucky Fried Chicken. The restaurant chain is moving its headquarters from Kentucky to Texas, a state with low corporate taxes, the Guardian reports. In a Tuesday statement , Yum! Brands CEO David Gibbs said the move would "position us for sustainable growth"...

Texas Takes on New York in Abortion Pill Battle

Texas poised to test telemedicine abortion shield law in case against NY doctor

(Newser) - Texas law bans nearly all abortions and threatens abortion providers with up to life in prison and $100,000 fines. New York law, on the other hand, protects abortion providers, including those who send medications to patients in other states. Those laws now look poised to clash at the Supreme...

2 Men Executed an Hour Apart
2 Men Executed,
One Hour Apart
Feb 14, 2025 1:00 AM CST

2 Men Executed, One Hour Apart

Richard Lee Tabler executed in Texas after James Dennis Ford put to death in Florida

(Newser) - Texas and Florida both carried out executions Thursday night, about an hour apart:
  • In Florida, James Dennis Ford was put to death via lethal injection, USA Today reports. In 1997, Ford invited his co-worker Gregory Malnory and Malnory's wife, Kimberly, on a fishing trip to a sod farm. They
...

Texas Measles Outbreak Hits 24 Cases

None of those who contracted virus were vaccinated

(Newser) - A measles outbreak in a Texas county with low vaccination rates was at 24 cases as of Tuesday. Just two of those are adults, the rest are children, and none of them had been vaccinated against the highly contagious virus, the New York Times reports. Nine have been hospitalized. Gaines...

Man May Have Overreacted a Tad at Seat Change Request
Man May Have Overreacted
a Tad at Seat Change Request
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Feb 9, 2025 11:00 AM CST

Man May Have Overreacted a Tad at Seat Change Request

'Combative' passenger on Frontier flight to Houston tried, and almost succeeded, in breaking window

(Newser) - A flight from Denver to Houston got messy on Tuesday evening when one of the passengers tried (and seemed to almost succeed) to break one of the plane's windows midair. ABC News reports that Frontier Airlines Flight 4856 was not even a half-hour into its trip when a witness...

Judge Blocks Sandy Hook Families' Settlement Deal

Christopher Lopez says he doesn't have authority to carve up Infowars assets for victims' families

(Newser) - Sandy Hook families will have to wait a little longer to recoup anything from Alex Jones. On Wednesday, a federal bankruptcy judge froze a settlement deal between families who say the conspiracy theorist spewed false claims regarding the 2012 mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, per Reuters...

Texas Executes Man Who Robbed, Killed Pastor

Steven Lawayne Nelson died by lethal injection

(Newser) - A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas-area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening, the second execution in the US this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months, the AP reports. Steven Lawayne Nelson,...

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