Texas
Immigration
Dozens of Migrants Found Dead in Abandoned Truck in Texas
At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S. - Mexico...
USA
Matthew McConaughey’s Passionate Plea for Gun Control
Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey made a passionate plea for gun control legislation from the White House briefing room on Tuesday.
Following last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas he called on Congress...
Crime
Texas Gunman Revealed His Intentions on Facebook
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that the gunman who opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde on Tuesday, killing 19 children and two teachers, announced on Facebook just before the shooting that he was going to...
Crime
The Impassioned Plea for Gun Control Delivered By NBA Coach Steve Kerr
Golden State Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, did not want to talk about basketball on Tuesday night but about the shootings in Texas and gun control.
In his pregame news conference heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against...
Crime
19 Children Among 21 Dead in Texas Elementary School Shooting
Nineteen children and two adults died in a mass shooting on Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, roughly eighty miles west of San Antonio.
The eighteen-year-old gunman, identified by officials as Salvador Ramos, opened fire before he was...
USA
Texas Schools Ban Books on Race and Sexuality
Schools across Texas are facing a new push from parents and conservative politicians to ban books on race, sexuality, and gender.
Parents and politicians have joined forces across 100 school districts in Texas's largest metro areas -- including Houston, Dallas,...
Animals
Fish Fall From the Sky in Animal Rain Weather Event
It rained fish in the northern Texas city of Texarkana last Wednesday. Texarkana residents were shocked to discover small fish scattered across the ground in the city during a severe storm.
Although it seems like an inexplicable -- even Biblical...
Diaspora
Seven-Year-Old Greek Girl Flies to United States for Life-Saving Surgery
Anastasia Triantafyllaki, the seven-year-old Greek girl with brain cancer whose story moved the world, will now travel to Houston, Texas with her family in order to receive an experimental, potentially life-saving treatment. Her journey of hope began on Tuesday...
Australia
4-Year-Old Greek Boy Returns Home After Treatment
Four-year old Loukas Strouzas returned to Melbourne with his parents after his stay in Texas where he completed radiotherapy treatment.
Greeks from all over the world contributed financially, more than $250,000, for a special radiotherapy which was necessary for the treatment of...
Europe
Spartan Student Murders Texan Woman in Hamburg Hotel Room
The news of the almost ritualistic murder of a young Texan woman (23) on the 31st of August in a hotel room in Hamburg has shocked everyone around the world and is still being investigated by the German police...