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Disturbing Photos Allegedly Show Texas Border Patrol Facility Packed With Immigrant Children
Photos obtained by the conservative website Breitbart are said to show dozens, perhaps hundreds, of young children packed side by side in a large concrete warehouse identified by the San Antonio Express-News as a U.S. Border Patrol holding station in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The children are presumably part of the wave of unaccompanied minors now coming to the U.S. in unprecedented numbers as they flee violence and poverty in Central America.
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Texas GOP Wants to ‘Cure’ Gays
As gay marriage gains momentum across the country, Texas Republicans’ decision to endorse quack ‘reparative therapy’ will have ripple effects far beyond the Lone Star State.
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House teeters on edge of crumbling 75-foot cliff
A vacant luxury house appears on the verge of tumbling 75 feet into a Central Texas lake because a cliff is collapsing beneath the property. Hill County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mark Wilson says another chunk of cliff broke off Tuesday night.
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Texas county unwittingly votes in favour of reparations for African Americans
Leaders in a North Texas county passed a resolution this week supporting reparations to African Americans for slavery – without even realizing they had done so.
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Texas inmates sue for relief from prison cells that ‘hold heat in like a parked car’
Texas prisoners have sued (again) to force the state’s Department of Criminal Justice to bring temperatures in their cells down to 88 degrees or less. Most people would probably consider the high 80′s to be uncomfortably hot, but the federal lawsuit — filed on behalf of four inmates at a facility that houses ill, geriatric and disabled prisoners — alleges that the status quo is far worse.
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Texas Day Care Investigated for Duct Taping Restless Children to Sleeping Mats
A Texas day care center is under fire after a staffer allegedly duct taped two children to their sleeping mats when they would not go to sleep during nap time. Lorrie Almquist, of Cresson, Texas, said she was shocked when she received a call Wednesday from the owner of Heart2Heart Montessori Academy in Parker County and learned that her 3-year-old son and another boy had been duct taped to their sleeping mats.
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Mom Who Tore Son's Scrotum And Tried To Fix Injury With Superglue Sentenced To Jail
A Texas woman who seriously injured her son and then tried to repair the injury with superglue pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Jennifer Vargas, 34, was arrested last fall by the FBI and charged with assault after she admitted to yanking her 6-year-old son's genitals out of anger.
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Richmond, Texas. Police managed to drag the woman for a few seconds before the train passed.
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The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas
A pill that revolutionized reproductive rights in Latin America is now gaining ground on the black market in South Texas.
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84-Year-Old Woman's Class Ring Found In Dried-Up Lake 60 Years After She Lost It
An 84-year-old Washington state woman will soon hold her 1953 university class ring, lost six decades ago, after it was found in a dried-up West Texas lake.
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Rancher Finds $2M Marijuana Growing Operation on His Land
A Texas man who was just hoping to graze cattle on the land he recently acquired was surprised to discover $2 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a back-woods area.
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"Toilet to tap" wastewater recycling begins in Texas city
As much of Texas grapples with lingering drought, a second city in the Lone Star State has begun reusing treated wastewater in a state-approved recycling process to bolster drinking supplies.
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Texas
I recently moved to Texas, and a lot of people keep asking me why. Well, here are 10 reasons for why I chose Texas! If you're from Texas feel or have been to Texas, feel free to tell me about your experiences! :) Visit my other social media outlets! http://www.EddieRod.com
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Texas Attorney General: Immigrants Crossing Border Illegally Are Raping, Killing In Texas
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says up to 1,000 National Guard troops will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the immigrants who are crossing the border illegally for criminal purposes.
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Did Texas execute an innocent man?
For more than 20 years, the prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his three young daughters has insisted that the authorities made no deals to secure the testimony of the jailhouse informer who told jurors that Willingham confessed the crime to him.
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Teen Lives Undetected Inside N. Texas Wal-Mart
Authorities say a runaway teenager lived undetected inside a 24-hour Wal-Mart for more than two days. Store employees in Corsicana, Texas discovered the 14-year-old boy and two living quarters he had carved out behind boxes in the store's baby section.
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Young People Still Hate Dallas
You may have seen some of the breathless headlines. "In the heat of summer, Forbes says Dallas is cool." "No...
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Rick Perry dismantled Texas' Public Integrity Unit. Now he's facing a grand jury.
The Texas governor is being investigated after he cut funding for the state's watchdog agency.
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Randy Ray Edwards Killed, 3 Injured in Texas Car Accident
KAUFMAN COUNTY, TX (8/17/2014) — A tragic Sunday night head-on car accident has claimed the life of Randy Ray Edwards, and left three others hospitalized.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Gets a Mug Shot
Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't exactly camera-shy. But few would argue that he was happy to pose for his most recent photograph. Perry had his mug shot snapped on Tuesday at Travis County Court in Austin, having been indicted Friday on felony charges for allegedly abusing his authority as governor, and strong-arming a public official.
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