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SpaceX's latest Starship prototype exploded just after an engine test Friday, erupting in a dramatic fireball at the spaceflight company's South Texas proving grounds. The Starship SN4 prototype exploded shortly before 2 p.m. CDT (3 p.m. EDT) at SpaceX's test facility near Boca Chica, Texas according to a video provided by the South Padre Island tourism site SPadre.com. The explosion occurred about a minute after a short test of its Raptor rocket engine, but it was unclear what caused the conflagration.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ChurchMilitant.com) - Police believe a body found buried in a shallow grave is a retired priest with a scandalous past linked to a gay network of priests in Massachusetts.Reports are suggesting that human remains found buried near Santa Monica, Texas on Friday are that of a retired priest that has been missing since Aug. 1. Father William M. Costello, from the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, was living in the resort town of South Padre Island about 60 miles south of where the body was found.Nikki Soto, the public information officer from South Padre Island told...

A Minnesota grandmother who was wanted over the shooting deaths of her husband and a woman has been arrested in Texas near the US-Mexico border. Lois Riess, 56, has been on the run ever since her husband David Riess was found shot dead at their home in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, on March 23. Her second alleged victim, Pamela Hutchinson, was found dead at her condo in Fort Meyers Beach in Florida on April 9. A US Marshals Service statement says two federal deputy marshals arrested Riess Thursday night around 8.30pm at a South Padre Island, Texas, restaurant. Scroll down for...

According to the U.S. Geological Center, an earthquake happened just off the coast of South Padre Island on Saturday. The USGS says that the earthquake hit 103 kilometers (about 64 miles) east-northeast of South Padre around 6:15 p.m. local time. It was a 3.0-magnitude earthquake, which is relatively small. Local reports say that first-responders are standing by in case they're needed to cover any damage but so far they say that no damage has been reported. Local officials say that they don't expect anything further to come of the earthquake either.

WTUS84 KBRO 200859 AAA HLSBRO TXZ248>257-201200- Hurricane local statement...updated to extend Tornado Watch National Weather Service Brownsville TX 400 AM CDT Wed July 20 2005 ...Eye of major Hurricane Emily nearing the coast of NorthEastern Mexico... ...A hurricane warning is in effect for the lower Texas coast from Port Mansfield to Brownsville... ...A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Texas Gulf Coast from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield... ...Inland tropical storm warning is in effect for Brooks...Hidalgo and Star counties in deep South Texas... ...A Tornado Watch is in effect for all deep South Texas through 10 AM...

Leaders concerned image of violence will hurt Spring Break tourism — City leaders from Matamoros, Brownsville and South Padre Island said Thursday they will ask the U.S. State Department to lift or soften its alert for Americans traveling along Mexico’s northern border. With at least 150,000 Spring Breakers expected to arrive here next month, the mayors of each city said they are concerned the alert will reduce the tourist flow into Mexico. “We all agreed that is something we will pursue,” SPI Mayor Bob Pinkerton said of submitting a request to the State Department. “I know a lot of kids...

Texas college student Amber Kulhanek maintains she is not a wild party girl. But a $5 million default judgment she won against a video company that filmed her topless was set aside in March. A judge determined that defendants in the invasion of privacy case were not properly served. Kulhanek claims that she was coerced into being filmed, topless, while celebrating her 21st birthday on South Padre Island, Texas. Images of the event showed up in cable television commercials for "Wild Party Girls," a video montage that retails for $19.97. According to Kulhanek, video producers were in cahoots with bartenders,...

3/12/2002 5:49:00 PM PAT GREEN FORCED TO CANCEL CORPUS CHRISTI SHOW Pat Green has canceled his concert on March 12 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The show was scheduled to be held at the Concrete Street Amphitheatre, but is officially called off. Green was assaulted by two men, while he, his wife, and members of the band were on the beach at South Padre Island early on Monday evening March 11. He suffered multiple facial fractures. He spent Monday night in a local hospital and is still being treated today. Due to his injuries and the severe pain relating to those...