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Cops Seize 75 Pounds of Pot After Woman's Suitcase Splits

Police say they were called by Dallas Love Field worker after suitcase mishap

(Newser) - A busted suitcase allegedly blew up one traveler's plans in Dallas. Police say an airline worker at Dallas Love Field called officers Thursday after a suitcase split open on an arriving flight from Las Vegas and exposed what looked like a hefty stash of marijuana. Narcotics detectives met the...

Texas Resident Was in Bed, Then 'Felt Everything Vibrate'

Small Cessna carrying pickleball players crashes, killing pilot and all 4 passengers

(Newser) - A small plane carrying pickleball players crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people aboard, authorities said Friday. The crash happened around 11pm on Thursday in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles southwest of Austin, the Texas Department of Public Safety said, per the AP . "The...

At Center of Chick-fil-A Case, $80K Worth of Mac and Cheese

Cops: Keyshun Jones went back to store he was fired from, processed fake refunds for catering trays

(Newser) - Authorities in Texas say a former Chick-fil-A worker found a novel way to cash in on the chain's mac and cheese offerings. Police in Grapevine allege that, after being terminated last October, 23-year-old Keyshun Jones returned to the restaurant on Black Friday and quietly ran bogus refunds on a...

Industrial Worker Fatally Buried Under 3 Feet of Hot Tar

Cleanup of 50K-gallon spill at asphalt facility in South Houston is expected to take days

(Newser) - An industrial accident in South Houston left one worker dead on Wednesday after a tank at an asphalt facility ruptured and released tens of thousands of gallons of hot black tar, authorities said. Per KHOU , the failure occurred around 3:30pm at the Martin Asphalt facility on Christy Place, sending...

Man Executed Despite Cousin's Confession to Being the Shooter

James Broadnax convicted in robbery that left 2 dead in Texas

(Newser) - A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence was executed Thursday evening, the AP reports. James Broadnax was pronounced dead after...

Camp Mystic Abruptly Cancels Plan to Reopen

Move follows outrage from lawmakers, families of 27 kids and teens who died in flood

(Newser) - Officials at Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer, backing down after months of intensifying outrage by Texas lawmakers and the families of 27 young campers killed last year when floodwaters swept through the all-girls Christian camp in the middle of the night. The decision, a striking...

Suspect in 'Infamous' 1990 Killings Found Dead in Jail

Floyd Parrott suspected of committing suicide ahead of extradition hearing

(Newser) - The man arrested last month in the "infamous" 1990 killings of a young couple in Houston has died in jail in Nebraska. Floyd Parrott, facing capital murder charges and possibly the death penalty in the brutal slayings of Cheryl Henry and Garland "Andy" Atkinson, was discovered dead of...

Camp Mystic Director Offers Apology During Texas Hearing

'We tried our hardest that night. It wasn't enough to save your daughters,' he says

(Newser) - One of the directors of Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country, offered a tearful apology Tuesday to the families of the 25 campers and two counselors killed in a 2025 flood. Edward Eastland's words came as dozens of the girls' family...

Young People Arrested in Plot to Attack Texas Synagogue

Alleged plan involved driving through the congregation

(Newser) - Two young people have been arrested in an alleged plot to attack a Texas synagogue that involved driving through the congregation to "kill as many Jews as possible," according to authorities and court documents reported by the AP . The arrests come a month after an armed man crashed...

Hammer-Wielding Thieves Hit Jewelry Store 'Mob-Style'

Suspects 'knew exactly which cases to go hit,' says owner, and made off with a big haul

(Newser) - Shoppers at a Texas outlet mall watched a hammer-wielding crew storm a jewelry store in what one security expert is calling a "mob-style" robbery. Round Rock police say multiple masked, gloved suspects rushed into Marc Robinson Jewelers at the Round Rock Premium Outlets near Austin at 12:47pm Tuesday,...

Dreaded Screwworm Is Detected 60 Miles From Texas

As US breaks ground on new facility to produce sterile flies

(Newser) - A parasitic fly that can wipe out livestock has been detected uncomfortably close to the US–Mexico border, and Texas officials say the state is firmly "in the crosshairs." A calf in Nuevo León, Mexico, roughly 60 miles from South Texas, has tested positive for New World...

Texas Gets a Win on Its Ten Commandments Law

Appeals court says state can require public schools to display them in classrooms

(Newser) - Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools. The ruling sets up a potential clash at the US Supreme Court over the issue in...

Magicians to SCOTUS: No Hypnosis-Tainted Evidence

Penn & Teller challenge Texas death sentence that was based on testimony from hypnotized witness

(Newser) - Two Vegas headliners are trying to make something disappear: a death row conviction they say hinges on a trick, not science. Writing for the New York Times , legal correspondent Adam Liptak details how magicians Penn & Teller have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the US Supreme Court to hear the...

Democrats' Odds of Taking the Senate Keep Improving

Trump's polling slump and strong recruits appear to put red-state Senate seats in play

(Newser) - A Senate map that once looked locked down for Republicans is starting to wobble, Nate Cohn writes in a political analysis for the New York Times . To take control, Democrats must hold all 13 of their own seats and capture four now in GOP hands—a tall order that would...

More Could Have Been Saved, Says Camp Mystic Guard

Glenn Juenke testifies an earlier evacuation order would have helped

(Newser) - The security guard at Texas' Camp Mystic the night of last year's deadly flood acknowledged Wednesday that if a general evacuation order had been issued early in the storm, lives could have been saved. Glenn Juenke, who helped move girls to a two-story building before becoming trapped inside a...

Camp Mystic Director Gives Most Detailed Timeline of Tragedy Yet

He says he saw no flood warnings beforehand

(Newser) - The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 testified Monday he did not see official warnings issued the day before the storm hit, that staff had no meetings about the pending danger, and that they did not make...

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Cops: Mom Forced Needless Surgeries on Son

Texas' Kaitlyn Rose Laura allegedly requested unnecessary operations while seeking donations

(Newser) - A Texas woman is accused of repeatedly lying to doctors so they would perform invasive procedures on her healthy toddler, including two feeding-tube surgeries, according to authorities. Kaitlyn Rose Laura, 31, of Glen Rose, has been charged in Tarrant County with injury to a child and aggravated assault with a...

Delivery Driver Pleads Guilty to Murdering 7-Year-Old Girl

Texas authorities say he strangled Athena Strand after delivering her Christmas gift

(Newser) - A former FedEx driver accused of killing a 7-year-old girl after he said he accidentally struck her with his van while delivering a Christmas gift to her Texas home, and then strangled her during a fit of panic, pleaded guilty to capital murder just after his trial began Tuesday. Tanner...

After This Scene, Hockey Fan Handed Indefinite Ban

Dallas Stars warn against hateful behavior following apparent Nazi salutes

(Newser) - A Dallas Stars fan won't be returning to American Airlines Center after being linked to an apparent Nazi salute during a December game. The team said Monday it identified and spoke with the ticket-buyer caught up in a viral video showing at least four men raising and extending their...

Tony Gonzales Accused of 'Sexual Bullying' by 2nd Woman

Ex-staffer says Texas GOP congressman repeatedly pushed for nude photos

(Newser) - A fresh allegation is deepening the ethical cloud over Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, the Guardian reports. A second former staffer says the Republican congressman sent her sexually explicit text messages and repeatedly pressed her for nude photos while she worked as his political director during his 2020 campaign, as the...

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