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COVID-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip

5:35 pm April 2, 2020

Houston: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned from a spring break trip to Mexico, avoiding social-distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university, which is in Austin, had previously confirmed only 28 coronavirus cases. About 70 students flew on a chartered plane […]

Jared Padalecki arrested in Texas for assault and intoxication

9:23 pm October 28, 2019

Los Angeles: “Supernatural” star Jared Padalecki was reportedly arrested in his native Texas, Austin, on Sunday for assault and public intoxication. According to TMZ, the 37-year-old actor was taken into custody outside of Stereotype Bar after allegedly punching a bartender and manager. In a clip obtained by the website a man, believed to be the […]

O’Rourke says President Donald Trump should resign during impeachment inquiry

O’Rourke says Trump should resign during impeachment inquiry

2:41 am September 29, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas: Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says President Donald Trump should resign as Congress begins an impeachment investigation. O’Rourke said Saturday there shouldn’t be a fear of an impeachment probe intensifying partisan divisions. The former Texas congressman said at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin that he believes impeaching Trump would ultimately unify the […]

Trump insists US already has ‘strong’ gun background checks

9:26 pm August 21, 2019

Washington : President Donald Trump has insisted that the US already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases in the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind changes to the system that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on […]

Universal Pictures cancels controversial ‘The Hunt’ in wake of shootings

8:33 am August 11, 2019

New York: Universal Pictures has canceled the planned September release of its controversial social satire “The Hunt,” in the wake of recent mass shootings and amid criticism from President Donald Trump. The move came several days after the studio suspended the ad campaign for the film, a gory, R-rated thriller that tells a tale of […]