DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pain and that her condition will never improve. Trinity Lewis had asked Judge Sandee Bryan Marion to issue […]
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Congregants returned fire and fatally shot a gunman who killed two people in a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, police said. The death of the second person was confirmed Sunday evening by FBI spokesman Jason Wandel. He also said the two congregants who opened fire on the suspect […]
A far-left Texas congressional candidate is not backing down from tweets in which the stated that Barack Obama “deserves” worse than cancer. Over the weekend, Justin Lecea retweeted an Obama post reminding people about the deadline for enrollment in Obamacare. He added the message: “I just want you to think about all the people who have and will die because Obamacare […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge newly assigned to decide if a Texas hospital can remove a 10-month-old girl from life support against her mother’s wishes said Thursday she was allowing more time for a facility to be found that would take Tinslee Lewis, even as a doctor said the most basic activity “causes […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday was considering whether a hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition. The judge heard the request by Tinslee Lewis‘ family for a temporary injunction to stop Cook Children’s Medical Center from removing life-sustaining treatment for the girl. Doctors at […]
Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt has represented numerous families of victims of police violence, including Botham Jean and Atatiana Jefferson. He recently gained three more clients. The attorney tweeted that he has been hired by the families of three Black men who were killed by police in the same week. Aside from being victims of police […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman is fighting for anonymity in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker, but a federal judge who plans to dismiss the case has ordered that her name be made public first. While an appeals court put the order on hold, legal experts say such actions are […]
Rodney Reed just scored a huge break in his fight to avoid execution next week. According to the New York Times, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously Friday to recommend that Gov. Greg Abbot delay Reed’s execution by 120 days. In recent weeks, celebrities and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have […]
A Texas court has blocked a hospital from taking 9-month-old Tinslee Lewis off life-support as her family searches for a facility to care for the infant despite her ‘irreversible’ heart condition, Daily Mail reports. Tinslee was born Ebstein’s anomaly, which is a rare heart defect that causes her to suffer from chronic lung disease and severe chronic pulmonary hypertension, Cook Children’s […]
A former substitute teacher has gone viral after video of her beating a student at a Texas high school hit the internet. According to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, on Friday, and was captured by other students in cell phone videos. The footage shows Tiffani Shadell […]
With all of the impeachment talk in the news, education hasn’t really been making headlines, but there are issues that need to be discussed. Jacque Reid reports that Black and Hispanic students in Texas are two times more likely to drop out of high school than white students. She goes Inside Her Story with Cynthia […]
In just a few minutes I’ll give us an update on our efforts to stop the execution of Rodney Reed, but first I want to bring you all some great news from San Francisco. Several times over this past year I told the story of a young man who was running for District Attorney there […]
