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Joe Biden visits Texas amid recovery effort from deadly winter storm

More than a million people in the state are still under orders to boil water before drinking it after millions lost power and water pipes burst in an extreme cold snap.

27/02/2021

Nature

Pet tiger rescued during Texas freeze is rehomed in sanctuary

A six-month-old tigress, who rescuers have named Elsa, was found in dangerously low temperatures wearing a harness.

25/02/2021

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Here is our round-up of the week's biggest news stories as captured through the lens' of photographers around the world.

20/02/2021

Nature

'Cold-stunned' sea turtles rescued from deadly Texas snowstorm

Volunteers have been trying to warm up the animals despite problems with water and power in the southern US state.

18/02/2021

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Test flight for SpaceX's Starship ends in spectacular fashion... again

SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing on Tuesday.

03/02/2021

World News

NRA declares bankruptcy and plans to incorporate in Texas

The NRA said it has more than 400,000 members in Texas and plans to hold its annual convention in Houston later this year.

16/01/2021

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Rocketship bursts into flames as it tries to land vertically

Wednesday's 6 1/2-minute test flight was the most ambitious to date. It didn't end as planned, however.

10/12/2020

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Hurricane Hanna lashes Texas's COVID-19 hit coast

Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surge and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases.

26/07/2020

USA

Hurricane Hanna: Disaster declaration issued as storm hammers Texas

Winds are hitting the coast at 140km/hr. It's the first of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. #Hanna

26/07/2020

USA

‘Virus spreading so fast’: Texans told to wear masks after cases soar

Governor Greg Abbott had previously said the government could not order individuals to wear masks, but changed course because of rising coronavirus hospitalisations.

03/07/2020

USA

Euroviews. Coronavirus revealed Trump favours economy over elderly people ǀ View

The truth is, all of us — whatever our ages — should take precautions. By implying that this is primarily an older person's problem, we ignore the real risks to younger people, and we reinforce the ageism that already persists in our society.

28/03/2020

USA

8 shot in music video 'ambush' near Houston

Investigators believe a group of men were shooting the video in a parking lot when gunmen opened fire.

28/12/2019

USA

Texas mass shooting victims include postal worker and truck driver

"I don't know what I'm going to do without her," a victim's sister said.

02/09/2019

USA

Death toll in Odessa, Texas shooting rampage rises to 7

The death toll from the Texas rampage rose to seven on Sunday morning. The gunman is also dead.

01/09/2019

USA

5 dead, 21 injured after motorist opens fire in Odessa, Texas

"The suspect continued shooting at innocent civilians all over Odessa," police said.

01/09/2019

USA

Texas officers on horses led handcuffed black man by a rope

The Galveston, Texas, police chief said the "practice was not used correctly" considering the nature of the arrest.

06/08/2019

USA

El Paso shopper took a bullet for his wife

Juan de Dios Velazquez had only moved to El Paso, Texas, with his wife Estela Nicolasa from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border in Mexico, six months before they were caught in Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart store.

05/08/2019

USA

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for shooter who killed 22 in El Paso

Governor Greg Abbott told reporters that the tragedy was "one the deadliest days in the history of Texas."

03/08/2019

USA

US police find girl from viral video who licked supermarket ice cream

It was the "cold case" that gripped the US but police in Texas said on Friday they had found the girl who was filmed licking a tub of ice cream and returning it to a supermarket fridge in a viral video last week.

06/07/2019

USA

Formerly homeless man readmitted Texas university after leaving in 1975

David Carter, 67, left school after struggling for several years with mental health issues, including schizophrenia and substance abuse.

05/06/2019