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Texas Midwife Arrested, Charged with Illegal Abortions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, a 49-year-old midwife, on charges of performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine without a license at three Houston-area clinics, marking the first such criminal case since the state's 2022 abortion ban.

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Midwest and South Devastated by Deadly Tornadoes; More Severe Weather Expected

A powerful storm system, moving across the Midwest and South, caused at least 13 deaths—10 in Missouri—and widespread damage from tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricane-force winds, with forecasters predicting an even more dangerous outbreak on Saturday.

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Texas Invalidates Court Orders for Sex Marker Changes on State IDs

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared all court orders allowing sex marker changes on state IDs invalid, forcing a reversion to birth sex, escalating a decade-long effort to restrict transgender rights and creating potential safety concerns for transgender individuals.

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Texas Court Overturns Death Sentence After 27 Years Due to Withheld Informant Information

A Texas appeals court overturned Brittany Holberg's death sentence for the 1996 murder of A.B. Towery in Amarillo due to undisclosed information about a paid jailhouse informant whose testimony was crucial to the conviction; the case now returns to the trial court.

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Texas Court Stays Execution of David Wood Amidst New Evidence

A Texas appeals court has stayed the execution of David Wood, convicted in 1987 for the murders of six women, due to newly presented evidence including potential exculpatory DNA and questionable jailhouse informant testimony; the stay comes 36 years after his conviction and two days before his sched...

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Texas Court Halts Execution of Death Row Inmate After 30 Years

A Texas appeals court stayed the execution of David Leonard Wood, a 67-year-old man on death row for over 30 years for the 1987 murders of six young women near El Paso, following renewed appeals claiming innocence and requests for additional DNA testing, halting what would have been the longest deat...

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Deadly Tornadoes Kill at Least 20 in Central and Southern US

At least 20 people died and multiple states declared emergencies after a series of deadly tornadoes struck the central and southern US on March 15, 2025, with Missouri reporting the highest number of fatalities.

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Severe Storms Cause 18 Deaths, Widespread Power Outages in US

Deadly tornadoes and a dust storm caused at least 18 deaths across five southeastern US states, leaving over 200,000 people without power and igniting over 100 wildfires; further severe weather is expected.

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Texas Man Convicted of Father's Murder After Garage Bludgeoning

Ryan Smith, 26, was found guilty of murdering his father, Cameron Smith, in Texas on January 24, 2022, after luring him to the garage with a ruse and bludgeoning him with a dumbbell; preceding this, Smith had also stabbed a police dog and led police on a high-speed chase.

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Former Megachurch Pastor Indicted on Child Sexual Abuse Charges

Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Preston Morris, 63, was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, stemming from alleged abuse between 1982 and 1986, beginning when the victim was 12 and Morris was a traveling evangelist staying with her family in Hominy.

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Measles Outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico: Low Vaccination Rates Fuel 250+ Cases and Deaths

A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has infected over 250 people, resulting in at least one death and highlighting the impact of low vaccination rates, particularly within the Mennonite community and among adults in New Mexico.

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Unsolved Yogurt Shop Murders: A New Docuseries Investigates

Four teenage girls were murdered execution-style in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop on December 6, 1991; despite initial arrests and confessions, the case remains unsolved, prompting a new docuseries on HBO Max.

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