Hurricane Harvey settled over southeast Texas early Saturday, lashing the state’s Gulf Coast with damaging winds and dumping torrents of rain over hundreds of kilometres of coastline that braced for what forecasters predicted would be life-threatening storm surges — basically walls of water moving inland. CBC | World News
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Harvey officially a hurricane, with parts of Texas in its path
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says tropical storm Harvey is now Hurricane Harvey and is forecasting it will become a major hurricane. At least two cities along the Texas Gulf Coast are ordering mandatory evacuations. CBC | World News
Read More »University of Texas removing Confederate monuments from campus square
The University of Texas is removing statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become “symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism.” CBC | World News
Read More »Truck driver in deadly Texas human smuggling case indicted
The driver of a tractor-trailer packed with people illegally entering the U.S. in an alleged human smuggling operation was indicted Wednesday on charges related to the deaths of 10 people inside. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas Middle School Teacher Arrested For Sexually Assaulting and Impregnating Student
Recently, former Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District junior high teacher Cornelius Smith was arrested for sexually assaulting a female student. During a series of sexual encounters with Smith, the 15-year-old victim was also impregnated by her former speech teacher. The girl, whose identity is being withheld due to her status as a minor, stated she became pregnant by Smith at her ...
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