Texas dad ‘accidentally shot and injured son, 9, while putting his gun away following road rage incident’ – and police say he WON’T be charged The father, who was driving with his 9-year-old son in the car, brandished his firearm after he believed he was being followed by another vehicle The two made it home … Read more
A joint operation between the U.S. Border Patrol and local police led to the arrest of 216 migrants who were hidden in five stash houses in southern Texas. Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents and the Laredo Police Department made the apprehensions during a series of raids Monday and Tuesday in the border town of Laredo, … Read more
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert’s asked during a hearing of a House committee whether the federal government could change the orbits of the moon or earth to deal with climate change – raising some eyebrows among experts. Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, was on a video call with associate deputy chief of the National Forest Service Jennifer … Read more
Jill Biden appears to take a subtle swipe at Melania Trump by recycling LOVE-emblazoned jacket at G7 – after her predecessor wore controversial ‘I really don’t care’ coat for visit to migrant child detention centre First Lady Jill Biden has seemingly taken a swipe at her predecessor Melania Trump when in Cornwall today Melania sported … Read more
Sweet revenge: Customers queue down the block to support Texas bakery hit by social media backlash for posting a picture of rainbow cookies Confections in Lufkin said it lost followers and orders over the Pride cookies An outpouring of support followed, with the bakery selling out two days in a row Owners Dawn Cooley and … Read more
A Nicaraguan boy who made headlines in April when he was filmed crying and begging a US Border Patrol agent for help after smugglers abandoned him has finally been reunited with family in Florida. Cell phone video captured 10-year-old Wilto Obregón and his mother Meylin Obregón hugging relatives on Sunday at Miami International Airport after … Read more
A nine-year-old migrant child who crossed into the United States without his family on Wednesday was captured on camera making a heartbreaking call to his mother, telling her: ‘I’m here.’ The unnamed Guatemalan boy had not seen his mother since he was two years old, and grew up in the home of his grandmother. But … Read more
Border Patrol K-9 leads agents to more than 50 migrants hidden inside a tanker trailer near the United States-Mexico border in Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents from the Laredo Sector found more than 50 migrants being transported inside a tanker last Friday Border Patrol agents were conducting a checkpoint on Highway 83 … Read more
A six year-old reported missing by his dad’s girlfriend on May 27 may have vanished a month earlier, as an investigator warned he ‘does not have a good feeling’ about the case. Samuel Olson turned six years old on Saturday, but he was not there to celebrate his birthday with his family. Theresa Balboa, who … Read more
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has confirmed ambitious plans to build an ‘ocean spaceport’ that will be used to launch a Starship rocket to Mars in 2022. It was reported in July 2020 that the firm had acquired a pair of former oil drilling rigs for $3.5 million (£2.47 million) each that they planned to convert … Read more