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Ex-oil and gas workers push geothermal power forward in Texas: Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil ...
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Ex-oil and gas workers push geothermal power forward in Texas
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Helicopter crashes in Rio Grande Valley, killing three: Two National Guard members and a U.S. Border Patrol agent died in the crash in Starr County Friday ...
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Helicopter crashes in Rio Grande Valley, killing three
Quick Glance: Helicopter Crash Along US-Mexico Border in Texas Claims 3 Lives
  • A helicopter carrying three National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent crashed along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, resulting in the death of three individuals on board, according to a county official.

  • Starr County Judge Eloy Vera confirmed that a fourth person on board was in critical condition and that the crash occurred near the small town of La Grulla.

  • The Starr County Sheriff's Office mentioned on Facebook that they were assisting with a 'downed helicopter incident' on the east side of the county.

  • In January, a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico lost power and crashed, causing minor injuries to the co-pilot and significant damage to the helicopter.
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Helicopter crashes in Rio Grande Valley, killing three: Two National Guard members and a U.S. Border Patrol agent died in the crash in Starr County Friday ...
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Helicopter crashes in Rio Grande Valley, killing three
Quick Glance: Helicopter Crash Along US-Mexico Border in Texas Claims 3 Lives
  • A helicopter carrying three National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent crashed along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, resulting in the death of three individuals on board, according to a county official.

  • Starr County Judge Eloy Vera confirmed that a fourth person on board was in critical condition and that the crash occurred near the small town of La Grulla.

  • The Starr County Sheriff's Office mentioned on Facebook that they were assisting with a 'downed helicopter incident' on the east side of the county.

  • In January, a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico lost power and crashed, causing minor injuries to the co-pilot and significant damage to the helicopter.
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Helicopter down near US-Mexico border: Officials: Law enforcement officials said a helicopter went down in La Grulla, Texas.
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Helicopter down near US-Mexico border: Officials
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Fact check: Women who get abortions don't face penalties in Texas: An Instagram post says if a woman in Texas takes "abortion pills voluntarily ...
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Fact check: Women who get abortions don't face penalties in Texas
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Greg Abbott Raises Stakes With Texas Border Wall Construction: Federal border agents have not been allowed access to part of the Texas border ...
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Greg Abbott Raises Stakes With Texas Border Wall Construction
Quick Glance: Texas Independence: More Realistic Than Expected
  • The leader of the movement for an independent Texas, Daniel Miller, emphasized the urgency of the issue due to the border crisis.

  • A Texan nationalist expressed that the secession of the Lone Star State from the Union 'could be absolutely more realistic than expected' amid the ongoing standoff with federal authorities over the Texas-Mexico border.

  • In the latest edition of his podcast, Miller discussed the impact of the border dispute on his campaign for Texas independence or 'Texit'.

  • Miller expressed his confidence that the border standoff is pushing more Texans to cast a positive vote in a hypothetical vote on whether Texas should be an independent state.
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Frank Garcia wins a spot on Team Dan + Shay on 'The Voice': Roma, Texas, native grew up playing mariachi music, but he made the cut on Monday night with a cover ...
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Frank Garcia wins a spot on Team Dan + Shay on 'The Voice'
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Trump said the border wall was unclimbable. But hospitals are full of those who've tried.
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Trump said the border wall was unclimbable. But hospitals are full of ...
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What to know about the Texas border wall and who’s building it: Republican state lawmakers already have allocated nearly $1.5 billion to build a wall along ...
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What to know about the Texas border wall and who’s building it
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Texas Republicans agree on plan to deport migrants, fund border wall: In a social media post this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick praised the House and Senate for ...
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Texas Republicans agree on plan to deport migrants, fund border wall
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Scolds Joe Biden For Allowing Construction Of Border Wall
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Quick Glance: Biden shocks allies with border wall revelation
  • President Biden's decision to proceed with border wall construction has shocked allies and immigration advocates.

  • The administration's participation in the roundtable received praise from CHC members; however, there was no mention of plans to restart border wall construction.

  • A notice posted on the Federal Register on Wednesday waived several environmental and historical protection laws to allow for wall construction in Starr County, Texas, using funds appropriated in 2019 for that purpose.

