Texas longhorns articles
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Eye on Texas: An Unwinnable Drug War
I was born and raised in Mexico and lived at the Texas-Mexico border for eight years. As a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, I began to research Mexican organized crime groups that operate transnationally. Since 2009, I have studied illicit networks involved in U.S.-bound […]
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Union Pacific train derails in West Texas
PYOTE, Texas — About 20 cars of a Union Pacific intermodal train derailed today (May 1) near the West Texas community of Pyote, KMID/KPED-TV reports. The Ward County Sheriff’s Office reported it responded about 3 p.m. to a report of a derailment adjacent to Interstate 20. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials have []Read More
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Texas braces for severe storms and potential tornadoes
As stalled weather pattern lingers over the Lone Star State and a cold front moves its way across Texas later this week, several cities across the state are slated to see thunderstorms which could become severe storms. Springtime brings some of the most intense weather to Texas historically, and so far this season has lived up to that expectation. According to the National Weather Service short-range forecast, a pair of low-pressure systems are moving across the central and eastern united states...