Latest Texas Headlines

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Hackers Steal Information From Texas-Based Pilot Recruiting Company

Jun 29 2023 // DALLAS (AP) – Personal information for more than 8,000 applicants to become pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines was stolen when hackers broke into a data base maintained by a recruiting company.The...

Record-Breaking Heat Wave to Expand to Other States, Posing Health Risks to Millions

Jun 28 2023 // DALLAS (AP) – Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the...

Extreme Heat in Texas Raises Concerns of Power Grid Overload

Jun 28 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – On another 100-degree day in Texas, Sean Whitaker lingered outside a Dallas cafe after polishing off an iced coffee, having switched off the power to everything back home except his...

‘Heat Dome’ Scorching Temperatures Headed to Other States

Jun 28 2023 // Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming...

Man and Stepson Die After Hiking in Extreme Heat in West Texas National Park

Jun 27 2023 // BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) – A Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas, according to officials.The 31-year-old man had been hiking the...

Texas Power Grid Operator Can’t be Sued Over 2021 Winter Storm, High Court Rules

Jun 26 2023 // The Supreme Court of Texas narrowly decided Friday that sovereign immunity, which largely shields government agencies from civil lawsuits, also protects the operator of the Texas electric grid.The 5-4 opinion will likely...

Texas Cities Experience Highest Ever Recorded Temperatures in Searing Heat Wave

Jun 23 2023 // A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation.Readings in Laredo, Del Rio, San Angelo...

Houston Men Charged With Burning Down Medical Center Under Construction

Jun 22 2023 // A 38-year-old Houston, Texas man is in custody on charges of maliciously using explosive materials resulting in physical injury and conspiracy to do so.Authorities arrested Jason Vernon Rogers on June 13. Truong Quoc...

North Texas Tornado Kills At Least Four People

Jun 22 2023 // At least four people are dead and nine are injured after a tornado hit Matador, a small town of nearly 800 people northeast of Lubbock, late Wednesday night.The tornado was brought on by several severe storms in the...

Texas Power Grid Operator Urges Power Conservation During Heat Wave

Jun 21 2023 // The Texas power grid operator urged homes and businesses to conserve electricity on Tuesday evening to prevent power reserves from falling short as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape the first heat wave of...

Texas Family Dollar Faces $294K Over Repeat Safety Violations

Jun 21 2023 // Soon after U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Family Dollar store in southeast Van Zandt County in December 2022, they found the store’s operator allowing merchandise to block storeroom...

Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says

Jun 21 2023 // Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5 billion in insured losses, Karen Clark & Co. said in a briefing on Tuesday.KCC said there...

States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream

Jun 21 2023 // Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood actresses and internet influencers. A photo of an explosion at the...

Southern US Hit by Power Outages as Heat Wave Grips Texas

Jun 20 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the...

Texas Panhandle Storm Blamed for 3 Deaths, Wrecked Mobile Homes and Main Street

Jun 19 2023 // PERRYTON, Texas (AP) – As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized...

For Groups Fighting Opioid Crisis, Settlement Money Can Be Hard to Come By

Jun 19 2023 // Companies accused of fueling the U.S. opioid crisis have so far paid out more than $3 billion to compensate states, but has any of the money reached the people who need it? It depends where you live. Yes, if you’re...

Fatal Blaze at Texas Refinery to Result in Lawsuits Against Oil Refiner Marathon

Jun 19 2023 // Attorneys representing the family of a worker who was killed in a fire at a Texas City, Texas, refinery and another worker who was hospitalized said on Wednesday they have filed or would soon file injury claims against top...

Inspectors Sue Firm Associated with Troubled McClenney Moseley for Unpaid Bonuses and Overtime

Jun 19 2023 // Seventeen former field inspectors for a company that provided damage estimates for McClenney Moseley & Associates filed a lawsuit against their former employer, saying they are owed for bonuses that were promised but...

KCC Estimates June Texas Hailstorm Losses at $1B

Jun 16 2023 // The impact from a June hailstorm over Texas with baseball to softball-sized hail is expected to cause over $1 billion in insured losses, according to catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark and Company. The storm occurred...

3 Dead, Dozens Injured in Texas Panhandle Tornado

Jun 16 2023 // At least three people died and dozens more injured when a tornado struck the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on June 15.The National Weather Services in Amarillo said the tornado hit at 5:10 p.m. CT. Perryton, a town of...