Texas

Hut 8 shares surge nearly 30 percent after signing $9.8 billion ai data center lease

6 Mwezi wa tano, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI Picha iliyoundwa na AI

Hut 8 announced a 15-year lease valued at $9.8 billion for a large-scale AI data center in Texas, sending its shares up nearly 30 percent on Wednesday. The deal covers 352 megawatts of capacity at the company's Beacon Point campus and includes options that could raise the total value to $25.1 billion.

Texas man sentenced to 30 years for murdering mother of his children

A 47-year-old Texas man was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison for strangling the mother of his two youngest children in 2023.

Texas mother Rayshawna Dowdell flees after leaving children alone for six weeks

6 Mwezi wa tano, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Rayshawna Deanna Dowdell, 34, faces charges of abandoning her children without intent to return after leaving her daughters, aged 11 and 6, alone in their Katy home for about six weeks. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says she remains at large. The children were later found safe in Ohio.

Siasa

Border Patrol reassigns hundreds of agents to Laredo for gotaways surge

Uhalifu

Texas mother charged with digging up newborn daughter's grave

Uhalifu

Texas father admits shooting son in head after threats

Texas judge resigns after ordering attorney handcuffed

Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez, a Bexar County judge, has resigned her position following a voluntary agreement with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. The deal forever disqualifies her from serving as a judge in Texas amid multiple misconduct complaints, including a December 2024 incident where she ordered an attorney handcuffed in her courtroom. Her criminal case remains active.

Abbott threatens to cut Houston public safety grants over new limits on ICE cooperation

21 Mwezi wa nne, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI Imethibitishwa ukweli

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to withdraw $110 million in state public safety grants from Houston after the City Council approved an ordinance limiting how long police can detain someone based solely on an ICE administrative warrant. Abbott has also warned Dallas and Austin of potential grant losses over similar policies.

Texas son charged with concealing father's shooting death

Daniel Sebastian Ordonez faces charges for tampering with evidence after his father Daniel Antonio Ordonez was found shot dead in a trash bag behind their San Antonio home. Police allege Ordonez went on a shopping spree at Walmart and Home Depot to cover up the killing while his father's body lay nearby. The discovery followed a family member's welfare check prompted by unusual smartwatch activity.

Texas stepdaughter and partner charged in double family murder

11 Mwezi wa nne, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Medina County Sheriff's Office has charged Cassandra Lange, 29, and Joby Williams, 30, with capital murder in the deaths of Cherry Rehbein, 54, and her husband Stephen Rehbein, 58. Lange, Cherry's biological daughter and Stephen's stepdaughter, confessed to the killings alongside Williams after they were stopped in a vehicle with two children. The bodies were found in garbage bags in a ravine near Medina Lake.

Jumapili, 3. Mwezi wa tano 2026, 22:39:52