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The Texas House Democrats who abandoned their state in protest of the Republican-led redistricting effort will return home after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) took “emergency action” to begin removing the absent legislators as they refused to show up for work. Multiple sources revealed the news to ABC13 on Tuesday, though the exact date the Democrats will return to the state capitol in Austin was not confirmed. The state House had only 95 members present for the second day in a row on Tuesday, with Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) predicting that the session will end and a new one will start...

A tragic image showed the 4-year-old girl who was tragically shot dead by a crazed gunman outside of Target moments after she watched her grandfather murdered. Astrid Chow was shot in front of her grandmother along with grandfather Adam Chow, 65, in the parking lot of the Target in Austin, Texas. The shooter- 32-year-old Ethan Blaine Nieneker - also killed Target worker Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, 24. Nieneker was subdued by police tasers as he ran naked out of a 'porta potty' after he fled the store in northern Austin on Monday. Chief Lisa Davis alleged at a press conference...

The man who fatally shot three people in the parking lot of a Target in Austin, Texas, was identified as 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker. Nineker has a criminal record and a “mental health history.” The shooting took place in the Target parking lot on Research Blvd. Nineker reportedly fled in a stolen in vehicle after he killed three people, including a child. The 32-year-old crashed the vehicle as he fled so he hijacked a second vehicle and sped off before officers used a taser to take him down. The motive for the shooting is not known. CBS News reported: Police have...

Three people have died after a gunman opened fire at a Target parking lot in Austin on Monday afternoon - and the suspect has been detained. The 32-year-old attacker, who was described as white and wearing a Hawaiian shirt, fired at shoppers at the store on Research Boulevard in Texas just before 3pm ET. Austin Police Department said the gunman was detained sometime before 3.15pm, and that four people were hurt in total, including one child. Three people have died. A motive has not been established - but the suspect has a criminal history in Texas. After opening fire in...

Austin Police told residents to stay clear of the area while the investigation into the shooting continues. At least four people were involved in the incident, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services has confirmed. At least two people were killed on Monday during a shooting at a Target in Austin, Texas, according to the local police department. The suspect has been apprehended. Austin Police told residents to stay clear of the area while the investigation into the shooting continues. At least four people were involved in the incident, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services has confirmed. This story is breaking....

As the flood in Texas continues, the Austin fire chief Joel Baker has been accused of delaying help for Kerr County during this dire situation. He faced a 'No Confidence' vote against him by the Austin firefighters union due to his delayed response. The Austin Firefighters Association posted about Baker on their Facebook page, calling it "absolutely outrageous" and an "egregious dereliction of duty" and calling for Baker to be held accountable. AFA says that on Tuesday, July 8, Austin firefighters plan to start a vote of no confidence on Baker. The Austin Fire Department responded to the accusation with...

"What's important is that I'm not the last African American fire chief." The Austin Firefighters Association intends to hold a vote of no confidence on Fire Chief Joel G. Baker over his failure to deploy advance teams to flood ravaged Kerr County ahead of the destruction. Now, it has been revealed that Baker, the first black fire chief in Austin, prioritized diversity goals shortly after coming onto the job. He's been accused of not deploying Austin's specialized teams ahead of the destruction, despite having been asked by the state to do so, because Texas was delayed in reimbursing the department...

The Austin Firefighters Association claims Chief Joel Baker delayed sending firefighters to help with rescue efforts in Kerrville until it was too late. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's firefighters’ union is calling for a vote of "no confidence" against Austin Fire Department Chief Joel Baker over his response to the deadly Central Texas flooding. The Austin Firefighters Association claims Baker delayed sending firefighters to help with rescue efforts in Kerrville until it was too late. The union says lives were likely lost because of his decision. Union President Bob Nicks will hold a press conference on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m....

After years of sellers calling the shots, some of the hottest pandemic-era housing markets are now grappling with a surplus of listings — and not enough willing buyers. According to real estate brokerage Redfin, April saw nearly half a million more homes listed than buyers in the market, the largest gap since at least 2013. But this supply surge hasn’t translated into a wave of closings. Instead, home sales have stalled in many areas, particularly across the Southeast and Southwest, where inventory has ballooned past pre-pandemic norms. In Miami, for example, there were almost three times as many sellers as...

Law enforcement officers locked down and evacuated the Texas Capitol Saturday afternoon due to a threat against lawmakers planning to attend the “No Kings” rally. The grounds re-opened and the protest continued after Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a man in connection to the threat. A traffic stop near La Grange, Texas, led to the arrest of a man who allegedly made threats against lawmakers planning to attend the “No Kings” protest scheduled for Saturday evening in Austin. La Grange is located about 65 miles southeast of the Texas Capital City. Troopers briefly shut down and evacuated the...

