Jul 20 U.S. military identifies 2 soldiers killed in Iranian attack on Jordan By Associated Press The total number of deaths in the war with Iran is 17, according to the U.S. military. Continue reading
Jul 18 Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year's deadly disaster By Christopher L. Keller, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Residents in some hard-hit areas said a year of preparation did make a difference. Newly installed flood sirens sounded in the darkness. Phones buzzed with alerts that weren't sent out last year. Continue reading
Jul 16 Texas flash floods leave at least 2 people dead in Hill Country region devastated a year ago By Jesse Bedayn, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press After days of pounding rain, the National Weather Service said a large wave on Thursday barreled down the same river wrecked by flash floods last summer when two dozen children and counselors died at Camp Mystic. Continue reading
Jul 15 Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The 84-page report issued jointly Wednesday by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union says men and women held at Camp East Montana, located at the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss in El Paso, recounted being denied necessary medical… Continue reading
Jul 15 Heavy rains keep drenching South Texas sparking a tornado in San Antonio By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press In Kerr County, where catastrophic flooding last year killed more than 100 people, officials say they're in contact with summer camps at risk. Continue reading
Jul 10 Federal officials refusing to release name of ICE officer who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Scrutiny of the shooting is growing after authorities said the man killed was not the person ICE was trying to find. Continue reading
Jul 10 What to know about the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said federal officers were looking for someone else when they attempted to stop Salgado Araujo's vehicle. Continue reading
Jul 10 WATCH: Rep. Garcia holds news conference on fatal ICE shooting in Houston By Rebecca Santana, Jack Brook, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man living in the U.S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:24 ICE agent kills Mexican immigrant in Houston in latest deadly enforcement encounter By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Andrew Merlis Family members and local officials are calling for a full investigation into the shooting death of a man killed by ICE agents in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot Tuesday as agents tried to arrest him. Federal officials say he… Continue watching
Jul 08 A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as… Continue reading