Texas inmate facing execution says he's innocent: A Texas inmate who long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and ...
apnews.com/article/texas-execution-ivan-cantu-b2a9574d4558febacf1cce811804c064
Quick Glance: Texas Inmate Executed Amid Claims of Innocence
- Ivan Cantu executed in Texas despite presenting new evidence of innocence.
- Cantu convicted for fatally shooting his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend.
- New evidence and witness statements supported Cantu’s claims, but the court upheld the conviction.
- Cantu was the first to be executed in Texas this year, despite efforts to delay his execution.
New to Streaming: The Sweet East, Poor Things, Monster, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros, God Save Texas & More
thefilmstage.com/new-to-streaming-the-sweet-east-poor-things-monster-god-save-texas-more/
10 prospects Cowboys should target with No. 24 pick in NFL draft: The Cowboys have options with the 24th overall pick.
dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2024/02/23/10-prospects-dallas-cowboys-should-target-in-first-round-of-2024-nfl-draft/
What I learned about the US death penalty from the next man to be executed: This week Ivan Cantu faces execution in Texas for murder. I’ve known him for 20 years ...
theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/what-i-learned-about-the-us-death-penalty-from-the-next-man-to-be-executed
In “Hometown Prison,” Richard Linklater Looks at Life on Both Sides of the Wall: Richard Brody reviews “Hometown Prison,” a documentary by Richard Linklater ...
newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/in-hometown-prison-richard-linklater-looks-at-life-on-both-sides-of-the-wall
A New HBO Docuseries Excavates Texas’ Dark Past—and the Hopes for Its Future: Texas is more diverse and more complicated than its government or its gerrymandered ...
slate.com/culture/2024/02/god-save-texas-hbo-documentary-hometown-prison-richard-linklater.html
2024 Houston rodeo performers: Jelly Roll plays country-rock-hip-hop: Jelly Roll is a hot ticket in the Houston rodeo line-up and looks to be one of the season's ...
houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/jelly-roll-brings-country-hip-hop-to-rodeo-18654570.php
How bad will weather be for Galveston's Mardi Gras celebration?: The final weekend of Mardi Gras! Galveston is expected to be a rainy one. But will it be a total ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/galveston-mardi-gras-rainy-weekend-18656088.php
Cloudy skies return to Houston ahead of rain. Here's what we know: Hopefully you were able to enjoy the sunny skies this week in Houston because clouds return ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/thursday-clouds-rain-friday-commute-18667270.php
Piano Man - The Billy Joel Experience : Tickets are on sale now! www.outhousetickets.com/Event/22644-Piano_Man_-_The_Billy_Joel_Experience/
Richard Linklater: ‘I don’t feel connected to my government right now’: The film-maker is one of three directors behind the docuseries God Save Texas looking at ...
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/28/richard-linklater-interview-hbo-god-save-texas
This is now Houston's rainiest start to a year since the 1800's: Over 1.50 inches of rain fell in Houston on Saturday. Here's a look if any more rain is expected ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/near-record-rainfall-this-week-forecast-18646305.php
New HBO documentary 'God Save Texas' aims to bridge divides: In the three-part series based on Lawrence Wright's book, directors take a personal approach to ...
expressnews.com/entertainment/article/hbo-god-save-texas-18672277.php
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Watch Trailer For ‘God Save Texas,’ HBO Documentary Trilogy From Filmmakers Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa
deadline.com/video/god-save-texas-hbo-documentary-trailer-directors-richard-linklater-alex-stapleton-iliana-sosa/
Oklahoma State baseball: Get to know the 2024 OSU Cowboys roster, schedule: The Cowboys have a mostly new pitching staff, but return some key pieces in the ...
oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2024/02/15/oklahoma-state-baseball-osu-cowboys-roster-schedule-2024-season-big-12-josh-holliday/72571883007/
Richard Linklater drops trailer for new 'Hit Man' starring Glen Powell: Houston native Richard Linklater drops trailer for new 'Hit Man,' while new Texas-based ...
houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/richard-linklater-hit-man-glen-powell-18623310.php
USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 boys basketball rankings, week of Feb. 5, 2024
usatodayhss.com/2024/usa-today-high-school-sports-super-25-boys-basketball-rankings-week-of-feb-5-2024
Houston gets cold again: Here's when it gets warmer and much wetter: Temperatures after Houston's latest cold front drop quite a bit through the upcoming weekend ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/friday-colder-temperatures-rain-next-week-18613407.php
CRIME HUNTER: Sex, drugs and lesbian love triangle in Texas: In the 1990s, regulars at Austin's gay watering holes and nightclubs knew Regina Hartwell.
torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-sex-drugs-and-a-lesbian-love-triangle-in-texas
USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 boys basketball rankings, week of Jan. 15, 2024
usatodayhss.com/2024/usa-today-high-school-sports-super-25-boys-basketball-rankings-week-of-jan-15-2024
‘Love & Marriage: Huntsville’ Star Martell Holt Arrested For Misdemeanor Domestic Violence
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Inside the new Tex-Mex restaurant coming to Huntsville’s downtown square: Del Chuco Cocina Y Cantina is second eatery from Standard Social Market owners Erick ...
al.com/life/2023/12/new-tex-mex-restaurant-coming-soon-to-huntsvilles-downtown-square.html
A Texas man claimed he saw a black panther in his backyard. Wildlife authorities say it was a house cat
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-panther-cat-spotted-huntsville-b2468553.html
Texas DL TVondre Sweat jabs Washington They aint nothing special: Tension between Washington and Texas continues to boil.
247sports.com/LongFormArticle/texas-dl-tvondre-sweat-on-washington-they-aint-nothing-special-224285096/
Texas black panther sighting debunked by wildlife experts: The black cat-like figure was seen recently in Huntsville, according to a Facebook post
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/texas-black-panther-sighting-debunked-wildlife-18563950.php
Intel poaches Hewlett Packard executive to run data center group: Data centers are among Intel's biggest business segments but sales are down this year.
oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2024/01/intel-poaches-hewlett-packard-executive-to-run-data-center-group.html
Where to find a real Christmas tree near Houston: Hoping to skip out on a fake Christmas tree this holiday season? There are plenty of spots around Houston to ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/find-real-christmas-tree-near-houston-18519235.php
What’s Houston’s coldest and warmest Thanksgiving ever?: Thanksgiving can being a wide range of different weather to Southeast Texas, from lows in the 20s to ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/houston-thanksgiving-hot-or-cold-18500887.php
Fan Dressed As Giant Erection May Have Been Peenalized At College Football Game: The individual in the penis costume was asked to take it off or beat it ...
huffpost.com/entry/penis-costume-sam-houston-state_n_653a8c93e4b00110fef020d4
Killer's last words before being executed for stabbing man over $140: Brent Ray Brewer, who fatally stabbed Robert Laminack in 1990, gave a final statement to ...
metro.co.uk/2023/11/14/killers-last-words-executed-stabbing-man-texas-19824270/
Fan Dressed As Giant Erection May Have Been Peenalized At College Football Game: The individual in the penis costume was asked to take it off or beat it ...
huffpost.com/entry/penis-costume-sam-houston-state_n_653a8c93e4b00110fef020d4
Houston gets one last warm Thursday before next cold front hits: As a cold front pushes closer before dropping temperatures into the 60s on Friday ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/houston-one-last-warm-thursday-cold-front-18477712.php
'Love & Marriage: Huntsville' Loses One of Its Stars: It seems as if 'Love & Marriage: Huntsville' may be losing one of their biggest ...
collider.com/love-marriage-huntsville-tiffany-luis-whitlow/
Music festival officially coming to Huntsville, maybe in 2024: Promotors "very optimistic" music fans won't have to wait until 2025.
al.com/news/2023/10/music-festival-officially-coming-to-huntsville-maybe-in-2024.html
Melody Holt's Name-Changing Ceremony Segways New Tradition to Replace Divorce Parties
collider.com/love-marriage-huntsville-melody-name-change-ceremony/
Brawl erupts after missed field goal at end of Sam Houston State's win over Middle Tennessee
sports.yahoo.com/brawl-erupts-after-missed-field-goal-at-end-of-sam-houston-states-win-over-middle-tennessee-224527183.html
Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman
apnews.com/article/texas-execution-murphy-supreme-court-6d9cd44d7c7a6817d53e1bcb74e8534f
Damaging winds, hail possible: Houston to see severe risk Monday: Strong storms ahead of a cold front could bring the risk of damaging winds and large hail to ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/houston-severe-storms-possible-monday-18502176.php
Melody Holt Is the Mastermind Behind the Chaos on 'Love & Marriage: Huntsville
collider.com/melody-holt-love-marriage-huntsville/
Sentenced to death in 1991: Texas murderer executed after more than 30 years on death row
rundschau-online.de/welt/todestrafe-moerder-in-texas-nach-mehr-als-30-jahren-hingerichtet-680896
Houston temperature roller coaster takes us to 90 by Friday: After a cool stretch of weather earlier this week, temperatures continue to warm Wednesday ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/forecast/article/wednesday-temperatures-warm-week-houston-18430900.php
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Cayuga Wildcats 68Itasca wampus cats 12
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Judge denies Texas inmate’s request to stop execution over claims fire damaged drugs
torontosun.com/news/world/judge-denies-texas-inmates-request-to-stop-execution-over-claims-fire-damaged-drugs
Video shows Texas Girl Scouts' encounter with alligator: It caused panic and closed a swimming area at Lake Raven in Huntsville State Park ...
