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Recent Did you know? items |
* ... that '''[[William Lambdin Prather]]''' introduced the phrase "the eyes of Texas are upon you", which was incorporated into [[The Eyes of Texas|the school song]] of the [[University of Texas at Austin]]?
* ... that the planned sale of a Texas TV station was the subject of a lawsuit more than seven years after it closed for the last time? * ... that the planned sale of '''[[KDCD-TV|a Texas TV station]]''' was the subject of a lawsuit more than seven years after it closed for the last time?
* ... that [[Beyoncé]] released '''[[16 Carriages|a country ballad]]''' and '''[[Texas Hold 'Em (song)|an uptempo country pop western song]]''' on the same day?
* ... that following a [[boycott]] orchestrated by church groups, '''[[KIDY|a Texas TV station]]''' ceased airing the controversial ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' after just a month?
* ... that despite being 80 miles (130 km) apart, [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and [[San Antonio]] are merging into '''[[San Antonio–Austin metroplex|one metropolis]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Nash (actress)|Nancy Nash]]''' had to convince her parents to let her not attend the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] to instead become an actress in 1926? |
Recent In the news items |
- 27 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
:The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the [[U.S.]] states of [[Texas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[Arkansas]] on Saturday and Sunday increases to 21. [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kentucky-warns-more-severe-weather-after-us-storms-kill-14-2024-05-27/ (Reuters)]
- 26 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
:The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the [[U.S.]] states of [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[Arkansas]] increases to 15. [https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/05/26/at-least-11-dead-in-texas-oklahoma-and-arkansas-after-severe-weather-roars-across-region/ (''The Virginian-Pilot'')] [https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-weather-texas-oklahoma-93001e1d81f120d0d55c8dfa24938250 (AP)]
- 25 May 2024 – Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
:At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of [[Pilot Point, Texas|Pilot Point]] and [[Valley View, Texas|Valley View]] in [[Texas]], [[United States]]. [https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/north-texas-tornado-warning-storm-damage/3551043/ (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)]
- 24 May 2024 – Uvalde school shooting
:Families in [[Uvalde, Texas]], U.S., file a lawsuit against [[Daniel Defense]] and [[Activision Blizzard]] for creating the [[M4 carbine|DDM4 V7]] gun and promoting the weapon through the game ''[[Call of Duty]]'', respectively. They also sue [[Meta Platforms]] for owning [[Instagram]], which was used by the gunman. [https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-shooting-elementary-anniversary-texas-a20e7fefa9d66058a8ff6611fa808df8 (AP)]
- 16 May 2024 – 2024 Houston derecho
:Heavy storms kill at least four people in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/texas-flood-tornado-storms-outages.html (''The New York Times'')]
- 16 May 2024 – Murder of Garrett Foster
:[[Texas]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] [[pardons]] Daniel Perry, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a man at a [[Black Lives Matter]] protest in 2020. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/texas-abbott-pardon-daniel-perry.html (''The New York Times'')]
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