  • When asked if he believes the border wall works, Biden sighed, 'no.'
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In South Texas, Border-Wall Plans Meet Resistance: ‘This Is My Backyard’: We traveled to Starr County, Texas, to see how the border region is reacting to the ...
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In South Texas, Border-Wall Plans Meet Resistance: ‘This Is My Backyard’
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Texas House passes border security bills after heated marathon session: The House also approved increases in the penalty on those engaged in the smuggling of ...
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Texas House passes border security bills after heated marathon session
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Abbott’s border belligerence knows no boundaries, state or otherwise: He's put up fencing on the New Mexico state line and spent billions on border walls ...
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Abbott’s border belligerence knows no boundaries, state or otherwise
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Texas House advances bill hardening penalty for human smuggling: The special session comes after several Republican priority proposals that were meant to curb ...
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Texas House advances bill hardening penalty for human smuggling
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Biden is wrong: Congress did not require more border wall construction  : The law is clear that the money “shall be authorized.” It doesn’t say that the money ...
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Biden is wrong: Congress did not require more border wall construction  
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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas
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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall ...
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Biden expedites 20 miles of new border wall but thinks it won't work: Biden's reversal on border wall construction angered Mexico and fellow Democrats.
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Biden expedites 20 miles of new border wall but thinks it won't work
Quick Glance: Biden approves new section of border wall amid increasing Mexico crossings
  • Building a border wall was a prominent policy of Donald Trump as president and faced strong opposition from Democrats.

  • In 2020, Mr Biden pledged not to build any more wall if elected.

  • Shortly after taking office, his administration issued a proclamation stating that building a wall across the southern border 'is not a serious policy solution'.

