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Power line pole at fault in biggest wildfire in Texas history, report says
Investigation by forest service into Smokehouse Creek fire says decayed Xcel Energy pole ‘had broken off...
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‘We knew this was coming’: western US hunkers down amid avalanche warnings and gale-force winds
Residents in California urged to shelter in place as possible record 12ft of snow forecast to...
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Texas wildfires cause chaos as largest blaze in state history scorches 1.2m acres
Governor issues disaster declaration as emergency crews work to contain dozens of wildfires burning across Texas...
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Texas wildfires: nuclear weapons factory shuts down amid evacuations
Unseasonably warm temperatures, strong winds and dry grasses fuel Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in the...
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Texas’s San Antonio airport will get a 420lb autonomous security robot
City council approves year-long contract with Knightscope to rent a K5 robot to respond to door...
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Texas earthquake of 4.7 magnitude largest of 30 in area in past three weeks
No immediate reports of major damage or injuries after quake struck at 12.32am about 45 miles...
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Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police...
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Man and child injured, armed suspect killed at Lakewood church shooting in Texas
Two off-duty officers at Joel Osteen’s megachurch shot a woman who fired a rifle and claimed...
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Fight over border intensifies as Texas governor pledges more razor wire
Greg Abbott says he will defy Biden and US supreme court and install more concertina wire...
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Over 20 people injured in apparent gas explosion at Texas hotel
Fort Worth authorities said some were trapped in basement before found by rescue crews and one...
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New York mayor sues bus operators that brought migrants from Texas for $708m
Lawsuit announced by Eric Adams says 17 bus companies violated state law by transporting 33,000 people...
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US Department of Justice sues Texas over new state immigration law
Suit is aimed at stopping a law allowing police to detain people suspected of crossing the...
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Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance, court rules
The ruling by a unanimous panel of fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a...
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Houston Chronicle compares people crossing border to Mary and Joseph
Editorial board publishes opinion piece in response to hard-right Republican governor’s latest immigration crackdownA stinging Christmas...
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US band Dixie Chicks ‘shocked and saddened’ by death of co-founder Laura Lynch
Lynch, 65, who died following a car crash outside El Paso, played upright bass and sang...
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‘Texas, we’ll see you in court’: migrant law sparks outcry and opposition
Democrats call on attorney general to halt state law, while Mexican president and ACLU both say...
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Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants entering US illegally
Law gives police sweeping new powers as well as empowering local judges to order migrants’ expulsion...
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Texas attorney general says he will sue doctor who gives abortion to Kate Cox
Ken Paxton issues threat after judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a...
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Eight workers at Texas chemical plant hospitalized after toxic gas leak
Altivia Chemicals said personnel have contained leak of phosgene as city lifts shelter-in-place order that affected...
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Florida’s revival of death penalty fuels rise in US executions in 2023
Governor Ron DeSantis scheduled six of the country’s 25 executions this year amid his presidential election...