expressnews.com/news/texas/article/alligator-video-houston-girl-scouts-18368682.php
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Dad and son die in plane crash while practicing takeoff, landing in Texas, officials say
charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article279056469.html
An alligator crept up on children swimming in a Texas lake in this terrifying footage from Huntsville, Texas. "This is an emergency ... Show more
LATER, GATOR: Frightening moments for families visiting Huntsville State Park in Texas as an alligator appears to take aim at a group of children swimming in a ... Show more
How Some Men Play Dungeons & Dragons on Texas’ Death Row: For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.
themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj
Quick Glance: The Dungeons & Dragons Players on Death Row
- Wardlow received the death penalty on Feb. 11, 1995.
- Unlike Ford, Wardlow had never played Dungeons & Dragons before prison.
- "It becomes our therapy," Ford wrote in 2019.
- In Texas, prisoners can be sentenced to death only if a jury determines their guilt and that they pose a danger to society.
Girl Scouts Escape From 14-Foot Gator While on Camping Trip: “It was moving faster than us or about the same.”
thedailybeast.com/girl-scouts-escape-from-14-foot-gator-while-on-camping-trip
Walls Unit damaged in overnight fire: The Huntsville Unit, better known as the historic “Walls” Unit, has been standing for 174 years. Around 2:30 a.m. Friday ...
palestineherald.com/news/walls-unit-damaged-in-overnight-fire/article_36d0f592-43d3-11ee-ad39-f759e250c029.html
TDCJ issues lockdown of Texas prisons as violence reportedly grows: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a statewide lockdown of jails and prisons as ...
dallasnews.com/news/texas/2023/09/06/tdcj-lockdown-2023-homicides-texas-prisons/
Large wildfire triggers evacuations in east Texas: A large wildfire burning across 500 acres in Huntsville, Texas, forced some parts of the city to evacuate ...
cnn.com/2023/09/01/us/huntsville-texas-wildfire-evacuations/
Close call as alligator swims toward children in a Texas lake: A weekend swim could have taken a dramatic turn in a Texas state park last Saturday when an ...
ctvnews.ca/world/close-call-as-alligator-swims-toward-children-in-a-texas-lake-1.6561267
Evacuation orders lifted for 4,250 acre Huntsville wildfire: A wildfire in Huntsville covered an estimated 4,254 acres and was 40 percent contained as of Sunday ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/huntsville-wildfire-continues-to-spread-saturday-18344340.php
Alligator swam right at Texas Girl Scouts who rushed out of the lake: Video showed chaos broke out when an alligator swam towards a Texas Girl Scout troop ...
insider.com/alligator-swam-at-texas-girl-scout-troop-ran-away-lake-2023-9
Game Preserve Fire: 1,200-acre wildfire burning near Huntsville: The Game Preserve Fire had caused evacuations and closed a highway as of Friday night.
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/game-preserve-fire-huntsville-18343775.php
Huntsville fire: over 600 inmates forced to evacuate: A fire broke out early Friday morning at the Huntsville state prison, forcing approximately 655 inmates to ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/huntsville-prison-fire-18330421.php
Bill Habern, legendary Texas defense attorney, dies at 84: Bill Habern, a legendary Texas parole lawyer, died last week at the age of 84. He was an attorney in ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/legendary-texas-defense-attorney-bill-habern-dies-18297405.php
Game Preserve Fire near Huntsville remains 60% contained: Firefighters in Huntsville enter their fourth day of working to prevent the Game Preserve Fire that ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/game-preserve-fire-update-18346561.php
Everything you need to know about BYU vs. Sam Houston: Everything you need to know about BYU's first football game of the season: TV info, kickoff time ...
sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2023/09/02/everything-you-need-know-about-byu/
Relatives, former inmates plead for help as deaths mount in sweltering Texas prisons
palestineherald.com/news/relatives-former-inmates-plead-for-help-as-deaths-mount-in-sweltering-texas-prisons/article_e6bca756-2657-11ee-87b3-ff7052c27dce.html
Help Wanted (in Prison): Texas Recruits High School Kids To Be Corrections Officers
themarshallproject.org/2023/06/26/prison-texas-high-school-corrections-officers
Alligators at Houston area state park leave swimmers stranded: video: During Memorial Day weekend, a crowd of swimmers became stuck on a pier after two ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/huntsville-texas-alligators-state-park-lake-18125690.php
Paxton trial of the century will be must-see TV (Thumbs): Also: Houston represents at NBA finals, alligator mating season continues, hemlock invades Texas ...
houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/paxton-nba-jimmy-butler-ai-apocalypse-18130892.php
Austin tumbles down rankings of best places to live: The Texas capital fell nearly 30 places down the U.S. News & World Report list. San Antonio came in at No ...
expressnews.com/news/article/austin-texas-best-places-to-live-18104696.php
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Driver Goes on Shooting Spree Across Texas Highway, Killing 2 Bikers: The gunman is still on the loose, authorities said.
thedailybeast.com/driver-goes-on-shooting-spree-across-texas-highway-killing-2-bikers
Vigil set for 5 victims of San Jacinto County home shooting: A vigil is set for the five victims, including 8-year-old boy, who were shot 'execution style' ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/vigil-set-for-san-jacinto-county-shooting-victims-17989389.php
Historic Huntsville Cafe Texan reopens after COVID shutdown: Once Texas' oldest and longest-running coffee shop, the small-town fixture hit bad times in the ...
houstonchronicle.com/food-culture/restaurants-bars/article/huntsville-cafe-texan-reopens-covid-19-closure-17920792.php
Esposa e hija asesinadas: la justicia de Texas ejecuta a un doble homicida: En 2010, Gary Green mató a puñaladas a su mujer y ahogó a su hija en la bañera ...
n-tv.de/panorama/Texanische-Justiz-laesst-Doppelmoerder-hinrichten-article23968948.html
USA: Man executed in Texas after murdering wife and child: In the U.S., a man murdered his wife and their daughter in Texas in 2009. A year later ...
stern.de/panorama/verbrechen/usa--mann-in-texas-nach-mord-an-frau-und-kind-hingerichtet-33262854.html
Texas executes inmate for killing 4 during drug robbery: HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four ...
apnews.com/article/texas-execution-drug-robbery-four-killed-e5fae732feec073703cccc87bff18a4b
Gary Green, Who Killed Estranged Wife and Her 6-Year-Old Daughter, Executed: Gary Green was convicted of the murders of Lovetta Armstead and her daughter ...
thedailybeast.com/gary-green-who-killed-estranged-wife-and-her-6-year-old-daughter-executed
Former Texas high school football players in NFL Super Bowl LVII: The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs each have four players from Texas high schools ...
houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/texans/article/texas-high-school-football-players-super-bowl-lvii-17773762.php
Texas man facing execution for stabbing his wife dead and drowning her daughter in bathtub
metro.co.uk/2023/03/07/texas-man-facing-execution-for-stabbing-his-wife-dead-and-drowning-her-daughter-in-bathtub-18402814/
Former Texas high school football players in NFL Super Bowl LVII: The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs each have four players from Texas high schools ...
houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/texans/article/texas-high-school-football-players-super-bowl-lvii-17773762.php
Quick Glance: Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes will go down in Super Bowl history
- "It's a historic moment." Hurts says.
- Cam Newton: Lost SB 50 (Broncos 24, Panthers 10) in 2016.
- To wit, a record 11 Black quarterbacks started in Week 1 this season, breaking the previous record of ten set two years ago.
- Only 28 of the 519 head coaches in NFL history have been African-American, and only four of the 30 active head coaches are.
College basketball: Santa Clara Broncos catch a break, stay home for NIT opener vs. Sam Houston State
mercurynews.com/2023/03/15/santa-clara-broncos-catch-a-break-stay-home-for-nit-opener-vs-sam-houston-state
Inmate executed for fatally shooting Dallas officer in 2007: HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ...
apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-crime-legal-proceedings-homicide-huntsville-dd13e47e59d8804518a24343e91b69e8
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