Two high school cheerleaders were shot after one of them apparently approached the wrong vehicle in a car park near Austin, Texas. One of the athletes, Payton Washington, 18, remains in hospital in a critical condition, according to family. The…
Mifepristone: US judge halts approval for abortion pill
A Texas judge has revoked the longstanding approval for the widely used abortion drug mifepristone. The pill has been authorised for over 20 years, and is used in more than half of US pregnancy terminations. In a 67-page opinion, Judge…
Texas officials find migrants in shipping container on a train
The bodies of two people were found Friday on a freight train in Texas after someone telephoned officials to let them know that there were people on board who were in distress. It was not immediately clear who made the…
Former police officer who hired 2 people to kill wife is executed
A former suburban Texas police officer has been executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the November 1994 fatal…
Texas set to execute man for killing his mother, burying body in her backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal…
If I knew that being a Nanny abroad would land me in jail, I for kuku remain in Nigeria.
I raised all my children by myself, a single parent with five children, although from three different fathers; one died, two simply walked away after fathering a child each. All my children remain as one, I never allowed them to…
The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and Washington, DC, has set a new metropolitan area as a destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on board…
In modest breakthrough, US senators announce outline of gun control deal
US Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework Sunday responding to last month’s mass shootings in the country, a modest breakthrough offering measured gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs. The proposal falls far short…
Netflix gives Stranger Things season 4 premiere a violence warning
Netflix has made a last-minute change to the next chapter of Stranger Things. Following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday that killed 19 students and two adults, the streamer has added a warning card to season 4, which premieres…
Matthew McConaughey calls for action after Texas school shooting
Matthew McConaughey penned a heartbreaking note about his hometown of Uvalde, TX, where an 18-year-old gunman ruthlessly killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school on Tuesday. After learning of the horror on his home soil, McConaughey issued…
