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Texas governor bans all Covid vaccine mandates, rips Biden for ‘bullying’

Reuters News ServiceOctober 12, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 12, 20210644

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, responding to what he called “bullying” by the Biden Administration, barred all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state by any entity, including...

Americas World

Texas law sparks hundreds of U.S. protests against abortion restrictions

Reuters News ServiceOctober 3, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 3, 20210209

Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions...

Americas World

Texas governor lifts state’s mask mandate, business restrictions

Reuters News ServiceMarch 3, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 3, 20210306

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any U.S. state on Tuesday, lifting a mask mandate and saying most businesses...

Americas World

Residents flee fourth major Texas petrochemical fire this year

Reuters News ServiceNovember 28, 2019November 28, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 28, 2019November 28, 20190200

Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series...

Americas

Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen’s murder

Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 20180100

A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year...

Americas World

Dead Texas bombing suspect identified as local man

Reuters News ServiceMarch 21, 2018March 21, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 21, 2018March 21, 20187 112

An unemployed 23-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others blew himself up on...

Americas World

Sixth Texas parcel bomb leaves U.S. investigators baffled

Reuters News ServiceMarch 20, 2018March 21, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 20, 2018March 21, 20181176

A parcel packed with nails and shrapnel blew up on Tuesday at a FedEx Corp center near San Antonio, Texas, injuring a worker, before a second...

Americas World

Explosion in Austin wounds two men, FBI on scene (Update)

Reuters News ServiceMarch 19, 2018March 19, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 19, 2018March 19, 20180154

Two men on bicycles were wounded in an explosion of a bomb that may have been detonated by a trip wire, police said on Monday...

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Hamilton wins U.S. GP but made to wait for title

Reuters News ServiceOctober 23, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 23, 20170149

Mercedes won the Formula One constructors’ title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising...

Americas World

Eight killed, including gunman, in shooting at Texas home

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 11, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 11, 20170158

A gunman killed seven people at a home in a Dallas suburb on Sunday evening before being shot dead by police called to the scene,...

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

Climate creep and American frogs

Gwynne DyerSeptember 3, 2017September 2, 2017

By Gwynne DyerSeptember 3, 2017September 2, 20170165

By Gwynne Dyer At least a decade ago, a retired general at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies said to me that the...

Americas World

Texas city loses water, 44 dead, but thousands rescued

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 1, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 1, 20170216

A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed...

Americas World

Blasts at chemical plant spark new worry in storm-soaked Texas

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2017August 31, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2017August 31, 20170175

Explosions at a chemical plant near Houston posed a fresh worry for storm-battered Texas on Thursday while rescuers searched block by block for survivors of...

Americas World

Gasoline hits $2/gallon, explosion expected at flooded Texas plant

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 201717 155

Gasoline prices hit $2 a gallon for the first time since 2015 on Thursday as flooding from storm Harvey knocked out almost a quarter of...

Americas

After driving thousands from Houston, Harvey hits Louisiana

Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 2017August 31, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 30, 2017August 31, 20170189

AT LEAST 35 DEAD, 17 MISSING Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeast Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping...

Americas World

Harvey claims second fatality, threatens catastrophic floods (Updated)

Reuters News ServiceAugust 27, 2017August 27, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 27, 2017August 27, 20170155

Rescue crews raced against rising floodwaters on Sunday to pull hundreds of stranded residents from their homes in southeast Texas as Harvey, the most powerful...

Americas World

Death toll in suspected Texas human smuggling case rises to nine

Reuters News ServiceJuly 23, 2017July 24, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 23, 2017July 24, 20173 169

At least nine men were found dead on Sunday alongside dozens of people discovered inside a sweltering tractor trailer parked at a Walmart store in...

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One student killed, 3 wounded in University of Texas stabbings

Reuters News ServiceMay 2, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceMay 2, 20170154

A man enrolled at the University of Texas went on a stabbing spree with a large hunting knife at the school’s Austin campus on Monday,...

Americas World

Troubled lawyer shoots nine in Houston before being killed by police

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 26, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 26, 2016November 6, 20164 181

A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said....

Americas World

US judge grants nationwide injunction to halt Obama transgender policy

Reuters News ServiceAugust 22, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 22, 2016November 7, 20160109

A US judge granted a nationwide injunction sought by a group of 13 states led by Texas seeking to block Obama administration guidance that transgender...