It is now recommended that women start getting screened at age 40 without a family history. SAN ANTONIO — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The disease is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. Breast cancer rates have dropped by close to 50% since the 1980s. A lot of that can be … Read more
Big’s, a Fredericksburg convenience store, receives a $250,000 bonus for selling a winning $1.8 billion Powerball ticket. SAN ANTONIO — The Fredericksburg store that sold the winning Powerball ticket last month has received a bonus check from the lottery. The second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history — $1.8 billion — was won on the night … Read more
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas DPS to enhance security at religious sites due to rising attacks. BEAUMONT, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday to increase security around places of worship in response to rising violent attacks against “people and places of faith” nationwide, according to a news … Read more
After a viral video stirred controversy at Texas A&M, Texas Tech ordered course adjustments while UNT and UT launched reviews. (The Texas Tribune) Last month, a viral video showing a Texas A&M University student confronting a professor over a discussion of gender identity during a children’s literature class sparked a firestorm in Texas higher education … Read more
Family confirms Miguel Ángel García-Hernández has died after the Dallas ICE shooting. His wife is pregnant with their fifth child and seeking answers. DALLAS, Texas — A second detainee wounded in last week’s shooting at a Dallas ICE facility has died. Family members confirm 32-year-old Miguel Ángel García-Hernández had been on life support for nearly … Read more
Forty-one people, including 29 suspected of working in the club, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said. DALLAS — Homeland Security arrested 41 non-citizens at Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in Dallas after executing a criminal search warrant for suspected human trafficking, officials said. On Sept. 26, Homeland Security, along with local, state … Read more
Forty-one people, including 29 suspected of working in the club, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said. DALLAS — Homeland Security arrested 41 non-citizens at Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in Dallas after executing a criminal search warrant for suspected human trafficking, officials said. On Sept. 26, Homeland Security, along with local, state … Read more