Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to make landfall Monday evening predominately impacting the Gulf Coast region of Texas and parts of Louisiana. According to a report by the National Hurricane Center, Nicholas is expected to produce 8 to 16 inches of total...
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Reflecting on 20 years of war on 9/11’s 20th anniversary
On its 20th anniversary, the world will stop and mourn the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2021 when the extremist terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four planes and conducted suicide attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a...
DOJ preparing to challenge anti-abortion law
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice is urgently exploring all options to challenge Senate Bill 8, Texas’ anti-abortion bill that went into effect Sept. 1. And according to reports, the Biden administration is preparing to file a...
SCOTUS refuses to block abortion ban
Late Wednesday night in a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block SB 8, a law that bans abortion at six weeks and rewards private citizens $10,000 for successfully bounty hunting abortion providers. The five conservative leaning justices Clarence...
Activists respond to the Texas abortion ban: “My body is my own”
Texas’ new anti-abortion law is in full effect after the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, refused to block SB 8, a bill banning abortion after six weeks. The law also awards private citizens $10,000 for successfully suing abortion providers that violate the...
Hurricane Ida devastates thousands in Lousiana and Mississippi
The death toll of Category 4 Hurricane Ida has increased to two casualties after making landfall early Sunday morning on the Gulf Coast. The storm hit Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with winds up to 150 miles per hour and five to 10 inches of...
Texas abortion clinics may close soon with Sept. 1 abortion ban
On Wednesday, Senate Bill 8, a bill that bans abortion six weeks after pregnancy and allows citizens to sue abortion providers is set to take effect after a Texas court cancelled a hearing on halting the legislation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Texas House bail bond bill targets charitable organizations
On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives Constitutional Rights and Remedies committee voted to pass SB 6, a bail reform bill, that would change the bail bond system after someone is arrested. SB 6 states that non-profit organizations would not be able to...
Haiti hit by 7.2 magnitude earthquake, here’s how to help
A 7.2- magnitude earthquake over the weekend has left over 2,000 Haitians dead and over 12,000 injured in Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti. According to statistics from the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team, 83,300 houses have been damaged from the earthquake and...
Paris ISD Changes District policy for mask wearing
On Tuesday, Paris Independent School District in Paris, Texas changed their district’s policy to implement mask wearing in their dress code for all faculty and students. Paris is a rural town about 100 miles from Dallas with 25,000 residents. Lamar County, where Paris...