Protesters in two of Texas' largest cities clashed with police on Monday night to show solidarity with demonstrations in Los Angeles against President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation raids. As Trump mobilized 700 Marines to deal with the mayhem in LA, tensions quickly escalated in Dallas and Austin at anti-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) rallies. Dallas police began arresting individuals just before 9pm after they pleaded with protestors to stay off the Margret Hunt Hill Bridge, a busy thoroughfare into downtown filled with cars zooming by. As darkness fell on the city, a line of cops blocked the advance of the protestors...

Rumours of a serial killer in a major U.S. city are swirling after 38 bodies have been pulled from a lake in three years. The most recent discovery was found by a paddleboarder in Lady Bird Lake in Austin Texas, on Tuesday morning. The discovery has renewed fears that a mass murderer, dubbed the ‘Rainy Street Ripper’, is on the loose in the city with close to a million residents. Austin’s police force has insisted a killer is not roaming the streets, and has said only one of the cases was a homicide. But half a dozen of the bodies...

In 1939, Irish author James Joyce published Finnegans Wake, a piece of literature that defies comprehension. “riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s,” it begins, “from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.” The book starts and ends with a sentence fragment, combines multiple languages and has no clear or linear plot. It’s a work that’s so dense, one group that started in Austin has been working on it for more than a decade. “We’re only reading one page at a time,” said Peter Quadrino, founder and organizer...

Austin, TX psych-sludge act Lord Buffalo have been forced to cancel their upcoming European tour after drummer Yamal Said was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, May 12th at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The band explained that Said, a Mexican citizen and U.S. green card holder, was forcibly removed from the flight while attempting to travel to Europe. The exact circumstances of the detainment remain unclear, but the band confirmed that the situation has made it impossible to continue with the planned tour. The Austin Chronicle reports that Said has lived in Austin, TX since the...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against the Austin Independent School District after his office said it was made aware of a claim that top officials “implemented an unwritten policy of developing and teaching curricula in the (district) in violation of state law prohibiting instruction on critical race theory (CRT) and related topics,” a court document said.Critical race theory is a concept that looks at how race relations have shaped the current social, cultural and legal world in the present time. It was banned from being taught in Texas classrooms in 2021.Paxton’s office is accusing AISD’s school...

A white mother from Austin, Texas, was allegedly murdered by a black career criminal — and once again, the propaganda media shrugs their shoulders, while the politicians look the other way. In today’s upside-down America, there’s only outrage when it fits the regime’s narrative. We all know by now that if the races were reversed, this story would be flooding every news channel, with riots raging in the streets. But when a white victim dies at the hands of a violent black criminal, the media does everything it can to bury it — or worse, pretend that it’s an isolated...

Most Americans have no idea what’s happening on their highways. While we’re all stuck debating the border, our roads have also been totally overrun — not just with bad policies, but with foreign truck drivers who don’t belong behind the wheel or on our streets.. Shannon Everett from American Truckers joined Steve Bannon’s WarRoom to blow the lid off this growing and dangerous trend. According to Everett, what’s happening right now should terrify anyone who drives. That’s scary and disturbing, but it gets even worse… An American trucker says illegals — possibly Jamaican or Haitian—are being given commercial driver’s licenses,...

After a significant bond reduction Monday morning, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing Frisco, Texas track star Austin Metcalf to death has been released from jail. Karmelo Anthony, 17, faces first-degree murder charges in Metcalf's death. His bond was dropped from $1 million to $250,000 Monday morning, FOX Dallas Ft. Worth reported. Anthony's bond conditions include house arrest and an ankle monitor, and he will only be able to leave his home with the judge's permission.

Hopper clearly stated there are only TWO GENDERS! Thank you, Representative Hopper, for the amendment! TX FIRST! Lara Logan✓ @laralogan This is common sense. The insanity is that this is regarded as controversial at all.

Multiple incendiary devices were found inside a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning as nationwide threats against CEO Elon Musk continue. Austin Police Department officers were called to the electric vehicle showroom just after 8am after an anonymous caller reported that there were bombs placed inside the building. Authorities rushed to the scene and located multiple 'suspicious devices' at the Tesla dealership. The Austin Police Department Bomb Squad were also called to help. The incendiary devices - which are designed to cause large-scale, explosive violence - were taken into police custody without incident, the department said. It is...