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This is a developing story from Valley View, Texas, where a large, violent tornado has caused widespread devastation along Interstate 35. Emergency crews have declared a mass casualty event at a Shell truck stop gas station, reporting that up to 150 people are trapped inside with a collapsed roof. The tornado’s impact has led to …
Meteorologists in Miami, it is fair to say, are accustomed to drama: sunny-day flooding, severe rainstorms, strong hurricanes. So it is telling — and scary — that they seem at a loss for words to describe the extreme heat that the city experienced over the past few days, a full month ahead of summer. “It’s completely crazy, what …
What is a PDS tornado watch? Understanding the label that describes ‘rare situations’ for tornadoes https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/other/what-is-a-pds-watch-understanding-the-label-that-describes-rare-situations-for-tornadoes/ar-BB1mRxaM h/t Doominator
Officials say possibly 2,000 gallons of oil has spilt after barge crashed into Galveston bridge AC
The police are instructing paramedics all over the country to inject people with drugs. Sometimes they inject them with an overdose and kill them, sometimes they just keep injecting them until they kill them. It looks like the police don’t like to deal with people unless their dead. I guess it makes their job easier..
Officials in several Texas communities have asked people to evacuate their homes as rivers overflow their banks from recent heavy rain and severe weather, and flood alerts remain in effect across portions of the Lone Star state in anticipation of more precipitation in the coming days. Several inches of rain have already fallen in areas …
Shock and concern grip Detroit as four, including two children, are wounded in park shooting. Key Points: Shooting occurred at Westfield and Faust avenues in Detroit. Victims include two children (ages 3 and 6) and two 18-year-old women. Two women in serious condition; one pregnant. Confrontation between two women escalated into physical fight. Male companion …
by Michael The information that I am about to share with you is very alarming. According to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, even though there are some minor differences “feline lungs are structured just like human lungs, operate in the same way, and serve the same purpose.” So the fact that H5N1 has …
E rcot, the energy company that operates much of Texas’s electricity grid, announced there could be a problem on April 29. On the 27, it announced, “At 14:30, ERCOT has updated the AAN for a possible future Emergency Condition of reserve capacity deficiency beginning Monday, April 29, 2024, at HE 20:00 through Wednesday, May 1, …
Temple, Texas: Two people are dead and one is in critical condition after an oversized load—weighing 350,000 pounds—disconnected from an 18-wheeler and pinned a vehicle beneath it. It took EMS 4 hours to safely remove the driver of the vehicle, who was flown to the ER with… pic.twitter.com/AFIDtNvn9h — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) April 29, 2024 …
(The Center Square) – (The Center Square) – California seized over one million fentanyl pills just last week, more than was seized in all of February, highlighting how much smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants has shifted to California since Texas strengthened its border. In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom increased the California National Guard’s …
Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Texas public school teachers should be barred from wearing clothes that don’t conform to traditional gender norms, raising the prospect that the GOP-controlled Legislature could pursue restrictions on transgender teachers and how they dress. Abbott, addressing the Young Conservatives of Texas convention in Dallas, made the remarks as he recounted the …
Arm CEO warns AI’s power appetite could devour 25% of US electricity by 2030 Arm CEO Rene Haas cautions that if AI continues to get more powerful without boosts in power efficiency, datacenters could consume extreme amounts of electricity. Haas estimates that while US power consumption by AI datacenters sits at a modest four percent, …
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to temporarily stop a program that had promised to offer about two thousand residents of Houston payments of $500 per month for a year and a half. The decision came after the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an emergency request with the court for a “temporary injunction” against the …
Texas Instruments faces a grim reality as first-quarter results reveal a stark 16% revenue drop, extending a troubling trend over six consecutive quarters. Despite high hopes pinned on the AI boom and economic growth, the company grapples with persistent declines, prompting skepticism and scrutiny from analysts. Amidst growing concerns, the narrative shifts to confront uncomfortable …
