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13-Year-Old Texas Girl Kidnapped, Killed Over Stolen Drugs
The death of a 13-year-old Texas girl who was kidnapped and killed because of a drug theft involving one of her relatives has a community reeling. An Amber Alert was issued for Shavon Le’Feye Randle of Lancaster, Texas, on Wednesday. On Sunday, Shavon was found dead in an abandoned home along with 19-year-old Michael Titus,…
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A Tale of 2 Brothers: 1 Destined for the NBA, the Other a Hater
Mohamed Bamba is the type of player college coaches drool over. He’s a 7-foot-tall big man with a 7-foot-9 wingspan who was ranked No. 3 in the ESPN 100 rankings of players for 2017. He’s a McDonald’s All-American, and the type of player who can single-handedly change a program’s charted course. In fact, ESPN wrote…
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Texas Governor Signs ‘Weakened’ Sandra Bland Act Into Law
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Sandra Bland Act into law Thursday, in what was supposed to be a decisive move to address the issues that led to Bland’s death. As the Texas Tribune notes, the act obligates county jails to channel individuals with mental-health and substance abuse issues toward treatment, and to make it…
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Texas Woman Stabs Elderly Hispanic Woman on Bus for Not Speaking English: Report
A San Antonio woman is facing charges of aggravated assault after police say she stabbed an 80-year-old woman on a Greyhound bus for not speaking English. According to KCEN, Reshunda Denise Pickens, 32, is currently being held on $10,000 bond. According to authorities, at around 12:30 a.m. June 12, Pickens was sitting next to the…
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United Apologizes After Video Surfaces of Houston-Based Employee Pushing Passenger, 71, to Floor After Argument
The curse of terrible airlines apparently hasn’t ended. United issued an apology Tuesday after a video surfaced of a Houston-based employee shoving a 71-year-old passenger to the floor during an argument over a ticket. The actual incident in question took place about two years ago, the Washington Post reports, but a lawsuit was filed last…
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Texas Man Arrested After Police Find 5 Malnourished Children Living in Squalid Home Among Rotten Food, Bugs, Feces
Police arrested a 33-year-old Dallas man after authorities say they found five malnourished children living in filthy and neglected conditions in an apartment in the northeast section of the city. According to the Dallas Morning News, officers were called to the apartment last week after someone reported hearing a baby crying for a long time.…
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Racist Bullies at Texas Middle School Called Black Girl an Ape, Pretended to Whip Her Like a Slave, but School Does Nothing, Father Says
The father of a 12-year-old girl who is being targeted by racist bullies is speaking out after he said that the school did not properly discipline the students involved in the hurtful and hateful attacks. According to a written report from the school, the Austin American-Statesman reports, one girl at Tippit Middle School in Georgetown,…
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Texas Teen Shot and Killed in Drive-By Only Hours After Graduating From High School
A Texas teen celebrating his high school graduation was shot and killed early Sunday morning just hours after walking across the stage. According to Fox 4 News, friends and family are still grappling with the sudden loss of LeDajrick Cox, who had been named prom king at Dallas’ Carter High School, as well as homecoming…
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Texas Teachers Disciplined After Giving ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ Award to 13-Year-Old Student
It seems as if a few Texas teachers need to go back to school to learn that a joke is supposed to be funny. However, in shockingly poor taste, some Channelview Independent School District teachers reportedly laughed during a mock awards ceremony as they handed out certificates, including one that dubbed a 13-year-old student “most…
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Prosecutors Race to Keep Suspected Serial Killer of Infants, Known as the Angel of Death, Behind Bars
Genene Jones is a former nurse who made international headlines over 30 years ago as the suspected serial killer of more than a dozen infants in the pediatric intensive care unit of a hospital in San Antonio, and she’s scheduled to be released from prison in March 2018. Dubbed the Angel of Death, Jones was…