Author: Jim Vertuno
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Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas history
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Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions and are focused on containing the northern and eastern perimeter of the fire while protecting life and property
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment, and now he wants political revenge
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Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures
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Gov. Greg Abbott says wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle
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Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle
A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history
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No. 14 Iowa State holds off late Texas rally and earns 70-65 road victory
Milan Momcilovic scored 13 points and No. 14 Iowa State held off a furious Texas rally over the final 10 minutes to earn a 70-65 win
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Sandy Hook lawyer: Jan. 6 panel asked for Alex Jones’ texts
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AUSTIN, Texas • An attorney for the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre who are suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the attack said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records from Jones’ phone. Attorney Mark Bankston…
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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
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AUSTIN, Texas • A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the…
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Suspect in Austin bombing attacks blows himself up, police say
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — As a SWAT team closed in, the suspected bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for three weeks used one of his own devices to blow himself up. But police warned that he could have planted more bombs before his death, and they cautioned the city to stay on guard. Mark Anthony Conditt,…
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‘So many babies in there’: church shooting claims 8 children
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LA VERNIA, Texas — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once. Two of the first four patients…
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Authorities review video of small-town Texas church attack
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Authorities have reviewed video from inside the small-town Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people, including footage that shows the assailant shooting victims in the head during Sunday services, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The official’s account of the video is consistent with statements made by survivors…