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A 15-year-old student died after shooting a teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde, Texas, authorities said on Monday. The Comal County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the teacher was taken to a hospital in San Antonio, though her condition remains unclear.Officials said the student died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound….
A large explosion at the Valero Refinery on Monday prompted authorities in Port Arthur to issue an emergency shelter-in-place order for nearby residents.City officials said the alert was issued “to ensure the safety of all residents” in affected areas, including Sabine Pass, Pleasure Island, and south of Highway 73 stretching west from Stirlwell Boulevard.According to…
Houston residents reported a mysterious boom that sounded like a large blast happening nearby, while several people claimed that they saw fireballs lighting up the sky and then falling down in black smoke on Saturday afternoon. The Brenham fire department confirmed that they received reports of a possible explosion near Highway 50, but they found…
Simone Biles. Image via: Getty Images Olympic gymnastics icon Simone Biles has recently moved into her dream home after years of planning and construction. The celebrated gymnast and her husband, the NFL star Jonathan Owens, recently settled into their stunning waterfront mansion in Texas, a property reportedly worth around $3 million. The couple spent several…
The fiend behind Sunday’s bloodbath at a packed Austin bar was an ex-New York City resident wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie, and he was possibly out for vengeance over the US attack on Iran, law-enforcement sources told The Post.Texas shooter Ndiaga Diagne, 53, had a Quran in his car and was possibly also wearing…
The US military used a high-energy laser system to shoot down a government drone near Texas’s Fort Hancock, triggering temporary flight restrictions in the surrounding airspace, reported news agency Reuters, citing congressional aides.The aircraft that was brought down belonged to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Lawmakers were told the Pentagon deployed a laser-based counter-drone system…
Is Texas Becoming ‘New Delhi’? Social Media Fight Erupts Over Indian Presence A seemingly off-hand social media exchange this week has drawn attention and criticism for highlighting deep tensions around immigration, demographic change and cultural identity in the United States. Academic and commentator Wilfred Reilly retweeted a post asserting “Texas is 1% Indian,” responding to…
A Texas-based conservative activist stirred a row after questioning the presence of a 90-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at the Shri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas.Carlos Turcios, a Republican activist from the Dallas–Fort Worth area, shared a video of the statue on X, claiming that “third World Aliens are slowly taking over Texas and…
Even through his battles with cancer, James Van Der Beek made sure his family would stay on their beloved Texas ranch. Just weeks before he passed away, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star took one last, determined step for his family. He finalized the down payment on the Texas ranch they’d called home for years, turning it…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a political shock that has rattled Washington, Democrats in deep red Texas flipped a state senate seat in a district that voted +17 for Donald Trump, amid claims from some Indian-Americans that they triggered the turnaround because of toxic MAGA attacks on the community.Taylor Rehmet, a US Air Force…
