August 2019

Man set to be executed for killing of Texas college student

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate who has always maintained his innocence and contends his conviction was based on junk science is set to be executed for

STATE BRIEFS

Coast Guard: 800-to-1000-gallon oil spill to be burned NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard plans to burn off oil that spilled last week in a marsh about 42 miles

Priscilla Marie Charles

Funeral services for Priscilla Marie Charles, 86, will be announced by Semien-Lewis Mortuary of Jennings. Ms. Charles entered into eternal rest Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Methodist Hospital in Houston,

Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Earl Coble

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Nicholas “Nicky” Earl Coble, 38, of Welsh passed away on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Odessa, Texas. A celebration of Nicky’s life will be held Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at

Trump admin moves to end limits on child detention

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention, a decision that will

Dems spending millions to try to take back statehouses

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats still shaken by the 2010 tea party wave that netted Republicans six governors’ offices, flipped 21 statehouse chambers and drove nearly 700 Democratic state legislators from office are mounting a comeback, pouring millions of dollars into state level races.

Records: Epstein signed will two days before suicide

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier’s fortune.

Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details of beneficiaries but valued the estate at more than $577 million, including more than $56 million in cash.

Huawei expects no relief from US sanctions but is confident

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday he expects no relief from U.S. export curbs due to the political climate in Washington but expressed confidence the company will thrive because it is developing its own technology.

Ren Zhengfei also said he doesn’t want relief from U.S. sanctions if it requires China to make concessions in a tariff war, even if that means his daughter, who is under house arrest in Canada on U.S. criminal charges, faces a longer legal struggle.

Freeway crossing to give wildlife room to roam

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a toosmall habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city.

Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking genetic diversity of wild animals that must remain all but trapped by sprawling development or risk becoming roadkill.

Dragging my heart through Perry Primary

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MIDWEEK MUDDLE

Editor’s Note: As schools welcome many students back to classes – and introduce others to classrooms for the first time – this Muddle recalls the agony and the ecstasy.

On the eve of sending my second child – yes, my baby – off to school for the first time in his life, I realized there were many subjects in my All You Need To Know About Life course that I had not covered before his fifth birthday.

We were leaving Perry Primary School following orientation, and he burped, enjoying the small explosion immensely.