Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition: State seeks BILLIONS in civil penalties

Texas is suing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc and seeking billions of dollars in civil penalties, according to a lawsuit filed Monday, claiming that the social media giant’s use of facial-recognition technology was in violation of the state’s privacy protections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed the lawsuit in state District Court in … Read more

Border Patrol agents discover a second 5-year-old migrant girl in two days

Border Patrol agents discover second five-year-old migrant girl in just two days: Found wandering in Texas with three other kids after crossing from Mexico without parents Two five-year-old girls from Honduras and Guatemala have been found by border agents in US Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector this week A five-year-old girl from Honduras crossed the … Read more

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship will make launch this year awaiting FAA approval in March

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave an update on the highly-anticipated interplanetary Starship rocket which he aims to take to the Moon in 2025 and later Mars, during a  press conference at his Starbase in Texas on Thursday.   Musk, 50, told the crowd that he believes he could successfully launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit by the end of … Read more

Video shows woman arrested for human smuggling lunging toward border patrol officers

Cayote snarls: Video shows woman arrested for human smuggling lunging toward border patrol officers after she’s arrested at US Customs agents in Texas A video recorded by a U.S Border Patrol agent captured the shocking moment a woman arrested for smuggling migrants lunged at him and his partner The incident took place two weeks ago … Read more

Two Texas moms are charged with abandoning their six children aged one to nine in squalor

Two Texas moms are charged with abandoning their six children aged one to nine in squalor: Authorities found them covered in dirt, lice and so hungry the one-year-old son was eating his own feces Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, and Yures Molina, 34, charged with endangering a child after their children were found living in dire conditions … Read more

Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar rips ‘far-left celebrity’ colleague AOC for campaigning for his RIVAL

Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar ripped his colleague Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for campaigning for his primary challenger, calling her a ‘far-left celebrity’ who should take care of her own district.  Ocasio-Cortez, N.Y., is headed to Texas Saturday to campaign for two progressive House candidates – Jessica Cisneros, a Laredo immigration attorney is challenging Cuellar, and … Read more

Now brace for $4 gas: Spring travel, refinery maintenance, Bidenflation give drivers ‘real pain’

Drivers in the United States have been warned to expect ‘real pain’ at the pump as a surge in spring travel combines with rising inflation to push gas prices for regular unleaded to above $4 a gallon. The nationwide average is currently $3.314 a gallon, according to the American Automobile Association. California has the highest-priced … Read more

Dogecoin surges 20% after Elon Musk said Tesla will accept it for merch

The meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin is surging after Elon Musk said in a tweet that it can now be used to buy Tesla merchandise such as the ‘Giga Texas‘ belt buckle and mini models of electric vehicles.   The move, which sent Dogecoin prices as much as 20 percent higher on Friday morning, comes a month after Musk … Read more

Rapist is among 67 migrants found hidden in a truck by U.S. Border Patrol in Texas

Texas Border Patrol agents discover 67 migrants, including RAPIST and two other convicted felons, hidden behind makeshift plywood wall erected inside a cargo truck Three convicted felons were identified by U.S. Border Patrol as part of 67 migrants being smuggled through Texas on Tuesday Border agents pulled over a truck driven by a U.S. citizen … Read more

Texas U.S. Border Patrol officers discover 75 migrants in freezing truck

PICTURED: Nearly 80 freezing migrants – including boy, 4, – are found crammed in the back of refrigerated truck in Texas U.S. Border Patrol agents located 75 migrants, among them a four-year-old boy, inside a refrigerated tractor trailer Wednesday in Edinburg, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the individuals were crowded inside the cargo … Read more