“They said to one another, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?’” (Luke 24:32). This passage, from Luke’s Gospel, is part of the “Road to Emmaus” appearance of Jesus Christ following His resurrection from the dead. In the Road to Emmaus story, the …
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Illegal migrants accused in border stampede released by El Paso judge on Easter Sunday: report
On Easter Sunday, an El Paso judge ordered the release of illegal migrants accused of involvement in a “border riot” when a stampede overwhelmed National Guard troops along the Rio Grande in March, the El Paso Times reported. Court officials also said that undocumented migrants will stay jailed if there is a federal immigration hold blocking their release, the El …
Read More »Family witnesses gator munching on prey at Texas beach: 'Without a care in the world'
A beachgoer recently captured the moment an alligator chomped away at a fish at a Texas beach. Hunter Ham told TMX that he spotted the gator at Sea Rim State Park near Sabine Pass, which is not far from the border of Louisiana and Texas. He was driving by a beach with his wife and three children when he noticed …
Read More »Texas appeals court blocks state from investigating parents providing children with transgender treatment
A Texas appeals court upheld a lower court’s injunction Friday blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their children with gender-transitioning treatment. The appeals court in Austin upheld a district court judge’s injunction imposed in March 2022 after Republican Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate families whose children were receiving puberty …
Read More »Texas Army vet changes name, runs for president as 'Literally Anybody Else'
A Texas Army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher has changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else” to run for president. Else, whose former name was Dustin Ebey, legally changed his name in January and is urging Americans “to transcend the constraints of the status quo and embrace a bold vision for change,” according to his campaign website. “In a landscape …
Read More »Truck driver charged with criminally negligent homicide following fatal Texas school bus crash
A truck driver was arrested Friday and charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection to a March 22 school bus collision in Texas that left a man and a boy dead. Jerry Hernandez, 42, was arrested without incident at a residence in Bastrop County, said Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to The Associated Press. …
Read More »Meet the American who mapped the US-Mexico border, Gen. William Emory, shaped nation in war and in peace
William H. Emory shaped the United States like few Americans before or since. The U.S. Army officer fought to expand the physical shape of the nation in the Mexican-American War. Emory later defied local and family sentiment in his home state of Maryland, rejecting offers from the Confederacy. Instead, he fought for the Union in the Civil War. MEET THE …
Read More »Speaker Johnson meets Gov Abbott in Texas to talk border action, Mayorkas impeachment
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., met with Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the latter’s home turf on Thursday, where they discussed the ongoing border crisis and the House GOP’s response to it. The meeting came hours after Johnson revealed that the House of Representatives would send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10. …
Read More »Texas woman shares nightmare tale of trying to evict squatter who destroyed home, sold belongings
A Dallas-area woman is documenting her nightmare experience after a squatter allegedly trashed her home and sold her belongings while she was taking care of a family member in another state. Terri Boyette shared how squatters took over her home last year while she was in Florida caring for her sick mother in videos that recently went viral on social …
Read More »Former top ICE official sides with Texas Gov. Abbott over Biden in ongoing border battle
A former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief who served in federal law enforcement under presidents of both parties is backing Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, in his fight with the Biden administration over efforts to secure the border. Thomas Homan, whose service includes being head of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) under President Obama and acting ICE director …
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