USA

Texas: 51 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio

A fire official said "stacks of bodies" were found along with no signs of water in the truck, which was discovered in extreme heat on the city's southern outskirts.

28/06/2022

USA

Joe Biden visits grieving Texas community after deadly shooting

The US president visited the grieving community of Uvalde to show solidarity with the families of the 21 victims.

30/05/2022

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No Comment videos of the week

A Taiwan man invented a stroller for fish, tightrope walker Nathan Paulin broke a new world record at Mont-Saint-Michel, a giant work of street art representing Saint Javelin has emerged in Kyiv, and more. No agenda, no slant. Get the picture without the commentary.

28/05/2022

USA

Husband dies of heart attack after wife killed in Texas shooting

Joe Garcia, 50, dropped off flowers at his wife’s memorial Thursday morning in Uvalde, Texas, and then returned home, where he “pretty much just fell over” and died, his nephew John Martinez said.

27/05/2022

The Cube

Could social media firm Meta have alerted authorities about the Texas shooter?

Meta wants to extend end-to-end encryption to its Messenger app and Instagram.

26/05/2022

World News

Texas school shooting: Details emerge in grief-stricken community

The 18-year-old perpetrator shot his way past two police officers and barricaded himself into a classroom to kill 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, witnesses said.

26/05/2022

No Comment

Prayers, tears at vigil for Texas shooting victims

Residents of Uvalde, Texas, attended a prayer vigil Wednesday evening for the victims of a school shooting the day before.

26/05/2022

Tech News

Tech this week: Texas sues Facebook over facial-recognition practises

Meta’s Facebook is in hot water with the state of Texas and French president Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to defend its sovereignty in space.

20/02/2022

Culture news

Elton John postpones Texas concerts after contracting COVID-19

The concerts, part of John's "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour, were scheduled for January 25 and January 26.

26/01/2022

USA

UK police arrest two more men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking

Counter-terrorism authorities said that the two suspects were arrested in Manchester.

26/01/2022

USA

UK police arrest two men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking

Four people were held for several hours by an armed British man on Saturday in what the US has called a "terrorism-related matter”.

20/01/2022

United Kingdom

Two UK teenagers arrested over Texas synagogue hostage taking

Four people were held hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday by an armed captor identified as British national Malik Faisal Akram.

17/01/2022

USA

Texas synagogue standoff: Hostages safe, captor dead

The four hostages were released and freed after an FBI SWAT team stormed the synagogue, where an unnamed, allegedly armed man kept them for hours on Saturday.

16/01/2022

USA

At least eight people killed in crowd surge at festival in Texas

Officials in Texas say at least eight people have been killed and several others injured in a crowd surge at Astroworld Festival.

06/11/2021

USA

US Supreme Court hears challenges on Texas abortion law

The controversial new abortion law in Texas that has all but ended the procedure in the state.

01/11/2021

Destinations

See how astronauts live in Blue Origin's Texas village

Take a look around Blue Origin's astronaut village, complete with campfires, camper vans and blue cocktails.

18/10/2021

Mobility

Tesla will move its HQ to Texas, Musk announces

Company CEO Elon Musk has had a fractious relationship with Californian authorities, with disagreements over COVID safety rules leading Tesla to sue a county health department.

08/10/2021

USA

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

"Women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution," a US federal judge wrote in its order to suspend the law.

07/10/2021

USA

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages

Tens of millions of Americans have refused to get vaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to tear through the country.

02/10/2021

Health news

Abortion 'whistleblower' site offline after webhost refuses to host it

The website allowing users to report abortion patients to Texas authorities went offline after hosting company GoDaddy said it violated its terms.

06/09/2021