  • However, on Thursday, Mr Biden stated that he 'can't stop' the construction of the border wall due to the already allocated funding.
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Texas Gov. Abbott’s border wall could get $1.5 billion boost: Officials have erected roughly 11 miles of wall out of the more than 800 where Abbott’s office ...
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Texas Gov. Abbott’s border wall could get $1.5 billion boost
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Biden’s Border Wall Plans Meet Resistance in South Texas: ‘This Is My Backyard’: In Starr County, where presidents have started and stopped wall construction ...
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Biden’s Border Wall Plans Meet Resistance in South Texas: ‘This Is My ...
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Biden resumes work on Texas border wall. Will this harm wildlife, endangered species?
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Biden resumes work on Texas border wall. Will this harm wildlife ...
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Biden border wall expansion sparks Allred-Cruz fight in Texas Senate race: Biden's reversal on border wall construction drew backlash and sparked a fight ...
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Biden border wall expansion sparks Allred-Cruz fight in Texas Senate race
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Two-Month-Old Baby Found Abandoned at Southern Border: 'Chilling Reminder': Amid the migrant crisis, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Agents found a 2-month-old ...
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Two-Month-Old Baby Found Abandoned at Southern Border: 'Chilling Reminder'
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Zoo in Italy celebrating the arrival of an endangered zebra foal: Keepers at Rome’s zoo, the Bioparco di Roma, are celebrating the arrival of a female Grevy's ...
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Zoo in Italy celebrating the arrival of an endangered zebra foal
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Migrants Left in Open Field as Tropical Storm Harold Hits Texas: The migrants were exposed to the elements, including rain, early Tuesday morning in Starr County ...
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Migrants Left in Open Field as Tropical Storm Harold Hits Texas
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Week 3: All of the state of Texas high school football scores: All of the scores in the Lone Star state during September 7-8, 2023. Which teams were victorious?
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Week 3: All of the state of Texas high school football scores
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Plant tomatoes now for fall fruit production in Texas: Find the best tomato selections to plant in your garden or containers now to ride out this heat and ...
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Plant tomatoes now for fall fruit production in Texas
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Prosecutor pocketed cash from defendant’s mom in exchange for dropped charges, feds say
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Prosecutor pocketed cash from defendant’s mom in exchange for dropped ...
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Week 1 scores: See every Texas high school football game result. Which teams won?
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Week 1 scores: See every Texas high school football game result ...
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State Rep. Ryan Guillen sees his influence rise after switching parties: The longtime Rio Grande City representative, who switched parties in 2021 ...
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State Rep. Ryan Guillen sees his influence rise after switching parties
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GOP priority bills fail as Texas Legislature runs out of time: A failure to compromise on school choice, border security and, for now, property taxes all but ...
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GOP priority bills fail as Texas Legislature runs out of time
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Human smuggler or good Samaritan? Texas bill can't tell the difference: Gov. Greg Abbott wants the Texas Legislature to toughen penalties for human smuggling ...
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Human smuggler or good Samaritan? Texas bill can't tell the difference
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Last impeached Texas official was judge accused of fraud, favoritism: Judge O.P. Carrillo of Duval County, impeached in 1975, put county employees to work on his ...
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Last impeached Texas official was judge accused of fraud, favoritism
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See the 5 meteorites that crashed in South Texas: The five meteorites that crashed in South Texas in February are on display at San Antonio's Witte Museum.
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See the 5 meteorites that crashed in South Texas
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Senate panel expands border bill to add new crime, stiffer penalties: State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, tacks two of his stalled bills onto legislation that ...
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Senate panel expands border bill to add new crime, stiffer penalties
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Texas Senate passes controversial immigration bill: A sweeping border-security bill that critics say would empower Texas law enforcement officers to enforce ...
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Texas Senate passes controversial immigration bill
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Texas would enforce immigration laws under Senate plan: Texas law enforcement officers would start enforcing immigration laws under a bill advanced by a Senate ...
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Texas would enforce immigration laws under Senate plan
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Border security bills pass Texas Senate, but will they reach Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk?
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Border security bills pass Texas Senate, but will they reach Gov ...
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Raise-the-age gun bill in peril as Texas House deadline looms: A day after a committee unexpectedly advanced a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase ...
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Raise-the-age gun bill in peril as Texas House deadline looms
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Poll finds Texans support raising age to buy guns from 18 to 21: The University of Texas survey also found stronger support for Sen. Ted Cruz ...
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Poll finds Texans support raising age to buy guns from 18 to 21
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Texas House passes sweeping border funding bill: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle threw their support behind a new requirement that the unit use only ...
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Texas House passes sweeping border funding bill
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Democrats kill Texas House bill creating new border unit: While it appeared that Texas Democrats successfully killed a controversial bill criticized for creating ...
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Democrats kill Texas House bill creating new border unit
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Uvalde activist kicked out of Texas Capitol over AR-15 bill protest: The removal came as House Republicans failed to schedule the measure for a floor vote by a ...
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Uvalde activist kicked out of Texas Capitol over AR-15 bill protest
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Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to US-Mexico border
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Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to US-Mexico ...
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How Texas could save its water systems: Water agencies have long resisted working together out of fear of losing their local powers. But an example from Florida ...
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How Texas could save its water systems
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Geothermal Everywhere: Finding the Energy to Save the World: Jamie Beard is pouring everything into a singular vision: Tap into the awesome potential of ...
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Geothermal Everywhere: Finding the Energy to Save the World
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Why must mothers’ bodies stop the bullets? Pray for action after Allen: The families of Uvalde shooting victims are using whatever tool they can ...
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Why must mothers’ bodies stop the bullets? Pray for action after Allen
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Remembering South Texas' killer bee hysteria of the 1990s: Books and film heralded an Alfred Hitchcock-worthy invasion, but the 1990 arrival of Africanized bees ...
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Remembering South Texas' killer bee hysteria of the 1990s
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Bills call for Texas teachers to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students
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Bills call for Texas teachers to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to ...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar says Biden's rule to restrict asylum is 'reasonable': Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, spoke with NPR about a Biden administration proposal ...
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Congressman Henry Cuellar says Biden's rule to restrict asylum is ...
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Meteor soared across Texas sky before residents below ‘heard the earth shake,’ cops say
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Meteor soared across Texas sky before residents below ‘heard the earth ...
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Abbott at Texas Rally for Life: 'Pro-life' work is far from done: Governor calls for more funding for “alternatives to abortion” programs, and for women's needs ...
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Abbott at Texas Rally for Life: 'Pro-life' work is far from done
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Ex-Starr County worker admits to smuggling migrants in county van: A Starr County van was used by a county employee more than 40 times to smuggle immigrants.
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Ex-Starr County worker admits to smuggling migrants in county van
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Former Starr County DA employee indicted for using county van to smuggle immigrants
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Former Starr County DA employee indicted for using county van to smuggle ...
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For many Texas families, Christmas means a return to Mexico, piñatas and gifts in shoes
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For many Texas families, Christmas means a return to Mexico ...
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Oh, God, The $241,995 2023 Corvette Z06 Is Real: That's a $100,000 markup over the Z06's already six-figure MSRP
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Oh, God, The $241,995 2023 Corvette Z06 Is Real
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Republicans made inroads with South Texas Latinos last election. Now, they’re hoping for a red wave
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Republicans made inroads with South Texas Latinos last election. Now ...
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Collier earns more GOP support in lieutenant governor's race: “To earn our support, a candidate must respect our democracy, our Constitution, and our...
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Collier earns more GOP support in lieutenant governor's race