via paulcraigroberts: The Biden Regime is using federal money to bribe the Aggies, Texas A&M University, to come up with ways to advance “race-based hiring” in public schools. https://texasscorecard.com/investigations/texas-am-advancing-race-based-hiring-in-schools/ Possible you remember or have heard that Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement was about judging “people by their character and not the color of …
🚨#BREAKING: There’s a Major 911 outages hitting the entire state of South Dakota and becoming nationwide 📌#UnitedStates | #USA Currently, mysterious widespread outages are occurring across the nation, including the whole state of South Dakota and Nebraska, parts of Nevada,… pic.twitter.com/UdDjYDPYAB — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 18, …
Guatemala’s Attorney General is investigating ongoing criminal claims that a number of American tax payer funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating both inside and outside the United States are complicit in the ongoing trafficking, abuse and disappearance of children from its nation, according to an official Guatemalan letter obtained by this investigative columnist. The Guatemalan government …
It might soon become harder to make healthy breakfasts . Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the largest producer of eggs in the United States, has closed one of its facilities in Texas due to an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). Two million birds have succumbed to the virus, leading to the depopulation of approximately …
The number of voters registering without a photo ID is SKYROCKETING in 3 key swing states: Arizona, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Since the start of 2024: TX: 1,250,710 PA: 580,513 AZ: 220,731 HAVV allows voters to register with a Social Security Number (4 digits). Illegals are not able to get licenses there. But they can get …
“Cruz: Colin Allred is outraising my last opponent 3-1. They are flooding millions of dollars into Texas and the reason is simple. My last reelection was a 3-point race. I won by 2.6%” Cruz: Colin Allred is outraising my last opponent 3-1. They are flooding millions of dollars into Texas and the reason is simple. …
Savion Amari Donovan Johnson, 26, arrested in Brackettville, Texas, on Sunday Turned around at border checkpoint sparking chase, migrant jumped out of car Police hauled him out of the SUV, discovered he was with Texas National Guard A National Guardsman is accused of smuggling a migrant across the border into Texas while deployed to stop …
(They are stealing equipment from his truck in the upper right corner of the video) HOUSTON — Robbery suspects in northwest Harris County messed with the wrong guy who used his weed trimmer to fight back. Video shows the victim trimming a lawn Saturday afternoon (when) he spotted some men stealing equipment from his truck …
A week after state Sen. Brandon Creighton warned Texas university system administrators about the state’s expectations for higher education institutions to comply with Senate Bill 17 — an anti-DEI law that went into effect in January — the University of Texas has laid off at least 60 staff members who previously worked in diversity, equity …
NEW – Largest US fresh egg producer halts production at Texas plant after bird flu found in chickens; about 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets were culled — NBCDFW — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 2, 2024 The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas …
– The Ontario, Canada, region of Niagara Falls declared the emergency ahead of the April 8 eclipse, which will be the first to touch the province since 1979. National Geographic has said that Niagara Falls is one of the best places to see it. The Ontario city has the same name as Niagara Falls, New …
The Biden administration’s program of secretly flying illegal immigrants directly from Latin America to U.S. cities dumps over 90% in hubs of two Southern states governed by the president’s harshest border critics, according to government data. Some 347,959 migrants allowed into the secretive system fly directly to airports in Florida and Texas, with Florida receiving …
Imagine that. You don’t have to wait 2 years like in New York to get squatters evicted? Come on @GovKathyHochul get your shįt together! If Texas can do it why can’t you in NY? — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 29, 2024
A political earthquake rocked Texas Super Tuesday. 77% of the incumbents we targeted for voting against school choice lost outright or were forced to runoffs. School choice was the main dividing line in all of these races. Taking out a sitting legislator is the hardest thing… pic.twitter.com/K5rckcn647 — Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) …
by Michael Officials had been greatly puzzled by a “mystery disease” that has been making dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico very sluggish and has been causing them to produce much less milk. So they decided to do some testing, and we now have the results. It turns out that the mystery illness …