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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Texas

Nov 8 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck western Texas on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21…

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Texas police seek motive in mall shooting that killed 8

By Gabriella Borter and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Texas police were investigating what motivated a 33-year-old gunman to kill at least eight people at a mall over the weekend, as…

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U.S. judge hands anti-abortion groups partial win over abortion pill

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Texas suspended the two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United…

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Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Texas has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google for allegedly collecting biometric data of millions of Texans without obtaining proper consent, the attorney general's office…

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Texas bitcoin miners back online after power surge caused curtailments

NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Large-scale bitcoin mining operations in Texas are back online after sweltering temperatures that caused electricity use to spike led to power curtailments earlier in the month, an industry…

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Two Mexicans charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy…

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Site of Texas school shooting to be demolished

The elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers last month will be demolished, the city's mayor said on Tuesday. The mayor's announcement…

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Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting ‘dies of grief ‘

The death toll from the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers reached the campus’ extended family Thursday, when the husband of one of the slain teachers…

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Minutes before school attack, Texas gunman sent online warning

UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers posted an online message warning that he was going to shoot up an elementary school minutes before he attacked, Governor…

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‘Stand up to the gun lobby,’ Biden urges Americans after Texas massacre

Americans must stand up to the gun lobby and pressure members of Congress to pass sensible gun laws, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday after the killing of at least 19…

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More of Europe’s crude supply is coming from deep in the heart of Texas

HOUSTON, (Reuters) - U.S. crude exports to Europe climbed in March and April as buyers across the Atlantic snapped up the country's light sweet grades to offset the expected loss of Russian…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: San Antonio, Texas, USA

An aerial photo made with a drone shows a solar electric generating farm in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Photo - EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY

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British link to Texas synagogue attack

A gunman who took four people hostage at a Dallas-area synagogue and was himself killed as federal agents stormed the temple was identified as a British citizen, while police in…

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Texas synagogue hostage taker was a British citizen, says FBI

The FBI identified a hostage taker killed at a Texas synagogue as a British citizen, after U.S. President Joe Biden earlier on Sunday said the gunman had used weapons he…

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Suspect who took hostages at Texas synagogue was British – Sky News

UPDATE SkyNews reports that the suspect who was shot dead by officers after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was British COLLEYVILLE, Texas, Jan 15 (Reuters) - All…

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U.S. appeals court sets Jan 7 argument date in Texas abortion case

A United States appeals court has set a Jan. 7 argument date in the Texas abortion case, where the panel will hear the state's bid to push a legal question about enforcement…

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UPDATE: Stampede after crush at Houston music festival kills at least eight, injures many

(Reuters) -At least eight people were killed and many others injured in a crush at the opening night of Houston's Astroworld music festival triggered by a surge of fans pushing…

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Verstappen on pole and Hamilton alongside in Texas

(Reuters) -Red Bull's Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen secured pole position for the U.S. Grand Prix in the dying seconds on Saturday as Mercedes title rival Lewis Hamilton had…

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U.S. appeals court reinstates Texas abortion law, two days after it was halted

A U.S. appeals court late on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas’s restrictive abortion law, which bars the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy and outsources enforcement of the ban…

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Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law

A federal judge temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, following a challenge from President Joe Biden’s administration after the…

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Samsung Electronics close to finalising $17 bln Texas chip plant -sources

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to finalising the construction of a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Williamson County in the U.S. state of Texas, three people with knowledge of…

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Biden warns of ‘unconstitutional chaos’ due to Texas abortion ban

A Texas law imposing a near-total ban on abortion that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand will cause "unconstitutional chaos" by infringing on a right that women have exercised…

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First case of monkeypox detected in Texas resident

A rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, making it the first case of the virus seen in the…

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Samsung considering another Texas location for $17 bln chip factory

Samsung Electronics has applied for tax breaks to potentially build its planned $17 billion U.S. chip factory in a location in Texas other than Austin, where it has an existing…

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At least 13 people wounded in Austin, Texas shooting

At least 13 people were wounded in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas early on Saturday, police said, adding the suspected shooter was still at large. Two of the injured…

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Biden says it’s a ‘big mistake’ for states to lift mask mandates

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said decisions to end the required wearing of masks - such as those by governors of Texas and…

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Biden approves major disaster declaration for Texas

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas which has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages during a deadly deep freeze,…

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Cold, lack of water overwhelm Texas hospitals more than COVID-19 did

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Texas doctor Natasha Kathuria has practiced medicine in 11 countries, worked through the 2014 "Snowmageddon" storm that ground Atlanta to a halt, and survived the past…

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Texans struggle through historic cold

Texas officials warned of "disasters within the disaster" of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to…

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U.S. Supreme Court swiftly ends Trump-backed Texas bid to upend election results

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected…

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Coronavirus in the US: California and Texas see record spikes

California and Texas both marked record spikes in new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a Reuters tally showed, as Los Angeles reported an "alarming" one-day surge in America's second-largest city that put it…

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US Democrat Beto O’Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race

Democrat Beto O'Rourke dropped out of the crowded 2020 U.S. presidential race on Friday, saying it had become clear his campaign did not have the resources to continue to seek…

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Photo Story: Rain cause by Tropical Storm Lorena hit Mexico

Cars pass travel along a flooded street after heavy rain, cause by Tropical Storm Lorena hit the area, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. In the meantime, further north, Tropical Storm Imelda…

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Trump visits Dayton and El Paso

US President Donald Trump has visited emergency workers and survivors of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas - one of two cities shaken by gun attacks that took 31…

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Trump to visit El Paso and Dayton

President Donald Trump has announced that he will travel on Wednesday to the scenes of the two weekend mass shootings, defying backlash by some in both communities who have urged…

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Trump says “perhaps more has to be done” after weekend shootings

President Donald Trump has said "hate has no place" in the US after 29 people were killed in two mass shootings over the weekend, amid accusations that he bears some…

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America in shock after shootings in Ohio and Texas

Two mass shootings, in Texas and Ohio, that killed 29 people in less than 24 hours in the United States has prompted debate over whether President Donald Trump's rhetoric was partly to blame for the…

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Ten persons killed in plane crash in Texas

A light aircraft has crashed into an airport hangar in Texas killing all 10 people on board. The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air, crashed shortly after take-off at…

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Eleven bodies, believed to be of people who died of clashes between criminal groups, discovered near Mexican border

Reuters report that eleven bodies were discovered on Friday in a Mexican town close to the U.S. border, days before president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is due to visit for a series…

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17-year-old being held in custody following Santa Fe school shooting which claimed the life of 10 students

A 17-year-old suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis — an introvert who had given off few warning signs — had surrendered and been taken into custody, following the latest in a series of…

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