Orchard Lakes Estates Estates resident Erin Weaver spotted the alligator with a knife in the top of his head, pictured here. (Erin Weaver) An alligator with a knife in its head was spotted swimming in Texas. Orchard Lakes Estates Estates…
Julián Castro set to launch presidential bid with San Antonio speech (Guardian)
Julián Castro, the federal housing secretary under Barack Obama, is expected to announce his presidential bid on Saturday with an address in his home city of San Antonio, Texas, where he served for five years as mayor. The 44-year-old, who…
Court rules Obamacare is unconstitutional (BBC)
A federal judge in the US state of Texas has ruled that a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. Twenty states argued the whole law was invalidated by a change in tax…
Texas newlyweds die in helicopter crash leaving wedding (BBC)
A young couple from Texas were killed when a helicopter carrying them away from their own wedding crashed late on Saturday night, according to officials. Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler were both students at Sam Houston State University. Their…
Same-sex couple makes history by carrying same baby (NYPost)
In a medical first, two mothers have carried the same baby: Ashleigh Coulter gave birth to a son both she and her wife Bliss Coulter carried, thanks to a breakthrough method of in vitro fertilization. The method, called Effortless Reciprocal…
Black man shot dead by white police woman who ‘mistook his apartment for hers’ (Mirror)
A white police officer fatally shot a black man in his own home after she entered the flat and thought it was hers, it is claimed. Officer Amber Guyger, who was off duty, could be charged with manslaughter in the…