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Police in Texas have arrested six individuals after an unusually deadly string of nearly 80 drug overdoses, resulting in nine fatalities last week. The Austin Police Department arrested 45-year-old Ronnie Lamar Mims, 30-year-old Marcellus Dion Barron, 32-year-old Kanady Arkangelo Rimijo, 50-year-old Gary Joseph Lewis, 47-year-old Denise Horton, and 27-year-old Guy Len Allen. FOX 7 Austin reported that according to court …

A troubling video has been released showing the moment a Texas restaurant owner was attacked by a group of suspects he says refused to pay for their meals at his eatery. The video captures Sergio Alberto Vazquez, who is in his 70s, confronting the alleged deadbeats on Sunday outside his Mexican restaurant, Chekos,” in Austin, where he says one of …

Firearms were confiscated at student protests at both the University of South Florida(USF) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the last two days, authorities say. Anti-Israel protester Atah Othman, 39, was one of 10 demonstrators arrested on the USF campus on Tuesday — and he was busted carrying a gun in his waistband, Fox 13 Tampa …

Austin, Texas, saw an “unusually deadly” surge of more than 60 opioid overdoses between Monday and Wednesday, resulting in nine people dying and several others being rescued with Narcan, according to officials. At about 9 a.m. on Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS personnel began responding to a sudden surge in opioid-related overdose calls. Dispatchers received a series of calls in the …

A Houston district judge on Thursday shot down Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to block a guaranteed income program. In Harris County’s 165th Civil Court, Judge Ursula Hall struck down Paxton’s arguments that the Uplift Harris program, which distributes monthly stipends to more than 1,900 low-income residents, is unconstitutional. “If the program does include a public benefit, it does …

The man authorities say crashed a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) office, killing one and injuring 13 others is facing multiple charges. Clenard Parker, 42, has been charged with evading arrest, unauthorized use of a vehicle and multiple aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges, according to online Washington County Jail records. The crash happened …

University of Texas at Dallas (UT) will clear out its diversity, equity, and inclusion offices due to state law, according to an announcement from the university. In an effort to comply with Texas’ SB 17, operations of the Office of Campus Resources and Support (OCRS) will cease. “As a result, effective April 30, 2024, the Office of Campus Resources and …

Jelly Roll’s private plane had to make an emergency landing while flying to Austin, Texas, for the CMT Music Awards on Thursday night. The country music artist’s wife, Bunnie XO, took to TikTok to share the scary news. “When the private jet you’re in just stopped mid-air, turned around & said we had to emergency land because of a malfunction,” …