A 40-year-old teacher will be spending two decades behind bars after confessing to sexually assaulting a teen student and his girlfriend in a van. According to reports, Leticia Lowery (pictured above) was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a child and first-degree sexual performance by […] More
“It would be fundamentally unfair to deport these children based upon rules and policies that have since been declared unlawful,” more than 60 organizations said in a letter to the Trump administration. “For many of these children, deportation is a death sentence.” NBC News reports that one child, an 11-year-old named Juan David, wrote in a […] More
Don’t mess with Texas — even in the midst of surging COVID cases. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday said he won’t budge on his vehement opposition to implementing stricter COVID-19 restrictions, even though the Lone Star state hit a record high in daily infection rates over the weekend. On Saturday, Texas set a […] More
EDINBURG, Texas — Britani first learned there was something wrong with her pregnancy late one night in July 2019 when she started bleeding and rushed to an emergency room. The doctor on duty said she had an infection that could cause her to miscarry. Britani agreed to find an obstetrician to treat the problem, knowing […] More
He had told The Dallas Morning News that thanks to a mass relocation project in the courthouse he got “the short end of the stick.” He said he typically wouldn’t have to come through the stairwell that is directly across from the sign, but the change meant he had to use the stairs to access […] More
But our secure little pods developed leaks whenever our adult children had responsibilities that exposed them to risk. A daughter who’s a lawyer spent days in hearings at the courthouse where someone was infected. Eliza’s mom, a pastor, is back at church, singing with her congregation. One son, who’s an EMT, now swabs suspected Covid […] More
While Americans are dying, President Donald Trump—who took to Twitter to brag about election wins in the state of Texas—is again patting himself on the back, this time for a coronavirus vaccine that by early trials is 94.5% effective. And far be it from Trump to exercise one morsel of humility or empathy for the […] More
The New York native and recording artist Benny the Butcher is the latest rapper to suffer a gunshot wound during a shooting in the state of Texas this week! What is going on?! The NYC native was apparently down in the Houston area this weekend for some reason when he chose to visit a Walmart store […] More
The rapper Boosie Badazz was reportedly shot in the leg on Saturday afternoon during a trip to Dallas — not even a full day after he’d paid his respects to another Dallas rapper who had been shot and killed recently, as well. The Baton Rouge native was in Dallas on Saturday at a strip mall called Big […] More
MASON, Texas — The change at the Sunday prayer service was so subtle it went unnoticed by several congregants. Tucked in between calls for divine health and wisdom, the Rev. Fred Krebs of St. Paul Lutheran Church, who rarely brings up politics, fleetingly mentioned this month’s presidential election. “We pray for a peaceful transition,” he […] More
“The virus is spreading in a largely uncontrolled fashion across the vast majority of the country,” Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious-disease expert at Vanderbilt University, told the AP. x Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests and 131k cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic started. There are 62k people currently […] More
Dallas rapper Mo3 has died on Wednesday after being shot on an interstate in Dallas, Texas. According to reports, the 28-year-old performer was gunned down just before noon on the I-35 by a suspect who chased him on foot. He was later rushed to a hospital where he died from his injuries. Sources close to […] More
