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Texas governor reappoints Indian-American to top university position

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed eminent Indian-American Ashok A K Mago to the University of North Texas System Board of Regents

US Supreme Court blocks Texas law targeting social media firms' rules

The US Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that would ban large social media companies from removing posts based on the views they express

School door shut but was not locked before attack, say Texas police

An exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed by a teacher shortly before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers, state police said

President Biden, First Lady visit site of school shooting in Texas

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, to grieve with the community and comfort them after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting

Police waited 48 minutes in school before pursuing Texas shooter

Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school as nearly 20 officers waited in the hallway for more than 45 minutes

19 children, two adults killed in Texas elementary school massacre

18-year-old opens fire in elementary school, is shot dead

Man plotted to kill former Prez Bush in revenge for Iraq war: US govt

An Iraqi man who came to the US 2 years ago hatched a plot to assassinate former President George W Bush in retaliation for casualties against his compatriots during the Iraq war, the government said

Google 'private browsing' mode not really private, says Texas lawsuit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's filing adds Google's Incognito mode to the lawsuit filed in January

Wipro launches 40,000 sq-ft new tech innovation studio in Austin, US

IT major Wipro has launched its new innovation studio at Austin in Texas, US, the company said on Thursday. Wipro said that the new centre, spread over 40,000 square feet, will create hundreds of jobs locally. "The studio will provide a dynamic collaborative workplace environment with a harmonious balance of diverse work settings and amenity offerings. It will also create a fresh intake of new-age talent for hot tech skills, thereby creating hundreds of new jobs locally and bringing investments from tech organisations starting from the first year itself," the company said in a statement. Wipro's innovation studio is designed to be a collaborative space of 36 huddle rooms, 12 conference rooms and 330 individual think spaces, energising community spaces and areas for focused collaboration, the statement said. "The studio will provide our clients a wide range of solutions, with a potential to unlock a world of possibilities for their business," said Srini Pallia, Wipro Limited CEO of

Tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma; more storms in forecast, says report

There were no reports of serious injuries following the Wednesday night tornadoes

1st trial in Capitol riot of Texas man ends in conviction on all counts

A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the US Capitol with a holstered handgun

Abortions in Texas declined 60% in first month under new limits

The nearly 2,200 abortions reported by Texas providers in September came after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected

Coronavirus claims over 80,000 lives in second largest US state Texas

Coronavirus has claimed more than 80,000 lives in Texas, the second largest US state, Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Winter storm hits US Texas, statewide power failure not expected

Temperatures plunged within 24 hours, power lines were downed by icing accumulation, tree breakage and high winds, leading to road closures and outages across the state.

British suspect of Texas synagogue siege was known to UK spies

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was on the radar of the MI5 intelligence service during the second half of 2020

Texas synagogue hostage-taker had stayed in area homeless shelters

An armed man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue had spent time in area homeless shelters in the two weeks leading up to the attack

Texas rabbi says he, two other hostages escaped synagogue standoff

The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff

Texas rabbi: Security training paid off in synagogue hostage standoff

US and British authorities continued an investigation into the weekend standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended with an armed British national dead

2 arrested in England in investigation into Texas 10-hour standoff

Police in England said Sunday they had arrested two teenagers in their investigation into an armed British national holding four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue.

Hostages safe after hours-long Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead

Four hostages are safe and their captor is dead after an hourslong standoff that began when the man took over services at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting on a livestream