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U.S. DOJ To Investigate Police Response To Uvalde Shootings

May 30, 2022 4:29 am

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a review of the entirety of the response by local and federal authorities to last week’s school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

In a statement on Sunday that was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, DOJ spokesperson Anthony Coley said that Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin had asked the department to conduct a Critical Incident Review.

Coley also said that the DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing will handle the investigation.

‘The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses …

Story: How Texas School Shooter Masssacred 21

May 26, 2022 12:58 pm

Texas authorities are still trying to piece the evidences together to what drove 18 year old Salvador Ramos to commit America’s worst school massacre in a decade, but here is what is known so far about the shooting:

Described as a long-bullied youth with a history of self-harm, Ramos turned 18 on May 16 and bought an assault rifle the very next day. He purchased 375 rounds of ammunition on May 18, and then a second rifle two days after that.

Ramos — a dropout with no criminal history — messaged on Facebook Tuesday morning that he planned to attack …

Oil Prices Fall Amid Bleak Outlook Warnings

U.S. States To Cut Oil Production

April 25, 2020 7:23 am

U.S. President Donald Trump has disclosed that Texas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota will cut their oil production, without giving specifics on numbers, amid a glut in energy supplies and shortages of storage that led to massive drops in prices on the market.

“They gotta cut,” Trump said, speaking to reporters at the White House.

He also said Canada would make cuts.

“I want to help that industry,” Trump said, calling himself an “energy person.”

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He described the cuts as a “natural” evolution, responding to the market.

The benchmark U.S. …

Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s Pointswoman In Texas

March 7, 2020 3:37 am

When Joe Biden, now frontrunner in the race to pick a Democratic candidate to compete with Donald Trump, came to the atrium of the science building at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to campaign last Monday, his introduction was made by a female student, Adunola Osinuga.

“We saw in South Carolina the power that voters of color have. We have the power to swing this entire race for the candidate that can beat Donald Trump in the fall. We had that power in South Carolina, and we most definitely have that power here in Texas,” the beaming student, known …

US In Coronavirus Trouble, 3 States, San Francisco Hit

March 6, 2020 3:55 am

Fifty three new cases of Coronavirus broke out across the United States on Thursday, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San Francisco.

Twenty new cases of the virus were confirmed in King County, Washington, local health officials said, bringing the total in the county to 51 with 11 deaths. One death has been recorded in California.

The total death toll from coronavirus in the United States is now 12 on Thursday with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and

“This is a critical moment in the growing outbreak of COVID-19 in King County,” the …

Texas Church Shooting: One Killed Before Gunman Shot Dead

December 30, 2019 2:40 pm

A gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, killing one parishioner and wounding another before being shot dead by members of the congregation.

The gunman stood up from a pew at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb of Fort Worth, pulled out a shotgun, a begun shooting.

Police said they were still trying to determine the attacker’s motives.

White Settlement Police Chief JP Bevering praised “the heroic actions” of those who confronted the attacker.

The shooting took place at about 11:50 (17:50 GMT), during the morning service. The service was being live-streamed on social …

Seven Dead In West Texas Shooting

October 26, 2019 4:22 pm

A lone gunman fleeing a traffic stop set off on a rampage that left seven dead and at least 22 injured, including three cops, in a West Texas shooting on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.

Police killed the shooter at the Odessa Cinergy movie theater after the suspect was pulled over at an interstate traffic stop for failing to signal a left turn and he opened fire. The gunman went on to hijack a postal service vehicle and began shooting innocent bystanders in the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland.

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Texas Police Charged With Murder For Shooting Black Woman

October 15, 2019 3:19 am

The white Texas police officer who shot dead a black woman as she played video games at home with her young nephew has been charged with murder, police said Monday.

Aaron Dean gunned down 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson from outside her Fort Worth property in the early hours of Saturday as she approached a window to investigate noises outside.

The incident, less than two weeks after a white policewoman was jailed for killing a black man in his apartment in nearby Dallas, has sparked a wave of anger in the US, where so-called blue-on-black violence fueled the rise of the Black …