- Florida police say they had to assist a trapper Thursday after a 9-foot alligator was spotted taking a dip in an Odessa homeowners’ pool.
- Great-grandmother was sitting alone in her front room.
- A New Jersey police officer seen on video punching a man in the head 12 times during an attempted arrest won\'t face charges.
- In the blockbuster film \"Black Panther,\" the kingdom of Wakanda is a wonderland of fantastic, futuristic technology. There are self-piloting aircraft; cars and planes that can be remotely operated through virtual reality (VR) interfaces; high-definition holographic displays; and magnetic levitation train systems.
- Former NBA star Scottie Pippen had $50,000 worth of equipment -- including two tractors -- stolen from his family farm in Arkansas, police said Thursday.
- Prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old suburban Houston man with four counts of solicitation of capital murder for trying to hire a hit man to kill his ex-girlfriend, her parents and her current boyfriend.
- The ringleader of a massive $23 million auto insurance fraud drove around in a flashy Bentley, sported a $64,000 rose gold Juan Pablo Montoya watch and lived in a $7,500-a-month oceanfront South Florida home -- despite warnings from federal officials that they were on to him, prosecutors said.
- A new study shows that mankind has killed off large mammals at an exceptionally fast rate, a trend that appears to be speeding up over time.
- The professor who came under fire for celebrating the death of former first lady Barbara Bush has caused another college’s mental health crisis hotline to become flooded with calls after she posted the number online as her own.
- The second-tallest television tower in the Czech Republic has a new function: it\'s become part of a huge sundial.
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Willacy County Wind Farm Up And Running
A new wind energy production site in Willacy County is up and running. County Judge Aurelio Guerra says the news is quite important because most of the employees at the site near Raymondville are local, not from out of town. Additionally, the new wind farm has over 70 windmills capable of producing energy to provide […]
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School Bus Driver Removed After Leading Prayer
(AP) – A Minneapolis-area church pastor who also drives a school bus says his rights to free speech and to practice his religion were violated when he was taken off his route for leading students in prayer. It is not the first time George Nathaniel has faced consequences for leading prayers. Nathaniel was fired from […]
WORLD
North Korea Says It Will Suspend Nuclear And Missile Testing
(AP) – North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the suspension of nuclear and ICBM tests went into effect Saturday. The country says it’s making the move to shift its national focus and improve its […]
