On this day in history, Oct 17, 1835, Texas Rangers formally proposed among settlers patrolling frontier

A bittersweet effect. Glee was already over when Naya Rivera died in 2020, but her costars Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale believe her death led to healing among the surviving cast members.

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Rapper Takeoff’s cause of death has been determined following his passing on Tuesday, November 1.

Determined to expunge almost any mention of Scientology from Danny Masterson’s rape trial, defense attorney Phillip Cohen told the jury from the beginning that consistency would be core of his client’s case. That vow was very much on display Thursday as the lawyer sought to spotlight the supposed inconsistencies in the testimony of Jane Doe #3.  

Days before a Targaryen civil war erupts between Rhaenyra and Alicent on the Season 1 finale of HBO’s House of the Dragon, you’ll find series creator George R.R. Martin staying mum on fire-breathing animals and talking up his latest rotoscope animated short, Night of the Cooters, in his Santa Fe, NM stomping ground.

And today on what feels like a dystopian TV show called How Badly Can Texas Continue To Miss The Point? we’re seeing schools in the The Lone Star State sending DNA kits to parents to help identify their kids’ bodies “in case of emergency”. Yes, really…

Police in Texarkana, Texas, announced over the weekend the Oct. 7 arrest of a man they allege stole a truck and "scared the beejeebies" out of people by strolling around a Walmart parking lot with a hatchet in the front of his pants. Jerry Toney, 25, was apprehended by officers as he was getting into a black Dodge pickup at a Walmart while sporting a hatchet and baton in his pants, which he reportedly said he needed for protection, according to local KSLA.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Pharr International Bridges Cargo Facility in Texas has intercepted over a million dollars in alleged fentanyl.  On Thursday, officers assigned to the cargo facility encountered a commercial tractor-trailer arriving from Mexico.  An officer referred the vehicle for further inspection.  After utilizing non-intrusive inspection equipment and screening by a canine team, CBP found 19 packages of alleged fentanyl that had been concealed in the tractor.  PHARR, TX - APRIL 13: Police officers block the entrance to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on April 13, 2022, in Pharr, Texas.

Border patrol officers in Texas recently encountered Halloween decorations in a disguise of their own during an inspection at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry. While conducting a second inspection of a car coming from Mexico, field officers discovered $402,196 in liquid methamphetamine inside pumpkins, U.S. Customs and Border Protections said in a news release.

A large group of Venezuelans expelled from the United States and sent to Mexico under a new Homeland Security policy protested at the border Friday, causing officials to briefly close an international bridge leading to Texas. The protesters gathered in Matamoros, Mexico, which sits across from Brownsville, Texas. Video footage posted on social media shows a group of people gathered on the bridge appearing to talk among themselves.  A spokesperson for U.S.

These Texas lotteries were drawn Thursday: : 03-04-06-08-09-10-11-14-21-22-23-24 01-02-04-07-08-11-13-16-17-19-21-22 03-08-09-10-14-15-16-18-19-20-23-24 : 01-02-05-07-09-10-12-14-15-18-20-22 02-14-22-29-31 $25,000 7-5-7-2, : 6 0-6-0-3, : 2 9-4-2-3, : 6 : 2-5-2-0, : 7 494,000,000 4-6-3, : 2 The Mega Million's estimated jackpot is $494,000,000.  4-2-6, : 2 1-9-1, : 4 2-8-8, : 6 454,000,000 05-19-26-31, : 29 $200,000

With less than four weeks to go until November’s elections, Gov. Greg Abbott is maintaining his upper-single digit lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke as the Republican governor runs for a third four-year term steering Texas.

More than 28,000 fentanyl pills, 29 pounds of marijuana and 10 firearms were confiscated by police in Fort Worth, Texas. Officers arrested Melvin Kellough Jr. and Atomic Greene on Thursday in connection with an ongoing drug investigation.

The Maine Department of Education is not doing enough to enforce a decades-old law requiring students to be taught about Native American history, leading most schools to fall short, according to a study. The study, released on Monday, which is Indigenous Peoples Day in Maine, concluded most school districts are failing to cover all required areas of Wabanaki studies. "Teaching Wabanaki Studies is not optional.

These Texas lotteries were drawn Monday: 01-04-05-06-07-10-11-12-15-17-18-23 01-02-03-07-09-10-11-12-13-15-19-24 02-08-09-10-11-13-14-15-20-22-23-24 01-05-06-07-09-15-17-18-19-21-22-23 The Mega Million's estimated jackpot is $445,000,000.  07-20-26-27-34 $25,000 0-0-2-3, : 6 : 8-9-7-3, : 7-3-6-2, : 8 : 5-5-8-9, : 6 07-13-15-20-22-34 $7,500,000 445,000,000 4-1-1, : 3 : 9-9-7, : 4 0-7-2, : 6 5-9-1, : 3 03-06-11-17-22, : 11, 2 : $421,000,000 : 01-08-14-25, : 23 $725,000

A Texas border mayor called out both parties Monday on "America's Newsroom," arguing Republicans and Democrats are the "root cause" of the border crisis.  "It is a crisis relative to immigration and border security. And unfortunately, we have a tendency to look beyond our borders for the elusive root causes when in reality and unfortunately, the fact remains that politicians on both sides of the aisle are the root cause," said Rio Grande City, Texas Mayor Joel Villarreal.  Villarreal said no mayor or governor should "bear the burden" for what he described as a "broken immigration system."  Villarreal said he is not confident the influx of illegal immigration will end because "neither party has delivered immigration reform in several decades." Vice President Kamala Harris visited Austin this weekend, but declined to make a stop at the southern border.

For the first time ever, the entire New Testament of the Bible will be spoken aloud word for word, by memory, on stage.  Tom Meyer, a professor of Bible studies from northern Kentucky, had the idea of bringing people together to recite God’s word — without a script.  With help from the ICR Discovery Center for Earth and Science, a museum in Dallas, Texas, Meyer is hosting an event for the entire community to see, in person and via live stream, beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, as the New Testament is spoken aloud fully and completely from memory.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's reelection campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state's abortion access for women. The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help."  The advertisement also includes California's abortion resources website and a Bible verse.  "Love your neighbor as yourself.There is no greater commitment than these," the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.

Police in Texas are investigating a deadly attempted robbery involving narcotics after four shooting victims were found inside a car, authorities said Saturday. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of E.

A police chief in Texas was arrested on Thursday after allegedly soliciting prostitution from a minor. Thomas Peoples, 55, was the police chief in Oak Ridge, Texas.