Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton outside the US Supreme Court. The Washington Post / Getty Images An official attempted to serve Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a subpoena. But Paxton fled his home in his wife's truck to avoid being served, an affidavit says. The process server said he shouted out but Paxton ignored […]
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Ted Cruz was booed by a Texas audience when he said his plan to end school shootings is putting more police officers in schools
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the America First Agenda Summit, at the Marriott Marquis hotel July 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Ted Cruz was met with a booing audience when he said his plan to stop school shootings is putting more police in schools. Cruz commented on gun control efforts and […]
DeSantis’ office says migrants are better off in Massachusetts than they would have been in Texas
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. John Raoux/AP Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office said migrants he had flown to Martha's Vineyard are better off. The remarks by a DeSantis spokesperson came after a county sheriff in Texas announced he had opened a criminal investigation into the matter. Last week, 50 migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard […]
Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory made its 10,000th Model Y SUV
Tesla has crossed another significant manufacturing milestone. As caught by Electrek, the automaker shared on Saturday that its Texas Gigafactory recently produced its ten thousandth Model Y SUV. The achievement could be good news for those hoping to buy a Cybertruck next year. Tesla plans to build the pickup truck primarily in Texas. The automaker […]
A bus contractor hired by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to transport migrants to New York signed an agreement not talk to NY officials, complicating volunteer efforts to help: report
One of the migrants. Vanessa Leroy for Insider Texas has bused thousands of migrants to east coast cities over the past few months. A contractor busing the migrants has been banned from speaking with New York City officials, the AP reported. The lack of communication complicates non-profit groups efforts to meet and help those arriving. […]
Uber Eats and Nuro are making autonomous food deliveries in Texas and California
More Uber Eats customers would be getting their orders from vehicles with no delivery personnel in sight. That's because Uber has signed a 10-year partnership with Nuro to use its autonomous, electric vehicles to deliver food orders in the US. They'll start in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California this fall before eventually expanding their […]
First US death linked to monkeypox reported in immunocompromised adult in Texas
Enlarge / A sign announcing monkeypox vaccination is set up in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022, in Miami. A severely immunocompromised adult who tested positive for monkeypox has died in Texas, marking the first US death connected to the global outbreak, state health officials said Tuesday. Such deaths […]
Pretty Little Liars’ Keegan Allen Joins The CW’s Walker as the Texas Ranger’s Gay, Conservative Younger Brother
RELATED STORIES The CW’s Walker, Texas Ranger reboot just got a little prettier. Keegan Allen, best known for playing Toby Cavanaugh on Pretty Little Liars, has boarded the new series — simply titled Walker — as the younger brother of Jared Padalecki’s character, Variety reports. Padalecki stars as Cordell Walker, “a widower and father of […]
A Million Little Things Recap: Will Katherine Put the ‘Ex’ in Texas?
RELATED STORIES Clear eyes, full heart, can’t move. That’s the gist of Katherine’s mindset in this week’s A Million Little Things. The emotionally conflicted lawyer wants to relocate with her (formerly) cheating husband and son and make a fresh start in Texas… but she knows she can’t, because Eddie has vowed to be an integral […]
'Trafficking at its worst:' Texas teacher arrested for attempting to sell underage girl to Morocco
A teacher in a Texan junior high school was making arrangements for her young relative to be shipped to Morocco allegedly for prostitution. The would-be pimp was arrested upon returning from Morocco after a tip by family. Amber Michelle Parker, a 37-year-old reading teacher at Mexia Independent School District, was arrested on Wednesday in a […]