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The Sahara Desert used to be lush and full of vegetation – researchers find clues to what killed it
The Sahara Desert was a vast, rich grassland with plenty of rainfall just 6,000 years ago. Then it suddenly turned into the bleak and arid desert it is today. This transition was due to a shift in the circulation in the tropical atmosphere, researchers say. A new model of how tropical rain belts shift over time shows that a...
Texas woman shoots, kills 2 daughters
A woman in Texas shot her two teenage daughters — killing both of them — before a responding police officer shot and killed the mother, authorities said. The woman shot her 19- and 17-year-old daughters late Friday afternoon in the Westheimer Lakes-North neighborhood near the Houston suburbs of Fulshear and Katy,...
2 Dead, Several Hurt After Fort Worth Dance Studio Shooting
Two people were killed and several others injured following a shooting at a nonprofit dance studio in Fort Worth, Texas, police said Saturday. Officers found one victim dead outside Studio 74, and several people were transported to hospitals — one of whom died from his injuries, Fort Worth police spokesman Daniel Segura...
Dozens Injured After Walking on Hot Coals at Tony Robbins Event
Dozens suffered burn injuries Thursday night in Texas after walking across hot coals as part of a self-help program put on by celebrity motivational speaker Tony Robbins, according to Dallas authorities. "Unleash the Power Within," a three-and-a-half-day event with Robbins held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention...
Fort Hood: Bodies of soldiers missing in Texas floods found
The bodies of four missing US soldiers have been recovered after their vehicle overturned while crossing a flooded riverbank at Fort Hood, Texas. The discovery brings the death toll from the accident to nine. Three soldiers were found dead shortly after the incident and two more bodies were recovered late on Thursday night....
Casino coach crash near Laredo, Texas, kills eight
Eight people were killed and 44 others injured when a coach carrying people to a casino crashed in the US state of Texas. Police say the driver lost control and the bus rolled over on Highway 83 about 46 miles (74km) north of Laredo. No other vehicle was involved. Seven people died at the scene and one other died later in...
An airman in Texas fatally shot his commander before turning the gun on himself
AN airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide Friday at a U.S. air force base in Texas, a senior U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorised to publicly discuss the shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Two handguns were found near the bodies of the...
Missing Texas mom found dead; 3 kids alive in SUV
DALLAS — A Frisco mother who had been missing for days was found dead in her sport-utility vehicle in a McKinney parking lot Thursday evening. Her three children were found alive inside the vehicle and taken to a nearby hospital. Christine Woo and her children — Lauren, 5, Nathan, 3, and Leah, 16 months — had...
Liberal Supreme Court justices critical of Texas abortion law
The liberal wing of the Supreme Court on Wednesday was sharply critical of a Texas law requiring that doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals and clinics upgrade their facilities to hospital-like standards. If the law is allowed to go into effect it could shutter all but about 10 clinics in the state. Texas...
Former NYPD officer working as Texas cop killed in shootout at Dallas-area park; suspect also dead
A soon-to-be wed former NYPD cop who relocated to Texas was killed in a shootout Tuesday in a park near Dallas. David Hofer, 29, who grew up in Brooklyn, was responding to a report of a suspicious person and possible gunfire at J.A. Carr Park in Euless, Tex., just after 2:45 p.m., said Police Chief Mike Brown. “On...
Lightning bolt decimates tree at Texas school (VIDEO)
A flash of fire and branches turned into a smoking wreck – a dramatic video has captured the moment a tree was struck by lightning at a school parking lot in Texas. The startling video was recorded by a security camera at Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School in the city of Tyler on January 21, and later published by...
‘Dehydrated & scared’: Illegal migrants rescued from sweltering truck in Texas (VIDEO)
No fresh air inside, a truck full of half-naked bodies and a sweltering atmosphere: a police body camera captures the moment Texas officers found dozens of illegal migrants, including women and children, inside a tractor trailer. The incident took place in Frio County, Texas on September 18, but the video has only just been...
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