The Pigeon Express
A Texas man is facing charges for allegedly killing his father-in-law by headbutting him at a local bar. According to the incident report, the Fort Worth Police Department was called to Woody’s Tavern at approximately midnight after a fight broke out between John Birdwell, 38, and Robert Bearden, 66. Birdwell was talking to his wife’s […]
A Texas man has died after he shot a woman and himself with the same bullet, Dallas police say. Byron Redmon, 26, is accused of shooting a woman in the neck at an apartment and the bullet hit him too, the Dallas Police Department said in a release. Officers responded to a call regarding the […]
Sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said. The July 18 fire on Possum Kingdom Lake’s western shore, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth, took eight days to fully contain. Chief Bonnie Watkins of the Possum […]
Officials found more than $2 million in methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry in Texas, US Customs and Border Protection say. CBP officers from the Rio Grande City International Bridge discovered it Sunday in a 2012 Dodge that arrived from Mexico, Port Director Andres Guerra said in a […]
A 75-year-old man from Houston was found dead near the trailhead of Chimneys Trail at Big Bend National Park. While no cause of death was immediately evident, the report did say that temperatures reached around 104 degrees on Chimneys Trail that day, leading authorities to believe the death was related to the extreme heat. Temperatures […]
Two customers are suing Taco Bell after person behind the counter of a Dallas store swung a bucket of steaming liquid at them. The pair say they suffered serious burns when a store manager poured the water on them as they complained about an incomplete order, their lawsuit claims. The security video, which has no […]
US First Lady Jill Biden has apologised for likening Hispanic people to “tacos” in a botched compliment. Mrs Biden was addressing Latinos in Texas on Monday when she referenced the traditional Mexican snack in her speech. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) responded: “We are not tacos”. On Tuesday, her press secretary said Mrs […]
A San Antonio man died after a firework exploded on his head. The Bexar County Medical Examiner said 43-year-old Pablo Ruiz died from head injuries due to a fireworks explosion mishap on July 5. Ruiz and his friends were drinking and shooting off fireworks at a residence after midnight when he decided to light a […]
At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. A fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital. The survivors were “hot to the touch” and suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion. San Antonio, which is 250km from […]
A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin carried its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space, including the first-ever Mexican-born woman to make such a journey. The 60-foot-tall suborbital rocket took off from Blue Origin’s facilities in West Texas vaulting a group of six people to more than 62 miles above the […]
A dolphin stranded on a Texas beach died after a crowd of people “harassed” the animal and tried to ride it, rescue officials said. The female dolphin washed up on Quintana Beach and was reportedly pushed back to sea while beachgoers tried to “swim with and ride the sick animal,” the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding […]
Multiple tornadoes ripped through parts of the US states of Texas and Oklahoma, killing at least one person, United States officials said. Widespread damage were reported in areas near the major cities of Austin and Dallas. An official said a 73-year-old woman died when the tornado hit the community of Sherwood Shores, Texas on Monday […]