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Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger

The name of the first professional football player seems too perfect to be true. Pudge Heffelfinger sounds like a mythical Midwestern gridiron god more than a living, breathing human being. Heffelfinger’s fable is actually nonfiction fare. He was as real as the broken ribs he brutally delivered to a poor college kid while scrimmaging for kicks and giggles with the …

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Houston home invaders pose as DoorDash, tie up mom in front of kids before shootout with officer: police

Three men accused of invading a home Tuesday morning and tying up a mother before one allegedly shot an officer have been arrested and charged, the Houston Police Department said. The homeowner, who is the woman’s father, told local KHOU that it all started when his daughter saw the men holding a DoorDash bag, and she opened the door to …

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Texas troopers find 16 illegal immigrants behind 'false wall' inside trailer on hot day, driver arrested

A man carrying 16 illegal immigrants found hiding behind a “false wall” inside a cargo trailer was arrested this week, authorities in Texas said Thursday. On Monday, Anthony Jhonson, of Houston, was driving a Ford F-250 towing a cargo trailer on State Route 77 in Kenedy County, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BUSES MIGRANTS TO US …

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Illegal migrant involved in Times Square police attack was ordered to be deported 1 year prior: report

At least four of the illegal migrants who swarmed and beat up two NYPD officers in a shocking Times Square attack in Januarywere apprehended by federal law enforcement as far back as July 2022 but were released without being deported, according to an interim congressional report into the incident. The report also goes on to blast the Biden-Harris administration’s record …

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Bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers demand convicted killer's execution be halted: 'Serious doubts'

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers on Tuesday called on Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, and the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop the execution of a man convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter in 2002. Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Oct. 17. Prosecutors claimed his daughter, Nikki Curtis, was killed after sustaining …

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'Trump Train' trial: Defendant says convoy using 'first amendment right' during highway clash

A woman who is accused of political intimidation for being part of a convoy of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a busy Texas interstate in 2020 says the incident was an exercise in free speech and was not intended to impede the progress of the bus. Randi Ceh and her husband, SteveCeh, are …

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Texas takes aim at violent gang brought to US under Biden border policies: 'We will find them'

Texas is taking matters into its own hands to crack down on members of Tren de Aragua – a dangerous Venezuelan gang operating in the U.S. after the Biden administration allowed mass numbers of migrants to come into the country. “Texas is having to piece together from scratch a database of the background of all these people coming across our …

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Jocelyn Nungaray murder: Texas prosecutors ask Google for information on illegal immigrant suspects

A Texas grand jury last week indicted the two suspects in 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray’s June murder in Houston. Franklin Pena, 26, and Johan Martinez-Rangel, 22, were indicted on capital murder charges in connection with Nungaray’s murder, Harris County court records show. Documents say Pena and Martinez-Rangel kidnapped the 12-year-old and caused her death by applying pressure to her neck. Prosecutors …

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Cause of Houston pipeline explosion and fire identified as authorities rule out terroristic activity

A massive pipeline explosion that shot a pillar of flame toward the sky after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve on Monday was not terror-related, authorities said. Police and local FBI agents investigated and found no preliminary reports that would suggest a coordinated or “terrorist” attack on the liquefied natural gas pipeline, saying “this appears …

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Texas Gov. Abbott designates Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, as a foreign terrorist organization

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state is taking an aggressive stand against the violent Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA) and declaring the group a “foreign terrorist organization.” During a press conference in Houston on Monday, Abbott announced that Texas is launching a comprehensive, statewide operation that will aggressively target the dangerous Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua also …

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